Big West Conference men's soccer tournament

Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Sport	College soccer
Conference	Big West Conference
Number of teams	6
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Played	2008–present
Last contest	2023
Current champion	UC Irvine
Most championships	UC Irvine (5)
TV partner(s)	ESPN+
Official website	bigwest.org/msoc

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 edit

Key edit

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

Finals edit

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Site	Most valuable player
2008	UC Irvine	4–2	UC Santa Barbara	Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA	Andrew Fontein, UC Irvine
2009	UC Irvine (2)	4–1	UC Santa Barbara	Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA	Carlos Aguilar, UC Irvine
2010	UC Santa Barbara	3–1	Cal State Fullerton	Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA	Luis Silva, UCSB
2011	UC Irvine (3)	3–2*	UC Santa Barbara	Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA	Miguel Ibarra, UC Irvine
2012	Cal State Northridge	1–0	UC Davis	Aggie Field • Davis, CA	Sagi Lev-Ari, CSUN
2013	UC Irvine (4)	1–0	Cal State Northridge	Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA	Enrique Cardenas, UC Irvine
2014	Cal State Fullerton	0–0† (3–2 pk)	UC Irvine	Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA	Jeff Salt, CSU Fullerton
2015	Cal State Fullerton (2)	1–0	UC Santa Barbara	Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA	David Rodriguez Elias, CSU Fullerton
2016	Cal State Northridge (2)	2–1*	Cal State Fullerton	Matador Soccer Field • Northridge, CA	Kevin Marquez, CSUN
2017	Cal State Fullerton (3)	0–0 † (4–3 pk)	UC Davis	Aggie Field • Davis, CA	Paul-Andre Guerin, UC Davis
2018	UC Riverside	0–0 † (4–2 pk)	UC Davis	UC Riverside Soccer Stadium • Riverside, CA	Daniel Aguiree, UC Riverside
2019	UC Davis	2–0	UC Santa Barbara	Aggie Field • Davis, CA	Adam Mickelson, UC Davis
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	UC Santa Barbara	4–0	UC Irvine	Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA	Finn Ballard McBride, UC Santa Barbara
2022	UC Riverside	1-0	UC Santa Barbara	UC Riverside Soccer Stadium • Riverside, CA	Carlos Gonzalez, UC Riverside
2023	UC Irvine	0–0 † (8–7 pk)	UC Davis	Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA	Oscar Cervantes, UC Irvine

Source: Big West Men's Soccer Record Book

Performance by school edit

Most championships edit

School	Championships^[1]	Winning years^[1]
UC Irvine	5	2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2023
Cal State Fullerton	3	2014, 2015, 2017
Cal State Northridge	2	2012, 2016
UC Santa Barbara	2	2010, 2021
UC Riverside	2	2018, 2022
UC Davis	1	2019
TOTAL	15

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Big West Tournament Champions - Big West Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big West Conference. BigWest.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2017.

External links edit

Official website

[number_of_titles-1] "Big West Tournament Champions - Big West Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big West Conference. BigWest.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2017.

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