Conference USA women's soccer tournament

C-USA women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceConference USA
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumRobert Mack Caruthers Field
Current locationRuston, Louisiana
Played1995–present
Last contest2024
Current championFlorida International
Most championshipsMemphis (5)
TV partner(s)ESPN+
Official websiteconferenceusa.com/wsoc

The Conference USA women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for Conference USA (C-USA). The tournament has been held every year since 1995. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. 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

By year

Source:[1]

Year Champion Score Runner-up Site Offensive MVP Defensive MVP Reference
1995 Charlotte (1) 1–0*(OT) Evansville Meyers Field • Cincinnati, Ohio Blair Angell (Charlotte) (Forward)
Terra May (Evansville) (Midfielder)
Benji Lewis (Charlotte) (Defender)
Heather Bridgewater (Charlotte) (Goalkeeper)
1996 Cincinnati (1) 4–2*(OT) Marquette Transamerica Field • Charlotte, North Carolina Regina Sekyra (Marquette) (Forward)
Paulette Angilecchia (Cincinnati) (Midfielder)
Nicole Thorne (Cincinnati) (Defender)
Stacy Sipotz (Marquette) (Goalkeeper)
1997 Cincinnati (2) 1–0 Marquette Anheuser-Busch Conference & Sports Centre • Fenton, Missouri Tina Matlock (Cincinnati) (Forward)
Kelly Roethe (Marquette) (Midfielder)
Rhegan Hyypio (Marquette) (Defender)
Christy Hoffman (Cincinnati) (Goalkeeper)
1998 Charlotte (2) 0–0†
(5–4 pen.)
Marquette Cox Soccer Complex • Farmers Branch, Texas Christian Papp (Charlotte) (Forward)
Lynette Rossini (Marquette) (Midfielder)
Rhegan Hyypio (Marquette) (Defender)
Mo Bothwell (Marquette) (Goalkeeper)
1999 Marquette (1) 2–1*(OT) Charlotte Erin Morgan (Marquette) (Forward)
Kelly Roethe (Marquette) (Midfielder)
Jen Bransford (Charlotte) (Defender)
Jennifer Howell (Charlotte) (Goalkeeper)
2000 Marquette (2) 1–0*(OT) Charlotte Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, Missouri Kate Gordon (Marquette) (Forward)
Kristen Jensen (Marquette) (Midfielder)
Heather O'Neil (Marquette) (Defender)
Christy Hoffman (Cincinnati) (Goalkeeper)
2001 Cincinnati (3) 1–0 Marquette Valley Fields • Milwaukee, Wisconsin Ann Thomas (Cincinnati) (Forward)
Nicole Luse (Cincinnati) (Midfielder)
Anne Dalecky (Marquette) (Defender)
Christy Hoffman (Cincinnati) (Goalkeeper)
2002 Cincinnati (4) 2–1 Marquette Transamerica Field • Charlotte, North Carolina Tasha Wagner (Cincinnati) Stacey Kyser (Cincinnati)
2003 DePaul (1) 1–1†
(4–3 pen.)
Saint Louis Julianne Sitch (DePaul) Lindsay Deason (DePaul)
2004 UAB (1) 2–1 Saint Louis Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, Missouri Jenny Rynders (UAB) Brianna McCarty (UAB)
2005 Rice (1) 3–0 UTEP Rice Soccer & Track Stadium • Houston, Texas Anne Candee (Rice) Adriene Giese (Rice)
2006 UAB (2) 3–2 Colorado College Westcott Field • Dallas, Texas Jill Porto (UAB) Laura Richards (UAB)
2007 Memphis (1) 2–0 UCF University Field • El Paso, Texas Ashley Berra (Memphis) Kelsey Bakker (Memphis)
2008 Memphis (2) 4–1 East Carolina Rice Soccer & Track Stadium • Houston, Texas Laura Laufenberg (Memphis)
2009 Memphis (3) 3–0 UCF Westcott Field • Dallas, Texas Taylor Isenhower (Memphis) Elise Kuhar-Pitters (Memphis)
2010 Memphis (4) 1–0 UCF UCF Soccer Complex • Orlando, Florida Vendula Strnadova (Memphis)
2011 Memphis (5) 2–1*(OT) UTEP Mike Rose Soccer Complex • Memphis, Tennessee Christabel Oduro (Memphis) Lizzy Simonin (Memphis)
2012 UCF (1) 2–0 Tulsa University Field • El Paso, Texas Nicolette Radovcic (UCF) Marissa Diggs (UCF)
2013 Colorado College (1) 3–0 North Texas Holloway Field • Houston, Texas Jessie Ayers (Colorado College) Kate Scheele (Colorado College)
2014 Rice (2) 1–0 North Texas Transamerica Field • Charlotte, North Carolina Gabriela Iribarne (Rice) Ashton Geisendorff (Rice)
2015 North Texas (1) 1–0 Marshall FIU Soccer Stadium • Miami, Florida Rachel Holden (North Texas) Jackie Kerestine (North Texas)
2016 Charlotte (3) 4–0 Florida Atlantic Transamerica Field • Charlotte, North Carolina Katie O'Neill (Charlotte) Shelby Hicks (Charlotte) [2]
2017 North Texas (2) 0–0†
(3–1 pen.)
Charlotte FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida Taylor Torres (North Texas) Dominique James (North Texas) [3]
2018 North Texas (3) 2–1*(2OT) Southern Miss Old Dominion Soccer Complex • Norfolk, Virginia Lauryn Bruffett (North Texas) Carissa Sanders (North Texas) [4]
2019 North Texas (4) 5–2 Florida Atlantic North Texas Soccer Stadium • Denton, Texas Allie Byrd (North Texas) Dominique James (North Texas) [5]
2020 Rice (3) 2–0 Charlotte Holloway Field • Houston, Texas Delaney Schultz (Rice) Mijke Roelfsema (Rice) [6]
2021 Old Dominion (1) 1–0 Southern Miss FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida Carla Morich (Old Dominion) Emily Roberts (Old Dominion) [7]
2022 UTSA (1) 3–2*(2OT) Florida Atlantic Transamerica Field • Charlotte, North Carolina Anna Sutter (UTSA) Kendall Kloza (UTSA) [8]
2023 Liberty (1) 2–1 New Mexico State Robert Mack Caruthers Field • Ruston, Louisiana Rachel DeRuby (Liberty) Ainsley Leja (Liberty) [9]
2024 FIU (1) 1–0 Liberty FIU Soccer Stadium • Miami, Florida Noémi Paquin (FIU) Delinda Sehlin (FIU) [10]

Note: from 1995 to 2001, a most valuable forward, midfielder, defender, and goalkeeper were selected.

By school

Source:[1]

As of 2024 tournament
School W L T PCT Finals Championships Title Years
Charlotte 19 12 7 .592 7 3 1995, 1998, 2016
Cincinnati 14 4 1 .763 4 4 1996, 1997,
2001, 2002
Colorado College 6 5 2 .538 2 1 2013
DePaul 2 3 1 .417 1 1 2003
East Carolina 5 9 2 .375 1 0 —
Evansville 2 1 0 .667 1 0 —
FIU 2 2 0 .500 1 1 2024
Florida Atlantic 6 8 2 .438 3 0 —
Houston 2 7 1 .250 0 0 —
Jacksonville State 0 1 0 .000 0 0 —
Kennesaw State 0 0 0 – 0 0 —
Liberty 3 1 0 .750 2 1 2023
Louisiana Tech 3 6 3 .375 0 0 —
Louisville 2 3 0 .400 0 0 —
Marquette 17 7 1 .700 6 2 1999, 2000
Marshall 3 4 0 .429 1 0 —
Middle Tennessee 2 7 2 .273 0 0 —
Memphis 17 7 1 .700 5 5 2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011
New Mexico State 2 2 0 .500 1 0 –
North Texas 16 6 2 .708 6 4 2015, 2017,
2018, 2019
Old Dominion 4 5 0 .444 1 1 2021
Rice 11 10 4 .520 3 3 2005, 2014, 2020
Saint Louis 4 6 3 .423 2 0 —
Sam Houston 1 1 1 .500 0 0 –
SMU 2 6 2 .300 0 0 —
South Florida 2 7 0 .222 0 0 —
Southern Miss 6 5 1 .542 2 0 —
TCU 0 0 1 .500 0 0 —
Tulane 0 6 1 .071 0 0 —
Tulsa 2 3 2 .429 1 0 —
UAB 7 14 6 .370 2 2 2004, 2006
UCF 9 7 0 .563 4 1 2012
UTEP 5 8 3 .406 2 0 —
UTSA 4 1 0 .800 1 1 2022
Western Kentucky 1 8 0 .111 0 0 —

Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in Conference USA.

References

  1. ^ a b "Conference USA Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  2. ^ Conference USA. "2016 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ Conference USA. "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. ^ Conference USA. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  5. ^ Conference USA. "2019 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. ^ Conference USA. "2021 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  7. ^ Conference USA. "2021 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  8. ^ Conference USA. "2022 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  9. ^ Conference USA. "2023 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  10. ^ "2024 Women's Soccer Championship". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. Retrieved December 27, 2024.