Big West Conference men's soccer tournament explained

Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference soccer championship
Sport:College soccer
Conference:Big West Conference
Number Of Teams:6
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Current Stadium:Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Years:2008–present
Most Recent:2023
Current Champion:UC Irvine
Most Championships:UC Irvine (5)
Television:ESPN+

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.

Champions

Key

(2) Title number
Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season

Finals

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMost valuable player
20084–2 UC Santa BarbaraAnteater StadiumIrvine, CA Andrew Fontein, UC Irvine
20094–1UC Santa BarbaraAnteater StadiumIrvine, CA Carlos Aguilar, UC Irvine
2010UC Santa Barbara3–1Cal State FullertonHarder StadiumSanta Barbara, CA Luis Silva, UCSB
2011align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"3–2*UC Santa BarbaraAnteater StadiumIrvine, CA Miguel Ibarra, UC Irvine
20121–0UC DavisAggie FieldDavis, CA Sagi Lev-Ari, CSUN
20131–0Cal State NorthridgeAnteater StadiumIrvine, CA Enrique Cardenas, UC Irvine
2014Cal State Fullertonalign=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0†
UC IrvineAnteater StadiumIrvine, CA Jeff Salt, CSU Fullerton
20151–0UC Santa BarbaraHarder StadiumSanta Barbara, CA David Rodriguez Elias, CSU Fullerton
2016align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"2–1*Cal State Fullerton Kevin Marquez, CSUN
2017align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0 †
(4–3 pk)
UC DavisAggie FieldDavis, CA Paul-Andre Guerin, UC Davis
2018UC Riversidealign=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0 †
(4–2 pk)
UC DavisUC Riverside Soccer StadiumRiverside, CA Daniel Aguiree, UC Riverside
2019UC Davis2–0UC Santa BarbaraAggie Field • Davis, CA Adam Mickelson, UC Davis
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021UC Santa Barbara4–0UC IrvineHarder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA Finn Ballard McBride, UC Santa Barbara
2022UC Riverside1-0UC Santa BarbaraUC Riverside Soccer StadiumRiverside, CA Carlos Gonzalez, UC Riverside
2023UC Irvinealign=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0 †
(8–7 pk)
UC DavisAnteater Stadium • Irvine, CA Oscar Cervantes, UC Irvine

Performance by school

Most championships

School Championships[1] Winning years
UC Irvinealign=center 52008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2023
Cal State Fullertonalign=center 32014, 2015, 2017
Cal State Northridgealign=center 22012, 2016
UC Santa Barbaraalign=center 22010, 2021
UC Riversidealign=center 22018, 2022
UC Davisalign=center 12019
TOTALalign=center 15

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Big West Tournament Champions - Big West Men's Soccer Record Book. Big West Conference. BigWest.org. January 21, 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085919/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/msoccer/info/record.pdf. March 4, 2016.