Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament Collegiate soccer tournament
The Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big Sky Conference . The tournament has been held every year since 1997. 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 .
Montana is the most winning team of the competition with 7 titles.
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.[ 1]
Champions
Source:[ 1]
Finals
(1) – title number
– match went to extra time – match decided by a penalty shootout after extra timeBold – winning team won regular season
By year
Year
Champion
Score
Runner-up
Venue / City
MVP
Ref.
1997
Montana (1) 4–2
Weber State South Campus Field • Missoula, Mt
Karen Hardy, Montana
1998
Weber State (1) 2–1
Montana
P.E. Playfield • Ogden, Ut
Lisa Anthony, Weber State
1999
Montana (2) 2–0
Northern Arizona South Campus Field • Missoula, Mt
Misty Hall, Montana
2000
Montana (3) 1–0
Northern Arizona
South Campus Field • Missoula, Mt
Amy Wronksi, Montana
2001
Idaho State (1) 1–0
Weber State
P.E. Playfield • Ogden, Ut
Brooke Alton, Idaho State
2002
Idaho State (2) 1–0
Portland State Davis Field • Pocatello, Id
Shannon Boyle, Idaho State
2003
Idaho State (3)
1–0
Montana
St. Joseph's • Ogden, UtHollie Christensen, Idaho State
2004
Weber State (2)
1–0
Montana
PGE Park • Portland, Or Rochelle Hoover, Weber State
2005
Weber State (3) 4–1
Northern Arizona
Lew Joseph Field • Ogden, Ut
Rochelle Hoover, Weber State
2006
Idaho State (4) 2–2 (4–3 p )
Sacramento State Davis Field • Pocatello, Id
Lyndsay Gensler, Idaho State
2007
Sacramento State (1) 3–0
Northern Colorado Hornet Field • Sacramento, Ca Katie McCoy, Sacramento State
2008
Northern Arizona (1)
2–1
Weber State
Wildcat Soccer Field • Ogden, Ut
Cee Cee Odorfer, Northern Arizona
2009
Northern Arizona (2)
4–0
Idaho State
PCC Rock Field • Portland, Or
Jenna Samora, Northern Arizona
2010
Sacramento State (2)
1–0
Northern Arizona
Max Spilsbury Field • Flagstaff, Az
Elece McBride, Sacramento State
2011
Montana (4)
1–1 (4–3 p )
Weber State
Jackson Stadium • Greeley, Co
India Watne, Montana
2012
Idaho State (5) 0–0 (4–3 p )
Montana
Davis Field • Pocatello, Id
Sheridan Hapsic, Idaho State
2013
Weber State (4)
0–0 (3–0 p )
Portland State
Hillsboro Stadium • Hillsboro, Or Ryann Waldman, Weber State
2014
Northern Arizona (3)
2–1
Idaho State
South Campus Field • Missoula, Mt
Haley Wingender, Northern Arizona
2015
Northern Colorado (1)
1–1 (3–0 p )
Idaho Guy Wicks Field • Moscow, Id Madeline Burdick, Northern Colorado
2016 Eastern Washington (1) 1–1 (4–3 p )
Northern Arizona
EWU Soccer Complex • Cheney, Wa
Chloe Williams, Eastern Washington
[ 2]
2017 Eastern Washington (2) 3–0
Northern Co
EWU Soccer Complex • Cheney, Wa
Chloe Williams, Eastern Washington
[ 3]
2018 Montana (5)
1–0
Northern Colorado
Wildcat Soccer Field • Ogden, Ut
Janessa Fowler, Montana
[ 4]
2019 Northern Colorado (2)
1–0
Eastern Washington
Jackson Stadium • Greeley, Co
Taylor Bray, Northern Colorado
[ 5]
2020
Montana (6) Canceled Northern Arizona
Wildcat Soccer Field • Ogden, Utah
Taylor Stoeger, Mt
[ 6]
2021 Montana (7)
1–0
Weber State
Jackson Stadium • Greeley, Co
Camilla Xu, Montana
[ 7]
2022 Northern Arizona (4) 0–0 (4–3 p )
Idaho
Jackson Stadium • Greeley, Co
Trinity Corcoran, Northern Arizona
[ 8]
2023 Idaho (1)
1–0
Northern Arizona
Lumberjack Stadium • Flagstaff, Az
Rebekah Reyes, Idaho
[ 9]
2024 Sacramento State (3)
0–0 (7–6 p )
Idaho
South Campus Field • Missoula, Mt
Sierra Sonko, Sacramento State
[ 10]
By school
Source:[ 1]
As of 2024 tournament
School
W
L
T
Pct.
Finals
Titles
Title Years
Cal State Northridge 1
0
1
0
.000
0
0
—
Eastern Washington 12
6
9
2
.412
3
2
2016 , 2017
Idaho 8
5
5
2
.500
4
1
2023
Idaho State 9
10
4
3
.676
7
5
2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012
North Dakota 0
0
0
0
–
0
0
—
Northern Arizona 19
15
12
5
.547
11
4
2008, 2009, 2014, 2022
Northern Colorado 12
9
9
2
.500
5
2
2015, 2019
Montana 23
18
13
5
.569
11
7
1997, 1999, 2000, 2011,2018 , 2020, 2021
Portland State 16
4
13
4
.286
2
0
—
Sacramento State 15
6
10
6
.409
4
3
2007, 2010, 2024
Southern Utah 0
0
0
0
–
0
0
—
Weber State 17
12
10
6
.536
9
4
1998, 2004, 2005, 2013
Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Big Sky.
References
^ a b c "Big Sky Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF) . Big Sky Conference . Retrieved March 19, 2024 .^ "2016 Big Sky Conference Soccer Championship" . Big Sky Conference . Retrieved 2017-10-31 .^ "2017 Big Sky Conference Soccer Championship" . Big Sky Conference . Retrieved 2017-10-31 .^ Casey, Robert (November 4, 2018). "Fifth-Seeded Montana Captures #BigSkySoccer Championship" . bigskyconf.com . Retrieved November 13, 2018 . ^ "2019 Big Sky Soccer Championship" . bigskyconf.com . Big Sky Conference . Retrieved 17 December 2019 .^ "Big Sky Soccer Championship Match Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Protocols; Montana to Advance to NCAA Tournament" . bigskyconf.com . Big Sky Conference. April 16, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021 .^ "2021 Big Sky Soccer Championship" . bigskyconf.com . Big Sky Conference . Retrieved December 9, 2021 .^ "2022 Big Sky Soccer Championship" . bigskyconf.com . Big Sky Conference . Retrieved February 7, 2023 .^ "2023 Big Sky Soccer Championship" . bigskyconf.com . Big Sky Conference . Retrieved December 14, 2023 .^ "2024 Big Sky Soccer Championship" . bigskyconf.com . Big Sky Conference . Retrieved December 6, 2024 .
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