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Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament

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Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Number of teams10
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumFoley Sports Complex
Current locationFoley, Alabama
Played2000–present
Last contest2023
Current championOld Dominion
Most championshipsSouth Alabama (8)
TV partner(s)ESPN+
Official websitesunbeltsports.org/wsoc

The Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The tournament has been held every year since 2000. It is a single-elimination tournament with seeding based on conference records. The field expanded from eight to eleven teams for the 2020 and 2021 editions. Starting in 2022, the tournament reduced back to ten total participating teams. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Champions

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Key

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

By Year

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Source:[1][2]

Year Champion Score Runner-up Site MVP Reference
2000 FIU (1) 3–1 North Texas The Cage • Mobile, Alabama None
2001 Denver (1) 2–1 North Texas FIU Soccer StadiumMiami, Florida Kristin Warren, Denver
2002 Denver (2) 3–0 North Texas The Cage • Mobile, Alabama Kate Antongiovanni, Denver
2003 Denver (3) 1–0*(OT) North Texas WKU Soccer Complex • Bowling Green, Kentucky Lleane Grimditch, Denver
2004 North Texas (1) 1–0 FIU FIU Soccer Stadium • Miami, Florida Alyssa Carrier, North Texas
2005 North Texas (2) 2–0 South Alabama The Cage • Mobile, Alabama Heather Hutyra, North Texas
2006 Denver (4) 4–0 North Texas Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track FacilityLafayette, Louisiana Taryn Hemmings, Denver
2007 Denver (5) 2–0 North Texas The Cage • Mobile, Alabama Mackenzie Snyder, Denver
2008 Denver (6) 2–0 Western Kentucky Soccer and Track & Field Stadium • Denton, Texas Taryn Hemmings, Denver
2009 Denver (7) 1–0 Little Rock FAU Soccer StadiumBoca Raton, Florida Kaitlin Bast, Denver
2010 Middle Tennessee (1) 0–0†
(3–2 pen.)
Denver WKU Soccer Complex • Bowling Green, Kentucky Rebecca Cushing, Middle Tennessee
2011 FIU (2) 0–0†
(4–3 pen.)
Western Kentucky Dean A. Hayes Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee Nicole DiPerna, FIU
2012 North Texas (3) 1–0 FIU The Cage • Mobile, Alabama Jackie Kerestine, North Texas
2013 South Alabama (1) 1–0 Western Kentucky Bobcat Soccer Complex • San Marcos, Texas Lauren Allison, South Alabama
2014 South Alabama (2) 1–0 Troy Chardé Hannah, South Alabama
2015 South Alabama (3) 4–0 Georgia State GSU Soccer FieldEmerson, Georgia
2016 South Alabama (4) 2–0 Coastal Carolina Foley Sports Complex • Foley, Alabama Jemma Purfield, South Alabama [3]
2017 South Alabama (5) 5–0 Coastal Carolina Rio Hardy, South Alabama [4]
2018 Little Rock (1) 0–0†
(6–5 pen.)
Texas State Jaclyn Purvine, Little Rock [5]
2019 South Alabama (6) 5–1 Arkansas State Briana Morris, South Alabama [6]
2020 South Alabama (7) 2–1 Arkansas State Morgan Cross, South Alabama [7]
2021 South Alabama (8) 1–0 Georgia Southern Gracie Wilson, South Alabama [8]
2022 Old Dominion (1) 4–3*(2OT) James Madison Carla Morich, Old Dominion [9]
2023 Old Dominion (2) 2–1*(2OT) James Madison Ece Turkoglu, Old Dominion [10][11]

By school

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Source:[1]

School W L T PCT Finals Championships Title Years
Arkansas State 4 12 5 .310 2 0
Appalachian State 4 8 1 .346 0 0
Coastal Carolina 4 6 0 .400 2 0
Denver 26 4 1 .855 8 7 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009
Florida Atlantic 2 4 0 .333 0 0
FIU 10 7 2 .579 4 2 2000, 2011
Georgia Southern 4 7 1 .375 1 0
Georgia State 9 8 0 .529 1 0
James Madison 4 2 0 .667 2 0
Little Rock 5 10 7 .386 2 1 2018
Louisiana 2 16 1 .132 0 0
Louisiana–Monroe 2 3 1 .417 0 0
Marshall 1 1 0 .500 0 0
Middle Tennessee 6 10 4 .400 1 1 2010
North Texas 24 7 0 .774 9 3 2004, 2005, 2012
Old Dominion 5 0 1 .917 2 2 2022, 2023
South Alabama 29 11 4 .705 9 8 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Southern Miss 0 2 0 .000 0 0
Texas State 3 8 3 .321 1 0
Troy 4 11 2 .294 1 0
Western Kentucky 13 11 2 .538 3 0

Teams in italics not longer sponsor women's soccer in the Sun Belt.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). sungbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Past Women's Soccer Champions". sungbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "2016 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament". sungbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  4. ^ Sun Belt Conference. "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  5. ^ Sun Belt Conference. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  6. ^ Sun Belt Conference. "2019 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  8. ^ Sun Belt Conference. "2021 Women's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  9. ^ Sun Belt Conference. "2022 Women's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  10. ^ Sun Belt Conference. "2023 Women's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  11. ^ "Old Dominion women's soccer team will hit road to face Georgetown in NCAAs". The Virginian-Pilot. November 6, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2024.