Big West Conference men's soccer tournament

The Big West men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big West Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 2008. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.

Big West Conference
men's soccer tournament
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceBig West Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Played2008–present
Last contest2023
Current championUC Irvine
Most championshipsUC Irvine (5)
TV partner(s)ESPN+
Official websitebigwest.org/msoc

UC Irvine is the most winning team with 5 titles.

Champions

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The following is a list of Big West Conference tournament winners:

Finals

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Key
  • (1) – Title number
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team reached College Cup
  •   – Winning team won regular season

Year by year

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Source: Big West Men's Soccer Record Book

Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue MVP
2008 UC Irvine (1) 4–2 UC Santa Barbara Anteater StadiumIrvine, CA   Andrew Fontein, UC Irvine
2009 UC Irvine (2) 4–1 UC Santa Barbara Anteater StadiumIrvine, CA   Carlos Aguilar, UC Irvine
2010 UC Santa Barbara (1) 3–1 Cal State Fullerton Harder StadiumSanta Barbara, CA   Luis Silva, UCSB
2011 UC Irvine (3) 3–2 (a.e.t.) UC Santa Barbara Anteater StadiumIrvine, CA   Miguel Ibarra, UC Irvine
2012 Cal State Northridge (1) 1–0 UC Davis Aggie FieldDavis, CA   Sagi Lev-Ari, CSUN
2013 UC Irvine (4) 1–0 Cal State Northridge Anteater StadiumIrvine, CA   Enrique Cardenas, UC Irvine
2014 Cal State Fullerton (1) 0–0 (3–2 p) UC Irvine Anteater StadiumIrvine, CA   Jeff Salt, CSU Fullerton
2015 Cal State Fullerton (2) 1–0 UC Santa Barbara Harder StadiumSanta Barbara, CA   David Rodriguez, CSU
2016 Cal State Northridge (2) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Cal State Fullerton Matador Soccer FieldNorthridge, CA   Kevin Marquez, CSUN
2017 Cal State Fullerton (3) 0–0 (4–3 p) UC Davis Aggie FieldDavis, CA   Paul-Andre Guerin, UC Davis
2018 UC Riverside (1) 0–0 (4–2 p) UC Davis UC Soccer StadiumRiverside, CA   Daniel Aguiree, UC Riverside
2019 UC Davis (1) 2–0 UC Santa Barbara Aggie Field • Davis, CA   Adam Mickelson, UC Davis
2020 (Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 UC Santa Barbara (1) 4–0 UC Irvine Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA   Finn McBride, UCSB
2022 UC Riverside (1) 1-0 UC Santa Barbara UC Soccer Stadium • Riverside, CA   Carlos Gonzalez, UC Riverside
2023 UC Irvine (1) 0–0 (8–7 p) UC Davis Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA   Oscar Cervantes, UC Irvine

Performance by school

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Most championships

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Source:[1]s[1]

School Titles Winning years
UC Irvine 5 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2023
Cal State Fullerton 3 2014, 2015, 2017
Cal State Northridge 2 2012, 2016
UC Santa Barbara 2 2010, 2021
UC Riverside 2 2018, 2022
UC Davis 1 2019
TOTAL 15

References

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  1. ^ a b "Big West Tournament Champions - Big West Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big West Conference. BigWest.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
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