Big East Conference women's soccer tournament

Big East Conference women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceBig East Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination
Current stadiumMaryland SoccerPlex
Current locationBoyds, Maryland
Played1993–present
Last contest2025
Current championXavier (2nd. title)
Most championshipsNotre Dame (11)
TV partner(s)Big East Digital Network, Fox Sports 1
Official websitebigeast.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

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

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  • a.e.t. – Match went to extra time
  • p – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team won regular season

Finals

Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue / City Off. MVP Def. MVP
1 1993 Providence (1) 1–0 Connecticut Glay Field • Providence, RI Jen Mead, Providence
2 1994 St. John's (1) 1–0 Boston College Morrone StadiumStorrs, CT Cristin Burtis, St. John's
3 1995 Notre Dame (1) 1–0 Connecticut Owen T. Carroll FieldSouth Orange, NJ Amy Van Lacke, Notre Dame
4 1996 Notre Dame (2) 4–3 Connecticut Alumni StadiumNotre Dame, IN Cindy Daws, Notre Dame
5 1997 Notre Dame (3) 6–1 Connecticut Yurcak FieldPiscataway, NJ Anne Makinen, Notre Dame
6 1998 Notre Dame (4) 1–0 Connecticut Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT Anne Makinen, Notre Dame
7 1999 Notre Dame (5) 4–2 Connecticut Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ Jenny Streiffer, Notre Dame
8 2000 Notre Dame (6) 1–0 Connecticut Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN Mia Sarkesian, Notre Dame
9 2001 Notre Dame (7) 2–1 West Virginia Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ Amanda Guertin, Notre Dame
10 2002 Connecticut (1) 1–0 West Virginia Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT Salla Ranta, UConn
11 2003 Villanova (1) 1–1 (7–6 p) Boston College Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ Beth Totman, Boston College Laura Koch, Villanova
12 2004 Connecticut (2) 2–1 Notre Dame Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT Kristen Gracyk, UConn Zahra Jalalian, UConn
13 2005 Notre Dame (8) 5–0 Connecticut Valley FieldsMilwaukee, WI Katie Thorlakson, Notre Dame Jill Krivacek, Notre Dame
14 2006 Notre Dame (9) 4–2 Rutgers Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame Kim Lorenzen, Notre Dame
15 2007 West Virginia (1) 1–1 (5–3 p) Notre Dame Dick Dlesk StadiumMorgantown, WV Kim Bonilla, West Virginia Carolyn Blank, West Virginia
16 2008 Notre Dame (10) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Connecticut Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN Melissa Henderson, Notre Dame Carrie Dew, Notre Dame
17 2009 Notre Dame (11) 2–1 Marquette Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT Lauren Folkes, Notre Dame Jessica Schuveiller, Notre Dame
18 2010 West Virginia (2) 1–0 South Florida Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ Meghan Lewis, West Virginia Kerri Butler, West Virginia
19 2011 West Virginia (3) 2–0 Louisville Dick Dlesk Stadium • Morgantown, WV Blake Miller, West Virginia Bry McCarthy, West Virginia
20 2012 Marquette (1) 1–0 Georgetown Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, CT Taylor Madigan, Marquette Ally Miller, Marquette
21 2013 Marquette (2) 2–0 DePaul Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI Mary Luba, Marquette Emily Jacobson, Marquette
22 2014 DePaul (1) 2–0 Georgetown Belson StadiumQueens, NY Amber Paul, DePaul Sarah Gorden, DePaul
23 2015 Butler (1) 1–0 Providence Morrison StadiumOmaha, NE Catherine Zimmerman, Providence Randi DeLong, Butler
24 2016 Georgetown (1) 2–0 Marquette Shaw Field • Washington, D.C. Grace Damaska, Georgetown Marian Paul, Georgetown
25 2017 Georgetown (2) 3–0 Butler Campus Sites [n 1] Rachel Corboz, Georgetown Elizabeth Wenger, Georgetown
26 2018 Georgetown (3) 1–0 Butler Campus Sites [n 1] Caitlin Farrell, Georgetown Kelly Ann Livingstone, Georgetown
27 2019 Xavier (1) 2–0 Georgetown Morrison Stadium • Omaha, NE [n 2] Brooke Sroka, Xavier Grace Bahr, Xavier
28 2021 (Spring) Georgetown (4) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Butler Chapey FieldProvidence, RI Jenna Menta, Georgetown Julia Leas, Georgetown
29 2021 Georgetown (5) 1–0 St. John's Corcoran FieldCincinnati, OH [n 2] Sydney Cummings, Georgetown Julia Leas, Georgetown
30 2022 Georgetown (5) 1–0 Xavier Maryland SoccerPlexBoyds, MD [n 2] Tatum Lenain, Georgetown Julia Leas, Georgetown
31 2023 Georgetown (6) 2–0 Xavier Allie Winstanley, Georgetown Brianne Riley, Georgetown
32 2024 Connecticut (3) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Xavier Lucy Cappadona, Connecticut Chioma Okafor, Connecticut
33 2025 Xavier (2) 2–0 Georgetown Samantha Erbach, Xavier Elizabeth Powell, Xavier
Notes
  1. ^ a b Hosted by higher seed.
  2. ^ a b c Venue for semifinals and final.

By school

As of November 2025
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 5 2 2019, 2025

Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Big East.

References

  1. ^ 2015 Record Book. Big East Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Big East Women's Soccer Championship". Big East Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2015.