Big South Conference women's soccer tournament

Big South Conference
women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceBig South Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination
Current stadiumSportsplex at Matthews
Current locationMatthews, North Carolina
Played1993–Current
Last contest2024
Current championUSC Upstate
Most championshipsRadford (9)
TV partner(s)ESPN3, ESPN+
Official websitebigsouthsports.com/wsoc

The Big South Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big South Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1993.

The championship 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.

With 9 titles, Radford has won the most Big South tournaments of all members past and present.

Champions

Finals

Source:[1]

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  • Bold – Winning team won regular season
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team also won regular season
Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue / city MVP Ref.
1993 Campbell (1) 2–1 UMBC Retriever Park • Catonsville, Md Ashley Gruno, Campbell
1994 UNC Greensboro (1) 2–1 Charleston Southern Retriever Park • Catonsville, Md Margaret Malloy, UNC Greensboro
1995 UNC Asheville (1) 1–0 UNC Greensboro UNCG Stadium • Greensboro, NC Alison Gehringer/Jill Young, UNC Asheville
1996 UNC Greensboro (2) 1–1 (4–3 p) UNC Asheville UNCG Stadium • Greensboro, NC Raila Maisonlahti, UNC Greensboro
1997 South Alabama (1) 2–1 UMBC Cupp Stadium • Radford, Virginia Leah Bridges, South Alabama
1998 Radford (1) 1–0 UNC Asheville Osborne Stadium • Lynchburg, Va Stephanie Rico, Radford
1999 Elon (1) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Liberty Osborne Stadium • Lynchburg, Va Erin Morse, Elon
2000 Liberty (1) 2–1 Elon Cupp Stadium • Radford, Virginia Nancy Davis, Liberty
2001 Liberty (2) 2–0 Elon Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SC Jenny Davis, Liberty
2002 Radford (2) 2–0 UNC Asheville Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SC Kelly Bertwell, Radford
2003 High Point (1) 0–0 (3–2 p) UNC Asheville Vert Stadium • High Point, NC Stephanie Moenter, High Point
2004 Birmingham–Southern (1) 0–0 (5–3 p) High Point Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SC Sharmaine Samules, Birmingham–Southern
2005 Liberty (3) 3–0 UNC Asheville Eagle Field • Rock Hill, SC Rachel Bendzolwicz, Liberty
2006 UNC Asheville (2) 0–0 (4–2 p) Liberty CCU Stadium • Conway, SC Ashleigh Carter, UNC Asheville
2007 High Point (2) 0–0 (5–3 p) Coastal Carolina Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SC Sara Rager, High Point
2008 Radford (3) 2–1 Coastal Carolina Vert Stadium • High Point, NC Caitlyn Roan, Radford
2009 High Point (3) 0–0 (4–2 p) Winthrop Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SC Marisa Abbott, High Point
2010 High Point (4) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Gardner–Webb Osborne Stadium • Lynchburg, Va Janay Whittaker, High Point
2011 Radford (4) 1–0 Campbell Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SC Sahar Aflaki, Radford
2012 Radford (5) 1–0 Wintrhop Eagle Field • Rock Hill, SC Che' Brown, Radford
2013 Liberty (4) 5–0 Radford CCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SC Brittany Aanderud, Liberty
2014 High Point (5) 2–2 (5–4 p) Liberty Bryan Park • Greensboro, NC Jacky Kessler, High Point
2015 Liberty (5) 1–0 Campbell Bryan Park • Greensboro, NC Alex Mack, Liberty
2016 Liberty (6) 2–1 (a.e.t.) High Point Bryan Park • Greensboro, NC Jennifer Knoebel, Liberty [2]
2017 High Point (6) 1–0 Longwood Bryan Park • Greensboro, NC Alex Hank, High Point [3]
2018 Radford (6) 1–0 Gardner–Webb Sportsplex • Matthews, NC Jasmine Casarez, Radford [4]
2019 Radford (7) 1–0 Gardner–Webb Sportsplex • Matthews, NC Nelia Perez, Radford [5]
2020 Campbell (2) 4–3 High Point Vert Stadium • High Point, NC Elyssa Nowowieski, Campbell [6]
2021 High Point (7) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Campbell Eakes Complex • Buies Creek, NC Skyler Prillaman, High Point [7]
2022 Radford (8) 3–0 Gardner-Webb Sportsplex • Matthews, NC Helena Willson, Radford [8]
2023 Radford (9) 2–1 USC Upstate Sportsplex • Matthews, NC Lilly Short, Radford [9][10]
2024 USC Upstate (1) 3–0 High Point Catarina Dantas, USC Upstate [11][12]

By school

Source:[1]

As of 2024 tournament
School W L T Pct. Finals Titles Title years
Birmingham–Southern 3 3 1 .500 1 1 2004
Campbell 14 9 2 .600 5 2 1993, 2020
Charleston Southern 7 24 7 .276 1 0 —
Coastal Carolina 7 11 5 .413 2 0 —
Elon 2 2 4 .500 3 1 1999
High Point 29 16 6 .627 11 7 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010,
2014, 2017, 2021
Howard 0 2 0 .000 0 0 —
Gardner–Webb 5 9 4 .389 4 0 —
Liberty 27 9 7 .709 9 6 2000, 2001, 2005,
2013, 2015, 2016
Longwood 3 8 3 .321 1 0 —
Presbyterian 0 3 1 .125 0 0 —
Radford 31 18 6 .618 10 9 1998, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2012,
2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
South Alabama 2 1 0 .667 1 1 1997
Towson State 0 2 0 .000 0 0 —
VMI 1 3 2 .333 0 0 —
UMBC 5 5 1 .500 2 0 —
UNC Asheville 12 14 8 .471 7 2 1995, 2006
UNC Greensboro 3 2 2 .571 3 2 1994, 1996
USC Upstate 4 3 0 .571 2 1 2024
Winthrop 4 15 6 .280 2 0 —

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

References

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  2. ^ "2016 Big South Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  3. ^ "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference.
  4. ^ "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference.
  5. ^ "2019 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "2020-21 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference.
  7. ^ "2021 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "2022 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  10. ^ "In the region: Radford women win Big South final". The Roanoke Times. November 5, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  11. ^ "2024 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  12. ^ "#1 USC Upstate Wins 2024 Big South Women's Soccer Championship". hbcufan.com. Big South Conference. November 11, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.