2025 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament
| 2025 Big West Conference Women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 2,321 | ||||
| Site | Matador Soccer Field Northridge, CA | ||||
| Champions | Cal Poly (4th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Bernardo Silva (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Jessie Halladay (Cal Poly) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge † | 6 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .750 | 8 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly ‡y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 9 | .659 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 14 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .775 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Irvine | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .650 | 8 | – | 5 | – | 7 | .575 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .650 | 13 | – | 5 | – | 5 | .674 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .550 | 8 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC San Diego | 3 | – | 3 | – | 4 | .500 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 8 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach St | 2 | – | 4 | – | 4 | .400 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 5 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 2 | – | 4 | – | 4 | .400 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 8 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .150 | 3 | – | 12 | – | 4 | .263 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | .050 | 0 | – | 16 | – | 2 | .056 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 Big West Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big West Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference, held from November 2 to November 9, 2025. The five–match tournament featured a six–team, single–elimination format consisting of three rounds, with seeding based on regular season conference records. First round matches were hosted by the higher seeds, while the semifinals and final were held at Matador Soccer Field in Northridge, California.
The defending champions were the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.[1] The Gauchos advanced to the final after defeating UC Irvine and CSUN (Cal State Northridge), but were unable to defend their title, losing to Cal Poly in the championship match.[2] As tournament champions, Cal Poly earned the Big West Conference’s automatic berth to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, where they faced eventual national runners-up Stanford.
Seeding
The top six teams in the regular season qualified for the tournament, with seeds determined by conference record. Tiebreakers were required to determine the second and third seeds, as well as the fourth and fifth seeds. Cal Poly and Cal State Fullerton both finished the regular season with 6–2–2 records. Cal Poly was awarded the second seed and a first–round bye by virtue of their 2–0 victory over Cal State Fullerton on October 12. Additionally, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara both finished with 5–2–3 regular season records. UC Irvine earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 2–0 regular season win over UC Santa Barbara on October 16, and the right to host UC Santa Barbara in the first round.[3]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | CSUN | 6–1–3 | 21 |
| 2 | Cal Poly | 6–2–2 | 20 |
| 3 | Cal State Fullerton | 6–2–2 | 20 |
| 4 | UC Irvine | 5–2–3 | 18 |
| 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 5–2–3 | 18 |
| 6 | Cal State Bakersfield | 5–4–1 | 16 |
Bracket
Source:[4]
| First round Sunday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 6 | Final Sunday, Nov. 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | CSUN | 1 (2) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UC Irvine | 0 | 5 | UC Santa Barbara (p) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 1 | 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Cal Poly | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal Poly | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cal State Fullerton | 1 | 3 | Cal State Fullerton | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | Cal State Bakersfield | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| November 3, 2024 | #3 Cal State Fullerton | 1–0 | #6 Cal State Bakersfield | Fullerton, CA |
| 5:00 p.m. PST |
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Report | Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 501 Referee: Adrian Gonzalez Assistant referees: Blanca Viviana Diaz Rodriguez, Ana Valdez Fourth official: Abdel Hakeem Wakil |
| November 3, 2024 | #4 UC Irvine | 0–1 | #5 UC Santa Barbara | Irvine, CA |
| 6:00 p.m. PST | Report |
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Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 422 Referee: Randy Hoffman Assistant referees: Haily Morejon, Maria Magana Fourth official: Julio Carranza |
Semifinals
| November 6, 2024 | #2 Cal Poly | 1–0 | #3 Cal State Fullerton | Northridge, CA |
| 4:00 p.m. PST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Matador Soccer Field Attendance: 411 Referee: Rene Nunez Assistant referees: Morgan Abbitt, Tomik Baghramian Fourth official: Marissa Postlethwaite |
| November 6, 2024 | #1 Cal State Northridge | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) | #5 UC Santa Barbara | Northridge, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Matador Soccer Field Attendance: 506 Referee: Ivan De Cristofaro Assistant referees: Andie Reyes, Nancy Camarillo Fourth official: Abdu Razzaq Juma |
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Final
| November 9, 2025 | #2 Cal Poly | 1–0 | #5 UC Santa Barbara | Northridge, CA |
| 1:00 p.m. PST |
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Report | Stadium: Matador Soccer Field Attendance: 481 Referee: Amber O'Connor Assistant referees: Kristin Patterson, Jaclyn Reilman Fourth official: Ana Valdez |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 6 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.2 goals per match (as of November 10).
2 goals
- Jessie Halladay
1 goal
- Paige Califf
- Emily Caughey
- Emma Corcoran
- CSUF Women's Soccer Team
References
- ^ Big West Conference. "No. 3 UC Santa Barbara Pushes Past No. 5 CSUB in PK's to Capture 2024 Women's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ^ "CHAMPS! No. 2 seed Cal Poly's Late Goal Pushes Mustangs Past Defending Champs UCSB, 1-0". bigwest.org. November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
- ^ "Field Set For 2025 Big West Women's Soccer Championship, CSUN Set to Host Semis and Final". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. October 30, 2025. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Big West Women's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. Retrieved November 4, 2025.