Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament explained

Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference soccer championship
Sport:College soccer
Conference:Mid-American Conference
Number Of Teams:6
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Current Stadium:WMU Soccer Complex
Current Location:Kalamazoo, Michigan
Years:1997–present
Most Recent:2023
Current Champion:Ohio (1)
Most Championships:Bowling Green (6)
Television:ESPN+

The Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's soccer for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1997. It is a single-elimination tournament that features the conference's top six teams, with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship. Through the 2022 season, the Bowling Green Falcons have won the most championships with six, followed by the Toledo Rockets with five titles.

Format

The top six teams from the regular season qualify for the tournament and are seeded based on the order of finish in the conference play. The teams are then placed in a single-elimination bracket, with the top seed playing the lowest seed, until meeting in a final championship game. The tournament begins in late October at campus sites and concludes in early November at the highest remaining seed's home field.Prior to 2020 the tournament consisted of eight teams, and for the 2020 season was the top team of the East Division vs the top team in the West Division.

Champions

Key

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

By year

Source:[1]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteReference
1997Northern Illinois 3–2*(OT)Eastern MichiganNIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex • DeKalb, Illinois
1998Northern Illinois 2–1*(2OT)OhioChessa FieldAthens, Ohio
1999Eastern Michigan 0–0†
Miami (OH)Scicluna Field • Ypsilanti, Michigan
2000Miami (OH) 1–0*(OT)Bowling GreenUB StadiumBuffalo, New York
2001Miami (OH) 3–1Central MichiganChessa Field • Athens, Ohio
2002Miami (OH) 5–3OhioBobby Kramig Field • Oxford, Ohio
20034–1Bowling GreenWMU Soccer ComplexKalamazoo, Michigan
2004Bowling Green 2–0Central MichiganChessa Field • Athens, Ohio
2005Bowling Green 0–0†
Kent StateMickey Cochrane StadiumBowling Green, Ohio
20062–1Northern IllinoisPaul Hotmer Field • Toledo, Ohio
2007Toledo 2–2†
Bowling GreenBriner Sports Complex • Muncie, Indiana
2008 Toledo 1–0Eastern MichiganPaul Hotmer Field • Toledo, Ohio
2009Central Michigan 1–0Miami (OH)CMU Soccer/Lacrosse Complex • Mount Pleasant, Michigan
2010Central Michigan 3–1Western MichiganPaul Hotmer Field • Toledo, Ohio
2011Toledo 1–0Western Michigan
2012Miami (OH) 2–1Central MichiganBobby Kramig Field • Oxford, Ohio
2013Western Michigan 1–0Ball StateScicluna Field • Ypsilanti, Michigan
2014Buffalo 1–0Western MichiganUB Stadium • Buffalo, New York
2015Western Michigan 2–0Miami (OH)WMU Soccer Complex • Kalamazoo, Michigan
2016Kent State 1–0Northern IllinoisDix StadiumKent, Ohio[2]
2017Toledo 2–1*(OT)Bowling Green[3]
2018Bowling Green 1–1†
Ball StateMickey Cochrane Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio[4]
2019Bowling Green 0–0†
Eastern Michigan[5]
2020 Bowling Green 2–0Ball State[6]
2021Bowling Green 3–0Kent State[7]
2022Buffalo 2–0Ball StateUB Stadium • Buffalo, New York[8]
2023Ohio 2–1Kent StateWMU Soccer Complex • Kalamazoo, Michigan[9] [10]

By school

Records as of the 2023 tournament.[1]

School Appearances W L T Pct. Finals Championships Years won
6 0 6 1 0 0
18 7 12 9 4 0
16 22 8 9 10 6 2004, 2005, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021
16 10 14 1 2 2 2014, 2022
20 17 15 2 5 2 2009, 2010
19 9 15 5 4 1 1999
19 12 16 4 4 1 2016
Marshall 1 0 1 0 0 0
18 22 12 3 7 4 2000, 2001,
2002, 2012
13 9 11 2 4 2 1997, 1998
21 13 20 1 3 1 2023
14 15 7 5 5 5 2006, 2007, 2008,
2011, 2017
23 16 20 3 6 3 2003, 2013, 2015

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Record Book. Mid-American Conference. December 27, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2016 Women's Soccer Championship. Mid-American Conference. 2017-11-03.
  3. Web site: 2017 Women's Soccer Championship. Mid-American Conference. 2017-11-03.
  4. Web site: 2018 Women's Soccer Championship. Mid-American Conference. 2018-12-11.
  5. Web site: 2019 Women's Soccer Championship. Mid-American Conference. 2020-01-08.
  6. Web site: BGSU women's soccer wins third straight MAC Championship. BG Falcon Media. bgfalconmedia.com. Brandom. Loe. April 18, 2021. December 21, 2021.
  7. Web site: 2021 Women's Soccer Championship. Mid-American Conference. getsomemaction.com. December 21, 2021.
  8. Web site: Buffalo Claims Second Women's Soccer Title In Program History . Mid-American Conference . November 29, 2022.
  9. Web site: 2023 Women's Soccer Championship. Mid-American Conference. getsomemaction.com. December 27, 2023.
  10. Web site: Ohio soccer wins first MAC championship in program history. The Athens Messenger. November 5, 2023. December 27, 2023.