Big East Conference women's soccer tournament
| Big East Conference women's soccer tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference soccer championship | |
 | |
| Sport | College soccer |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Format | Single-elimination |
| Current stadium | Maryland SoccerPlex |
| Current location | Boyds, Maryland |
| Played | 1993–present |
| Last contest | 2024 |
| Current champion | Connecticut |
| Most championships | Notre Dame (11) |
| TV partner(s) | Big East Digital Network, Fox Sports 1 |
| Official website | bigeast.com/wsoc |
The Big East Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big East Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1993. It is played under a single-elimination format and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.[1]
Notre Dame is the most winning team with 11 titles.
Format
[edit]The teams are seeded based on the order of finish in the conference's round robin regular season. The top six finishers qualify for the tournament. Tiebreakers begin with the result of the head-to-head matchup. The teams are then placed in a single-elimination bracket, with the top two seeds receiving a first round bye, until meeting in a final championship game. After two overtime period, ties are broken by shootout rounds, with the winner of the shootout advancing.[2]
Champions
[edit]- Key
- (1) – Title number
- – Match went to extra time
- – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
- Bold – Winning team won regular season
- – Winning team reached College Cup
- – Winning team lost National Championship
- – Winning team won National Championship
Finals
[edit]| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue / City | Off. MVP | Def. MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Providence (1) | 1–0 | Connecticut | Glay Field • Providence, RI | Jen Mead, Providence | |
| 1994 | St. John's (1) | 1–0 | Boston College | Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT | Cristin Burtis, St. John's | |
| 1995 | Notre Dame (1) | 1–0 | Connecticut | Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, NJ | Amy Van Lacke, Notre Dame | |
| 1996 | Notre Dame (2) | 4–3 | Connecticut | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | Cindy Daws, Notre Dame | |
| 1997 | Notre Dame (3) | 6–1 | Connecticut | Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ | Anne Makinen, Notre Dame | |
| 1998 | Notre Dame (4) | 1–0 | Connecticut | Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT | Anne Makinen, Notre Dame | |
| 1999 | Notre Dame (5) | 4–2 | Connecticut | Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ | Jenny Streiffer, Notre Dame | |
| 2000 | Notre Dame (6) | 1–0 | Connecticut | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | Mia Sarkesian, Notre Dame | |
| 2001 | Notre Dame (7) | 2–1 | West Virginia | Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ | Amanda Guertin, Notre Dame | |
| 2002 | Connecticut (1) | 1–0 | West Virginia | Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT | Salla Ranta, UConn | |
| 2003 | Villanova (1) | 1–1 (7–6 p) | Boston College | Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ | Beth Totman, Boston College | Laura Koch, Villanova |
| 2004 | Connecticut (2) | 2–1 | Notre Dame | Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT | Kristen Gracyk, UConn | Zahra Jalalian, UConn |
| 2005 | Notre Dame (8) | 5–0 | Connecticut | Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI | Katie Thorlakson, Notre Dame | Jill Krivacek, Notre Dame |
| 2006 | Notre Dame (9) | 4–2 | Rutgers | Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT | Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame | Kim Lorenzen, Notre Dame |
| 2007 | West Virginia (1) | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Notre Dame | Dick Dlesk Stadium • Morgantown, WV | Kim Bonilla, West Virginia | Carolyn Blank, West Virginia |
| 2008 | Notre Dame (10) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Connecticut | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | Melissa Henderson, Notre Dame | Carrie Dew, Notre Dame |
| 2009 | Notre Dame (11) | 2–1 | Marquette | Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT | Lauren Folkes, Notre Dame | Jessica Schuveiller, Notre Dame |
| 2010 | West Virginia (2) | 1–0 | South Florida | Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ | Meghan Lewis, West Virginia | Kerri Butler, West Virginia |
| 2011 | West Virginia (3) | 2–0 | Louisville | Dick Dlesk Stadium • Morgantown, WV | Blake Miller, West Virginia | Bry McCarthy, West Virginia |
| 2012 | Marquette (1) | 1–0 | Georgetown | Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT | Taylor Madigan, Marquette | Ally Miller, Marquette |
| 2013 | Marquette (2) | 2–0 | DePaul | Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI | Mary Luba, Marquette | Emily Jacobson, Marquette |
| 2014 | DePaul (1) | 2–0 | Georgetown | Belson Stadium • Queens, NY | Amber Paul, DePaul | Sarah Gorden, DePaul |
| 2015 | Butler (1) | 1–0 | Providence | Morrison Stadium • Omaha, NE | Catherine Zimmerman, Providence | Randi DeLong, Butler |
| 2016 | Georgetown (1) | 2–0 | Marquette | Shaw Field • Washington, D.C. | Grace Damaska, Georgetown | Marian Paul, Georgetown |
| 2017 | Georgetown (2) | 3–0 | Butler | Campus Sites [n 1] | Rachel Corboz, Georgetown | Elizabeth Wenger, Georgetown |
| 2018 | Georgetown (3) | 1–0 | Butler | Campus Sites [n 1] | Caitlin Farrell, Georgetown | Kelly Ann Livingstone, Georgetown |
| 2019 | Xavier (1) | 2–0 | Georgetown | Morrison Stadium • Omaha, NE [n 2] | Brooke Sroka, Xavier | Grace Bahr, Xavier |
| 2021 (Spring) | Georgetown (4) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Butler | Chapey Field • Providence, RI | Jenna Menta, Georgetown | Julia Leas, Georgetown |
| 2021 | Georgetown (5) | 1–0 | St. John's | Corcoran Field • Cincinnati, OH [n 2] | Sydney Cummings, Georgetown | Julia Leas, Georgetown |
| 2022 | Georgetown (5) | 1–0 | Xavier | Maryland SoccerPlex • Boyds, MD [n 2] | Tatum Lenain, Georgetown | Julia Leas, Georgetown |
| 2023 | Georgetown (6) | 2–0 | Xavier | Allie Winstanley, Georgetown | Brianne Riley, Georgetown | |
| 2024 | Connecticut (3) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Xavier | Lucy Cappadona, Connecticut | Chioma Okafor, Connecticut | |
- Notes
By school
[edit]- As of 2024 tournament
| School | Apps. | W | L | T | Pct. | Finals | Titles | Title Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston College | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Butler | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .471 | 4 | 1 | 2015 |
| Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Connecticut | 24 | 25 | 18 | 6 | .571 | 12 | 3 | 2002, 2004, 2024 |
| Creighton | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 | — |
| DePaul | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | .441 | 2 | 1 | 2014 |
| Georgetown | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | .643 | 10 | 7 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 (Spring), 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Louisville | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .455 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Marquette | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | .580 | 3 | 2 | 2012, 2013 |
| Miami (FL) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Notre Dame | 17 | 37 | 5 | 1 | .872 | 13 | 11 | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 |
| Pittsburgh | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Providence | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 | .395 | 2 | 1 | 1993 |
| Rutgers | 15 | 3 | 14 | 3 | .225 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Seton Hall | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 0 | 0 | — |
| St. John's | 18 | 9 | 14 | 1 | .396 | 2 | 1 | 1994 |
| South Florida | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Syracuse | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Villanova | 18 | 5 | 16 | 4 | .280 | 1 | 1 | 2003 |
| West Virginia | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | .667 | 5 | 3 | 2007, 2010, 2011 |
| Xavier | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .458 | 4 | 1 | 2019 |
Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Big East.
References
[edit]- ^ 2015 Record Book. Big East Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ^ "2015 Big East Women's Soccer Championship". Big East Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
