2025 WAC women's soccer tournament
| 2025 WAC women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 4 | ||||
| Matches | 3 | ||||
| Attendance | 3,540 | ||||
| Site | UCCU Stadium Orem, Utah | ||||
| Champions | California Baptist (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Kristen St. Clair (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Mikayla O’Brien (California Baptist) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley † | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .950 | 14 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Baptist ‡y | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .650 | 10 | – | 9 | – | 4 | .522 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Tech | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 8 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 2 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .350 | 6 | – | 11 | – | 3 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .300 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .250 | 3 | – | 12 | – | 3 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held on November 5 and November 8, 2025. The three-match tournament took place at UCCU Stadium in Orem, Utah on the campus of Utah Valley University. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play. The defending champions were the California Baptist Lancers.[1][2] Cal Baptist successfully defended its title as the second seed, defeating first seed and tournament host Utah Valley 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the Final.[3][4] This was the second WAC Tournament victory in California Baptist program history, and the second tournament title for head coach Kristen St. Clair.[5] As tournament champions, California Baptist earned the WAC's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Seeding
The top four teams from regular season play qualified for the 2025 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records and the top two seeds earned a bye into the semifinal round. No tiebreakers were required as all of the top six teams finished with unique regular season conference records.[6]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Utah Valley | 9–0–1 | 28 |
| 2 | California Baptist | 6–3–1 | 19 |
| 3 | Utah Tech | 4–4–2 | 14 |
| 4 | Abilene Christian | 2–5–3 | 9 |
Bracket
| Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 5 | Final Saturday, Nov. 8 | ||||||||
| 1 | Utah Valley | 7 | |||||||
| 4 | Abilene Christian | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Utah Valley | 2 (3) | |||||||
| 2 | California Baptist (pen.) | 2 (4) | |||||||
| 2 | California Baptist (pen.) | 2 (2) | |||||||
| 3 | Utah Tech | 2 (1) | |||||||
Matches
Semifinals
| November 5 | (2) California Baptist | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p) | (3) Utah Tech | Orem, UT |
| 3:00 p.m. MST |
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Stadium: UCCU Stadium Attendance: 1,002 Referee: Rachel Swett Assistant referees: Karsten Gillwald Wendell W. Ashby Fourth official: Michael Anglin |
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| November 5 | (1) Utah Valley | 7–0 | (4) Abilene Christian | Orem, UT |
| 6:00 p.m. MST |
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Report | Stadium: UCCU Stadium Attendance: 1,193 Referee: Irving Navarro Assistant referees: Karsten Gillwald Wendell W. Ashby Fourth official: Alex Krelo |
Final
| November 8 | (1) Utah Valley | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | (2) California Baptist | Orem, UT |
| 4:00 p.m. MST |
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Stadium: UCCU Stadium Attendance: 1,345 Referee: Kelsey Harms Assistant referees: Joshua Mills Daniel Reading Fourth official: Jordan Downs |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 15 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match (as of November 8, 2025).
3 goals
- Faith Webber – Utah Valley
2 goals
- Anja Jestrovic – California Baptist
- Josie Shepherd – Utah Valley
1 goal
- Taylor Held – California Baptist
- Ava Westlund – California Baptist
- Ella Cotter – Utah Tech
- Ruby Hladek – Utah Valley
- Taylor Nelson – Utah Valley
- Bailey Peterson – Utah Valley
- Jacey Wood – Utah Valley
1 own goal
- California Baptist (vs Utah Tech)
All-Tournament team
Source:[7]
| Player | Team |
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| Mikayla O’Brien | California Baptist |
| Taylor Held | |
| Anja Jestrovic | |
| Ava Lopez | |
| Ava Westlund | |
| Ruby Hladek | Utah Valley |
| Mia Owens | |
| Bailey Peterson | |
| Josie Shepherd | |
| Faith Webber | |
| Ella Cotter | Utah Tech |
MVP in bold
References
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2024 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ Pope, Dennis (November 12, 2024). "Inland college notes: Morgan Witz leads California Baptist women's soccer team into NCAA Tournament". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2025 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
- ^ Pope, Dennis (November 12, 2025). "Inland college sports: CBU women's soccer team headed back to NCAA Tourney". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2025 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). wacsports.com. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference (November 2, 2025). "Utah Valley Claims No. 1 Seed for the 2025 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
- ^ "California Baptist Wins Back-to-Back WAC Women's Soccer Tournament Championships". wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 8, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2026.