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. 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
Played1994–2008
2011–present
Current championPenn State
Most championshipsPenn State (9)
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

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
2007 Purdue 3–1 Ohio State Minneapolis
2008 Penn State 2–1 Minnesota Iowa City
2009
2010
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, Minnesota Maddie Nielsen, Minnesota
2019 Penn State 2–1 (2OT) Michigan Yurcak FieldPiscataway, New Jersey Payton Linnehan, PSU Amanda Dennis, PSU
2020 Iowa 1–0 Wisconsin Jeffrey FieldUniversity Park, Pennsylvania
2021 Michigan 1–0 Rutgers Yurcak FieldPiscataway, New Jersey Raleigh Loughman, Michigan Alia Martin, Michigan
2022 Penn State 3–2 Michigan State Lower.com FieldColumbus, Ohio Ally Schlegel, Penn State Katherine Asman, Penn State

Performance by school

Most championships

SchoolChampionships[2]Winning years
Penn State 9 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022
Michigan 3 1997, 1999, 2021
Minnesota 3 1995, 2016, 2018
Ohio State 3 2002, 2004, 2012
Wisconsin 3 1994, 2005, 2014
Illinois 2 2003, 2011
Minnesota 2 2016, 2018
Indiana 1 1996
Iowa 1 2020
Nebraska 1 2013
Purdue 1 2007

Records all-time by team

through 2022 Tournament[3]
School GP W L T Pct. Championships
Penn State 59 40 13 6 .729 9
Michigan 44 23 17 4 .568 3
Minnesota 35 17 13 5 .557 2
Nebraska 9 4 3 2 .556 1
Rutgers 18 8 8 2 .500 0
Illinois 35 15 15 5 .500 2
Wisconsin 41 17 19 5 .476 3
Ohio State 35 14 16 5 .471 3
Purdue 21 9 10 2 .476 1
Iowa 21 9 11 1 .452 1
Northwestern 26 8 16 2 .346 0
Indiana 20 5 14 1 .275 1
Michigan State 21 4 14 3 .262 0
Maryland 1 0 1 0 .000 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2016. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
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