2024 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament
2024 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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Classification | Division I | ||||
Teams | 6 | ||||
Matches | 5 | ||||
Attendance | 2,198 | ||||
Site | Waipiʻo Peninsula Soccer Stadium (Semifinals & Final) Waipahu, Hawaii | ||||
Champions | UC Santa Barbara (3rd title) | ||||
Winning coach | Paul Stumpf (3rd title) | ||||
MVP | Devin Greer Sofie Rodriguez[1] (UC Santa Barbara) | ||||
Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii † | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .850 | 12 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Davis | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 13 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara ‡y | 4 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .600 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 9 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine | 4 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .600 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 6 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Bakersfield | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .550 | 8 | – | 10 | – | 5 | .457 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .550 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 4 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Northridge | 3 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .450 | 5 | – | 11 | – | 3 | .342 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Beach St | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .400 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .350 | 5 | – | 11 | – | 3 | .342 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC San Diego | 1 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .250 | 3 | – | 12 | – | 4 | .263 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 0 | – | 6 | – | 4 | .200 | 2 | – | 13 | – | 4 | .211 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 Big West Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big West Conference |
The 2024 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held from November 3 to November 10, 2024. The Semifinals and Final of the five-match tournament took place at Waipiʻo Peninsula Soccer Stadium in Waipahu, Hawaii and on the campus of the higher seed hosted First Round games. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the UC Irvine Anteaters.[2][3] The Anteaters were unable to defend their title as they fell in the First Round to Cal State Bakersfield. Third seed UC Santa Barbara went on to win the title in a penalty shoot-out over Cal State Bakersfield in the Final.[4][5] This was the third Big West tournament title for the UC Santa Barbara program and the third for head coach Paul Stumpf.[6] As tournament champions, UC Santa Barbara earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Seeding
[edit]The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament and teams were seeded by regular season conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara both finished with 4–2–4 regular season records. UC Santa Barbra earned the third seed by virtue of their 1–0 regular season win over UC Irvine on October 6. A second tiebreaker was required for the fifth and sixth seeds as Cal State Bakersfield and Cal State Fullerton both finished with 4–3–3 regular season records. The two teams tied on the final day of the regular season 1–1. The second tiebreaker was goal differential in conference play, where the two teams tied again. The two teams also tied the third tiebreaker, goals scored in conference play. The tie was finally broke on the fourth tiebreaker which was goals scored overall. Cal State Bakersfield won this tiebreaker 23 to 22 and earned the fifth seed.[7][8]
Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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1 | Hawaii | 8–1–1 | 25 |
2 | UC Davis | 6–2–2 | 20 |
3 | UC Santa Barbara | 4–2–4 | 16 |
4 | UC Irvine | 4–2–4 | 16 |
5 | Cal State Bakersfield | 4–3–3 | 15 |
6 | Cal State Fullerton | 4–3–3 | 15 |
Bracket
[edit]Source:[9]
First round Sunday, Nov. 3 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7 | Final Sunday, Nov. 10 | ||||||||||||
1 | Hawaii | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | UC Irvine | 0 | 5 | Cal State Bakersfield | 3 | |||||||||
5 | Cal State Bakersfield | 1 | 5 | Cal State Bakersfield | 2 (7) | |||||||||
3 | UC Santa Barbara (pen.) | 2 (8) | ||||||||||||
2 | UC Davis | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | UC Santa Barbara | 2 | 3 | UC Santa Barbara (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
6 | Cal State Fullerton | 1 |
Schedule
[edit]Quarterfinals
[edit]November 3, 2024 | #3 UC Santa Barbara | 2–1 | #6 Cal State Fullerton | Santa Barbara, CA |
12:00 p.m. PST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 427 Referee: Kristin Patterson Assistant referees: Amanda Dibiasio Jaclyn Reilman Fourth official: Pamela Gonzalez |
November 3, 2024 | #4 UC Irvine | 0–1 | #5 Cal State Bakersfield | Irvine, CA |
6:00 p.m. PST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 455 Referee: Sean Wright Assistant referees: Cesar Calderon Haily Morejon Fourth official: Matthew Tanious |
Semifinals
[edit]November 6, 2024 | #2 UC Davis | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | #3 UC Santa Barbara | Waipahu, HI |
6:00 p.m. PST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Waipiʻo Peninsula Soccer Stadium Attendance: 334 Referee: Eric Ehrhardt Assistant referees: Brandon Rivera Mike Hanna Fourth official: Isaiah Takahashi |
November 6, 2024 | #1 Hawaii | 0–3 | #5 Cal State Bakersfield | Waipahu, HI |
9:00 p.m. PST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Waipiʻo Peninsula Soccer Stadium Attendance: 662 Referee: Adrian Gonzalez Assistant referees: Isaiah Takahashi Cassidy Dixon Fourth official: Brandon Rivera |
Final
[edit]November 10, 2024 | #3 UC Santa Barbara | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p) | #5 Cal State Bakersfield | Waipahu, HI |
1:00 p.m. PST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Waipiʻo Peninsula Soccer Stadium Attendance: 320 Referee: Ivan De Cristofaro Assistant referees: Andie Reyes Kristin Patterson Fourth official: Jaymie Barnes |
Penalties | ||||
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Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 16 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).
4 goals
- Devin Greer – UC Santa Barbara
2 goals
- Cynthia Ramirez – Cal State Bakersfield
- Isis Salazar-Ortega – Cal State Bakersfield
1 goal
- Teresa Garcia – UC Davis
- Ashleigh Garcia – UC Davis
- Olivia Howard – UC Santa Barbara
- O'Callaghan Liu – UC Santa Barbara
- Anela Nigito – Cal State Bakersfield
- Megan Ormson – Cal State Bakersfield
- Haley Phillips – UC Santa Barbara
- Kaylin Raibon – Cal State Fullerton
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 3 UC Santa Barbara Pushes Past No. 5 CSUB in PK's to Capture 2024 Women's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ Big West Conference. "2023 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ Stevens, Ashley (November 5, 2023). "UC Irvine Anteaters three-peat, ending Cal Poly women's soccer postseason run in Big West Championship". ksby.com. KSBY. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ Big West Conference. "2024 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ Zant, John (November 12, 2024). "UC Santa Barbara Women's Soccer Heads to NCAA Tournament for First Time in 15 Years". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ "Big West Women's Soccer Records" (PDF). bigwest.org. Big West Conference. January 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Big West Women's Soccer Championship Bracket Complete with Regular-Season Champion Hawai'i Locked as No. 1 seed". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. November 1, 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ "Titans Draw with Bakersfield in Regular Season Finale and Clinch Big West Championship Spot". fullertontitans.com. Cal State Fullerton Athletics. October 31, 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ "Big West 2024 Women's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. Retrieved December 16, 2024.