The 2022 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 2 through 12, 2022. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the higher seeds home stadium. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.[2] UC Santa Barbara was unable to defend its crown, falling to UC Riverside in the Final, 1–0.[3] This was the second Big West tournament title for the UC Riverside program, both of which have come under head coach Tim Cupello.[4] As tournament champions, UC Riverside earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
| 2022 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 3,678 | ||||
| Site | Campus Sites (Higher Seed) | ||||
| Champions | UC Riverside (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Tim Cupello (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Carlos Gonzalez[1] (UC Santa Barbara) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| UC Riverside‡ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 4 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Irvine | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC San Diego # | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 2 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 11 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 0 | – | 8 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seeding edit
The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2022 tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. The first and second seeds earned a bye into the Semifinals, and hosted their Semifinal game. A tiebreaker was required to break a three-way tie between UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge, and UC Santa Barbara as all the teams ended the regular season with 16 points in conference play. The tiebreaker was head-to-head record among the three teams. UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine were both 1–0–1 and Cal State Northridge was 0–2. Therefore, Cal State Northridge was the fourth seed, and UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara moved on to a second tiebreaker, goal difference. UC Santa Barbara finished with +7, while UC Irvine finished with a -1 goal difference. Therefore, UC Santa Barbara was the second seed and UC Irvine was the third.[5]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | UC Riverside | 5–2–2 | 17 |
| 2 | UC Santa Barbara | 4–1–4 | 16 |
| 3 | UC Irvine | 5–3–1 | 16 |
| 4 | Cal State Northridge | 5–3–1 | 16 |
| 5 | UC Davis | 4–3–2 | 14 |
| 6 | Sacramento State | 4–5–0 | 12 |
Bracket edit
Source:[6]
| First round Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Saturday, Nov. 5 | Final Saturday, Nov. 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UC Riverside | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Cal State Northridge | 3 | 4 | Cal State Northridge | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | UC Davis | 2 | 1 | UC Riverside | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | UC Santa Barbara | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UC Santa Barbara (a.e.t.) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UC Irvine | 2 | 3 | UC Irvine | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Sacramento State | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule edit
First Round edit
| November 2 | #3 UC Irvine | 2–0 | #6 Sacramento State | Irvine, CA |
| 6:00 p.m. PT |
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Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 333 Referee: Rene Nunez Assistant referees: Salma Perez Trevor Wiseman Fourth official: Bubba Barnett |
| November 2 | #4 Cal State Northridge | 3–2 | #5 UC Davis | Northridge, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Matador Soccer Field Attendance: 577 Referee: Frank Anderson Assistant referees: Salvador Reyes Irving Navarro Fourth official: Adrian Gonzalez |
Semifinals edit
| November 5 | #1 UC Riverside | 4–1 | #4 Cal State Northridge | Riverside, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PT |
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Report |
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Stadium: UC Riverside Soccer Stadium Attendance: 708 Referee: Sean Wright Assistant referees: Steve Lane Wale Animashuan Fourth official: Magic Berenji |
| November 5 | #2 UC Santa Barbara | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | #3 UC Irvine | Santa Barbara, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 925 Referee: Frank Anderson Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard Abdel Hakeem Wakil Fourth official: Shahin Torosian |
Final edit
| November 12 | #1 UC Riverside | 1–0 | #2 UC Santa Barbara | Riverside, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PT |
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Report |
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Stadium: UC Riverside Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Ian Anderson Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard Frank Anderson Fourth official: Vincent Brizzolara |
Statistics edit
Goalscorers edit
There were 16 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match (as of November 12, 2022).
2 goals
- Armando Ibarra – UC Riverside
1 goal
- Edson Palos – Cal State Northridge
- Enrique Pineda – Cal State Northridge
- Jamar Ricketts – Cal State Northridge
- Jack Rhead – Cal State Northridge
- Zachary Batchelder – UC Davis
- Ethan Hoard – UC Davis
- Ashish Chattha – UC Irvine
- Robert Mejia – UC Irvine
- Diego Otoya – UC Irvine
- Brendan Clark – UC Riverside
- Noah Lopez – UC Riverside
- Luka Lukic – UC Santa Barbara
- Nemo Philipp – UC Santa Barbara
1 own goal
- UC Irvine (against UC Santa Barbara)
References edit
- ^ Big West Conference (November 12, 2022). "The Big West Men's Soccer Championship: Lukic Scores Winner as UC Riverside Completes Double in Front of Packed House". bigwest.org. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Big West Conference. "2021 BIG WEST MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- ^ Big West Conference. "2022 BIG WEST MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ "Big West Men's Soccer Records" (PDF). bigwest.org. Big West Conference. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ "2022 Big West Men's Soccer Championship Bracket Set with Regular-Season Champion UC Riverside as Top Seed". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. October 30, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ "The Big West 2022 Men's Soccer Championship". Big West Conference. Retrieved June 22, 2023.