Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament

Big Sky Conference
women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination
Current stadiumLumberjack Stadium
Current locationFlagstaff, Arizona
Played1997–present
Last contest2025
Current championMontana (8th. title)
Most championshipsMontana (8 titles)
TV partnerESPN+
Official websitebigskyconf.com/wsoc

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.

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.[1]

Champions

Source:[1]

Finals

  • (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

By year

Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue / City MVP Ref.
1 1997 Montana (1) 4–2 Weber State South Campus Stadium • Missoula, Mt Karen Hardy, Montana
2 1998 Weber State (1) 2–1 Montana P.E. Playfield • Ogden, Ut Lisa Anthony, Weber State
3 1999 Montana (2) 2–0 Northern Arizona South Campus Stadium • Missoula, Mt Misty Hall, Montana
4 2000 Montana (3) 1–0 Northern Arizona South Campus Stadium • Missoula, Mt Amy Wronksi, Montana
5 2001 Idaho State (1) 1–0 Weber State P.E. Playfield • Ogden, Ut Brooke Alton, Idaho State
6 2002 Idaho State (2) 1–0 Portland State Davis Field • Pocatello, Id Shannon Boyle, Idaho State
7 2003 Idaho State (3) 1–0 Montana St. Joseph's • Ogden, Ut Hollie Christensen, Idaho State
8 2004 Weber State (2) 1–0 Montana PGE ParkPortland, Or Rochelle Hoover, Weber State
9 2005 Weber State (3) 4–1 Northern Arizona Lew Joseph Field • Ogden, Ut Rochelle Hoover, Weber State
10 2006 Idaho State (4) 2–2 (4–3 p) Sacramento State Davis Field • Pocatello, Id Lyndsay Gensler, Idaho State
11 2007 Sacramento State (1) 3–0 Northern Colorado Hornet FieldSacramento, Ca Katie McCoy, Sacramento State
12 2008 Northern Arizona (1) 2–1 Weber State Wildcat Soccer Field • Ogden, Ut Cee Cee Odorfer, Northern Arizona
13 2009 Northern Arizona (2) 4–0 Idaho State PCC Rock Field • Portland, Or Jenna Samora, Northern Arizona
14 2010 Sacramento State (2) 1–0 Northern Arizona Max Spilsbury Field • Flagstaff, Az Elece McBride, Sacramento State
15 2011 Montana (4) 1–1 (4–3 p) Weber State Jackson Stadium • Greeley, Co India Watne, Montana
16 2012 Idaho State (5) 0–0 (4–3 p) Montana Davis Field • Pocatello, Id Sheridan Hapsic, Idaho State
17 2013 Weber State (4) 0–0 (3–0 p) Portland State Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, Or Ryann Waldman, Weber State
18 2014 Northern Arizona (3) 2–1 Idaho State South Campus Stadium • Missoula, Mt Haley Wingender, Northern Arizona
19 2015 Northern Colorado (1) 1–1 (3–0 p) Idaho Guy Wicks FieldMoscow, Id Madeline Burdick, Northern Colorado
20 2016 Eastern Washington (1) 1–1 (4–3 p) Northern Arizona EWU Soccer Complex • Cheney, Wa Chloe Williams, Eastern Washington [2]
21 2017 Eastern Washington (2) 3–0 Northern Co EWU Soccer Complex • Cheney, Wa Chloe Williams, Eastern Washington [3]
22 2018 Montana (5) 1–0 Northern Colorado Wildcat Soccer Field • Ogden, Ut Janessa Fowler, Montana [4]
23 2019 Northern Colorado (2) 1–0 Eastern Washington Jackson Stadium • Greeley, Co Taylor Bray, Northern Colorado [5]
24 2020 Montana (6) (Cancelled) Northern Arizona Wildcat Soccer Field • Ogden, Utah Taylor Stoeger, Mt [6]
25 2021 Montana (7) 1–0 Weber State Jackson Stadium • Greeley, Co Camilla Xu, Montana [7]
26 2022 Northern Arizona (4) 0–0 (4–3 p) Idaho Jackson Stadium • Greeley, Co Trinity Corcoran, Northern Arizona [8]
27 2023 Idaho (1) 1–0 Northern Arizona Lumberjack Stadium • Flagstaff, Az Rebekah Reyes, Idaho [9]
28 2024 Sacramento State (3) 0–0 (7–6 p) Idaho South Campus Stadium • Missoula, Mt Sierra Sonko, Sacramento State [10]
29 2025 Montana (8) 0–0 (4–2 p) Weber State South Campus Stadium • Missoula, Mt Ashlyn Dvorak, Montana [11]

By school

Source:[1]

As of 2025 Tournament
School Apps. W L T Pct. Finals Titles Title Years
Cal State Northridge 1 0 1 0 .000 0 0
Eastern Washington 13 6 10 2 .412 3 2 2016, 2017
Idaho 9 6 5 3 .536 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 20 16 13 5 .544 11 4 2008, 2009, 2014, 2022
Northern Colorado 12 9 9 2 .500 5 2 2015, 2019
Montana 24 18 13 7 .566 12 8 1997, 1999, 2000, 2011,
2018, 2020, 2021, 2025
Portland State 17 4 14 4 .273 2 0
Sacramento State 15 6 10 6 .409 4 3 2007, 2010, 2024
Southern Utah 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weber State 18 13 10 7 .550 10 4 1998, 2004, 2005, 2013

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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Big Sky Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big Sky Conference. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "2016 Big Sky Conference Soccer Championship". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  3. ^ "2017 Big Sky Conference Soccer Championship". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  4. ^ Casey, Robert (November 4, 2018). "Fifth-Seeded Montana Captures #BigSkySoccer Championship". bigskyconf.com. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "2019 Big Sky Soccer Championship". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "2021 Big Sky Soccer Championship". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "2022 Big Sky Soccer Championship". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Big Sky Soccer Championship". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "2024 Big Sky Soccer Championship". bigskyconf.com. Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  11. ^ Montana Wins First Soccer Tournament Title Since 2021 by Lauren Mazich at bigskyconf.com. 9 Nov 2025