Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
| Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference Soccer Championship | |
| Sport | College soccer |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | Morrison Stadium |
| Current location | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Played | 1993–present |
| Last contest | 2015 |
| Current champion | Butler |
| Most championships | Notre Dame (11) |
The Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big East Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1993. 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 Women's Soccer Championship.[1]
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.[2]
Champions
By year
By school
| School | No. of Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | 11 | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 2007, 2010, 2011 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 2002, 2004 |
| Marquette | 2 | 2012, 2013 |
| Butler | 1 | 2015 |
| DePaul | 1 | 2014 |
| Providence | 1 | 1993 |
| St. John's | 1 | 1994 |
| Villanova | 1 | 2003 |
Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Big East.
References
- ↑ 2015 Record Book. Big East Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Big East Women's Soccer Championship". Big East Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2015.