2024 Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament

2024 Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament
2024 Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,849
Site	South Campus Stadium; Missoula, Montana
Champions	Sacramento State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Randy Dedini (3rd title)
MVP	Sierra Sonko (Sacramento State)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament
«2023	2025»

The 2024 Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Sky Conference held from November 6 to November 10, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at South Campus Stadium, home of the regular season champions Montana Grizzlies. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Idaho were the defending champions.^[1] Idaho was unable to defend their title as they lost to Sacramento State, in a penalty shoot-out in the Final.^[2]^[3] This was the third overall title for Sacramento State, all of which have come under head coach Randy Dedini.^[4] As tournament champions, Sacramento State earned the Big Sky's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

2024 Big Sky Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Montana ‍†‍‍	6	–	0	–	2	.875	12	–	2	–	5	.763
Idaho ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	1	.688	12	–	5	–	3	.675
Eastern Washington ‍‍‍	4	–	1	–	3	.688	9	–	5	–	5	.605
Northern Arizona ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	1	.563	4	–	7	–	6	.412
Sacramento St. ‍‍‡‍^y	3	–	2	–	3	.563	5	–	7	–	9	.452
Portland St. ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	3	.438	4	–	9	–	5	.361
Northern Colorado ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	1	.313	4	–	14	–	1	.237
Weber St. ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	1	.188	2	–	13	–	5	.225
Idaho St. ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	1	.188	2	–	10	–	5	.265


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 Big Sky Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big Sky Conference

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records, and the first and second seeds earned a bye into the Semifinals. No tiebreakers were required as the top seven teams in the conference all finished with unique conference records.^[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Montana	6–0–2	20
2	Idaho	5–2–1	16
3	Eastern Washington	4–1–3	15
4	Northern Arizona	4–3–1	13
5	Sacramento State	3–2–3	12
6	Portland State	2–3–3	9

Bracket

First round Wednesday, Nov. 6			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 8			Final Sunday, Nov. 10

			1	Montana	0 (4)
4	Northern Arizona	2 (3)	5	Sacramento State (pen.)	0 (4)
5	Sacramento State (pen.)	2 (4)				5	Sacramento State (pen.)	0 (7)
						2	Idaho	0 (6)
			2	Idaho	2
3	Eastern Washington	1 (6)	6	Portland State	1
6	Portland State (pen.)	1 (7)

Schedule

First Round

November 6, 2024	#3 Eastern Washington	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	#6 Portland State	Missoula, MT
11:00 a.m. MST	Grace Terrill 30'	Report	41' Lucy Quinn 74' Aliayha Saldana 100' Kalo Iongi	Stadium: South Campus Stadium Attendance: 152 Referee: Chris Turner Assistant referees: Cole Johnson Assistant referees: Matthew Suhr Fourth official: Brian Lambrecht
	Penalties
	Kendall Moore Delani Walker Ryanne Ampi Isabelle Herting Chloe Pattison Riley Arribas Elisabeth Cole		Abi Hoffman Elle Frazier Liv Frazier Rachel Farr Natalie Cunningham Ocean Rideout Megan Devall

November 6, 2024	#4 Northern Arizona	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	#5 Sacramento State	Missoula, MT
2:00 p.m. MST	Kayla Shebar 32' Micala Boex 68' (pen.)	Report	44' Lexi Schroeder 52' Teysha-Rey Spinney-Kuahuia	Stadium: South Campus Stadium Attendance: 134 Referee: Rachel Swett Assistant referees: Brian Lambrecht Assistant referees: Marcos Maldonado Fourth official: Cole Johnson
	Penalties
	Fallon Anderson Joey Lujan McKenzie Coleman Deniah Wells Micala Boex		Abigail Lopez Madelyn Dougherty Lexi Schroeder Ariana Scholten Sydney Sharts

Semifinals

November 8, 2024	#2 Idaho	2–1	#6 Portland State	Missoula, MT
11:00 a.m. MST	Jadyn Hanks 73' Sara Rodgers 78'	Report	9' Lucy Quinn 51' Abi Hoffman 82' Kalo Iongi	Stadium: South Campus Stadium Attendance: 179 Referee: Elorm Atisu Assistant referees: Aidan Atkins Assistant referees: Darya Fedchanka Fourth official: Devin Harbour

November 8, 2024	#1 Montana	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	#5 Sacramento State	Missoula, MT
2:00 p.m. MST		Report	60' Jaety Mandaquit	Stadium: South Campus Stadium Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Oscar Guillen Assistant referees: Serghei Celan Assistant referees: Chris LaRoche Fourth official: Jill Donahue
	Penalties
	Maddie Ditta Charley Boone Bella O'Brien Hayley Bass Chloe Seelhoff		Abigail Lopez Madelyn Dougherty Erika Tilford Ariana Scholten Sydney Sharts

Final

November 10, 2024	#2 Idaho	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	#5 Sacramento State	Missoula, MT
1:00 p.m. MST	Rebekah Reyes 81' Kylie Hummel 110'	Report	29' Teysha-Rey Spinney-Kuahuia 73' Cassandra Herrman 99' Sydney Sharts	Stadium: South Campus Stadium Attendance: 262 Referee: Josh Madison Assistant referees: Carl Rice Assistant referees: Kevin Au Fourth official: Elorm Atisu
	Penalties
	Hannah Alfaro Kylie Hummel Kahvayli Miller Sara Rodgers Annika Farley Karli Yoshida-Williams Alyssa Peters Margo Schoesler		Abigail Lopez Madelyn Dougherty Erika Tilford Ariana Scholten Sydney Sharts Cassandra Herrman Lexi Schroeder Ellie Farber

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.8 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

1 goal

Micala Boex – Northern Arizona
Jadyn Hanks – Idaho
Abi Hoffman – Portland State
Sara Rodgers – Idaho
Aliayha Saldana – Portland State
Lexi Schroeder – Sacramento State
Kayla Shebar – Northern Arizona
Teysha-Rey Spinney-Kuahuia – Sacramento State
Grace Terrill – Eastern Washington

All Tournament Team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Paula Flores	Idaho
Jadyn Hanks
Alyssa Peters
Sara Rodgers
Ava Samuelson	Montana
Abi Hoffman	Portland State
Ellie Farber	Sacramento State
Dalen Lau
Izzy Palmatier
Sydney Sharts
Sierra Sonko
Teysha-Rey Spinney-Kuahuia

MVP in bold

References

^ "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.
^ Wong, Alex (November 13, 2024). "Hornets crowned Big Sky champions after third consecutive win in penalty kicks". The State Hornet. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
^ "2024 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
^ "2024 Big Sky Soccer Championship Tournament Field, Matchups Announced". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. October 30, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
^ "Hornets Claim First #BigSkySoccer Championship Title Since 2010". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

[1] "2023 Big Sky Soccer Championship". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 14, 2023.

[2] "2024 Big Sky Soccer Championship". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

[3] Wong, Alex (November 13, 2024). "Hornets crowned Big Sky champions after third consecutive win in penalty kicks". The State Hornet. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

[4] "2024 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

[5] "2024 Big Sky Soccer Championship Tournament Field, Matchups Announced". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. October 30, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

[6] "Hornets Claim First #BigSkySoccer Championship Title Since 2010". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

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