Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament

The Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big Ten Conference. Held every year since 1994. the tournament is single-elimination format and seeding is based on regular season records. The top four highest-seeded teams host the quarterfinal matches and the highest remaining seed after the quarterfinal round. The highest remaining seeded teams following the quarterfinal round hosts the semifinals and likewise for the championship match.[1]

Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament
Conference Soccer Championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumGrand Park
Current locationWestfield, Indiana
Played1994–present
Current championMinnesota Golden Gophers
(3rd title)
Most championshipsPenn State Nittany Lions
(7 titles)
Official websiteBigTen.org

The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship.

Champions

Key

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

Finals

Year Champion Score Runner-up Site Outstanding Offensive Player Outstanding Defensive Player
1994 Wisconsin 3–0 Minnesota Madison
1995 Minnesota 1–0 Wisconsin Bloomington
1996 Indiana 1–0 Wisconsin Columbus
1997 Michigan 1–0 (OT) Northwestern Blaine
1998 Penn State 2–0 Ohio State University Park
1999 Michigan 4–2 Penn State Bloomington
2000 Penn State 1–0 (3OT) Michigan Champaign
2001 Penn State 2–1 (OT) Illinois West Lafayette
2002 Ohio State 2–1 Wisconsin East Lansing
2003 Illinois 2–0 Michigan Madison
2004 Ohio State 2–0 Penn State Columbus
2005 Wisconsin 3–1 Michigan Ann Arbor
2006 Penn State 3–1 Illinois University Park
2008 Penn State 2–1 Minnesota Iowa City
2011 Illinois 2–1 Penn State Evanston
2012 Ohio State 2–1 Illinois Bloomington
2013 Nebraska 1–0 Iowa Champaign
2014 Wisconsin 1–0 (OT) Iowa West Lafayette
2015 Penn State 2–0 Rutgers University Park
2016 Minnesota 2–1 Rutgers Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumSt. Paul, Minnesota Sydney Squires, Minn Tori Burnett, Minn
2017 Penn State 2–1 Northwestern Grand ParkWestfield, Indiana
2018 Minnesota 0–0 (5–4 PK) Penn State April Bockin, Minn Maddie Nielsen, Minn
2019 Penn State 2–1 (2OT) Michigan Yurcak FieldPiscataway, New Jersey Payton Linnehan, PSU Amanda Dennis, PSU

Performance by school

Most championships

SchoolChampionships[2]Winning years
Penn State 8 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2019
Minnesota 3 1995, 2016, 2018
Ohio State 3 2002, 2004, 2012
Wisconsin 3 1994, 2005, 2014
Illinois 2 2003, 2011
Michigan 2 1997, 1999
Indiana 1 1996
Nebraska 1 2013
Purdue 1 2007
TOTAL 23

Records all-time by team

through 2016 Tournament[3]
School Pld. W L T Pct. Championships
Penn State 44 29 11 4 .705 6
Nebraska 5 3 1 1 .700 1
Minnesota 29 15 10 4 .586 2
Rutgers 7 4 3 0 .571 0
Michigan 37 18 15 4 .541 2
Purdue 15 7 6 2 .533 1
Illinois 32 15 13 4 .531 2
Wisconsin 32 15 14 3 .516 3
Ohio State 28 12 12 4 .500 3
Iowa 13 4 8 1 .346 0
Indiana 18 5 12 1 .306 1
Northwestern 19 4 14 1 .237 0
Michigan State 16 2 12 2 .188 0
Maryland 0 0 0 0 0

Big Ten Medal of Honor

The Big Ten Medal of Honor is awarded to a player from the graduating class of a Big Ten Conference university who "demonstrated athletic and academic excellence throughout their college career." The recipients include:

YearNameUniversity
1991Emily CoatneyMichigan State
1992Heather TaggartWisconsin
1994Susie HoltWisconsin
1998Jennifer McElmuryGolden Gophers
1999Shannon BrownWisconsin
2001Kacy BeitelMichigan
2003Emily OleksiukPenn State
2005Joanna LohmanPenn State
2006Jessica RingWisconsin
2006Christen KarniskiIllinois
2006Courtney O'BryanIndiana
2008Mary Therese McDonnellIllinois
2006Lindsey CottrellMichigan
2008Shauna StapletonPurdue
2009Emily ZurrerIllinois
2009Zoe BouchellePenn State
2011Jenna CarosioIllinois
2012Laurie NosbuschWisconsin
2014Vanessa DiBernardoIllinois
2016Rachel BeanlandsMaryland
2016Britt EckerstromPenn State
2016Brianne ReedRutgers

Notes

    References

    1. "Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
    2. "Big 10 Women's Soccer Tournament Records" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. BigTen.org. 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
    3. "All-Time Big Ten Tournament Standings". Big Ten Men's Soccer Records and Statistics (PDF). Rosemont, Illinois: Big Ten Conference. August 16, 2016. p. 3.
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