2025 Big West Conference women's volleyball tournament

2025 Big West Conference Women's Volleyball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
SiteWalter Pyramid
Long Beach, California
ChampionsCal Poly (5th title)
Winning coachCaroline Walters (1st title)
MVPChloe Leluge (Cal Poly)
Attendance4,901 (980.2 per match)
TelevisionESPN+
Big West Conference Women's Volleyball Tournaments
2025 Big West Conference women's volleyball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC Davis 16 2   .889 20 6   .769
Cal Poly 14 4   .778 23 7   .767
Long Beach State 14 4   .778 21 8   .724
UC Santa Barbara 14 4   .778 22 8   .733
CSUN 10 8   .556 17 12   .586
UC Irvine 8 10   .444 13 17   .433
Hawai'i 8 10   .444 12 17   .414
UC Riverside 5 13   .278 9 19   .321
UC San Diego 4 14   .222 6 24   .200
Cal State Fullerton 3 15   .167 8 22   .267
Cal State Bakersfield 3 15   .167 6 24   .200
2025 Big West tournament winner

The 2025 Big West Conference women's volleyball tournament is the first postseason women's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. It was held November 26 through November 29, 2025 at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California.[1] Cal Poly received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament.[2]

Seeds

The top six teams were eligible for the postseason, with the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[3] CSUN qualified for the Big West Tournament for the first time since the event was introduced in 2023. UC Santa Barbara returns to the tournament after failing to finish in the top six in the 2024 season due to a tiebreaker. UC Davis, Cal Poly, Long Beach State, and UC Irvine all return to the tournament for the third season in a row. Hawai'i and UC San Diego miss the tournament after qualifying the year prior. Cal Poly, Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara all have same conference record and same record against the other two tied-teams (2-2), therefore best record against common opponent (UC Davis) is used for tie break. UC Irvine earned the 6th spot despite having the same record as Hawai'i, winning the tiebreak in their head-to-head matchup.[4]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 UC Davis 16-2
2 Cal Poly 14-4 1–0 record against UC Davis
3 Long Beach State 14–4 1–1 record against UC Davis
4 UC Santa Barbara 14–4 0–1 record against UC Davis
5 CSUN 10–8
6 UC Irvine 8–10 1–0 record against Hawai'i

Schedule and results

Every matchup was televised on ESPN+.[5]

Time
Network
Matchup Score Attendance Broadcasters
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, November 22
3:00 pm
ESPN+
No. 4 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 5 CSUN 3–0
(25–13, 25–17, 25–18)[6]
916[6] Madison Fizpatrick & Rob Espero
6:00 pm^
ESPN+
No. 3 Long Beach State vs. No. 6 UC Irvine 3–0
(25–18, 25–20, 26–24)[7]
1,020[7]
Semifinals – Friday, November 24
3:00 pm
ESPN+
No. 1 UC Davis vs. UC Santa Barbara 3–1
(25–23, 23–25, 29–27, 27–25)[8]
1,018[8] Madison Fizpatrick & Rob Espero
6:00 pm
ESPN+
No. 2 Cal Poly vs. Long Beach State 3–1
(25–22, 23–25, 25–23, 25–17)[9]
1,130[9]
Championship – Saturday, November 25
5:00 pm
ESPNU
No. 1 UC Davis vs. No. 2 Cal Poly 1–3
(16–25, 21–25, 25–20, 15–25)[10]
817[10] Madison Fizpatrick & Rob Espero
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, November 26
Semifinals
Friday, November 28
Championship
Saturday, November 29
1 UC Davis 25 23 29 27
4 UC Santa Barbara 25 25 25 4 UC Santa Barbara 23 25 27 25
5 CSUN 13 17 18 1 UC Davis 16 21 25 15
2 Cal Poly 25 25 20 25
2 Cal Poly 25 23 25 25
3 Long Beach State 25 25 26 3 Long Beach State 22 25 23 17
6 UC Irvine 18 20 24

Top Performer

References

  1. ^ "2025-26 Big West Championships Dates and Sites Revealed". Retrieved November 25, 2025.
  2. ^ "Cal Poly Volleyball Dominates to Earn Big West Championship and NCAA Berth". Cal Poly. November 13, 2025. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  3. ^ "2023 Big West Women's Volleyball Standings". Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Big West Women's Volleyball Manual(Tiebreak Procedure)" (PDF). Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  5. ^ "The Hawaiian Islands presents the 2025 Outrigger Big West Women's Volleyball Championship - The Big West". bigwest.org. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Official box score UCSB vs CSUN". Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Official box score LBSU vs UCI". Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Official box score UCD vs UCSB". Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Official box score CP vs LBSU". Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Official box score UCD vs CP". Retrieved December 2, 2025.