Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament

Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament
Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament
Conference Soccer Championship
Sport	College soccer
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Grand Park
Current location	Westfield, Indiana
Played	1994–present
Current champion	Michigan
Most championships	Penn State (8)
Official website	BigTen.org

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]

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
	Nebraska	1–0	Iowa	Champaign
	Wisconsin	1–0 ^(OT)	Iowa	West Lafayette
	Penn State	2–0	Rutgers	University Park
2016	Minnesota	2–1	Rutgers	Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium • St. Paul, Minnesota	Sydney Squires, Minn	Tori Burnett, Minn
2017	Penn State	2–1	Northwestern	Grand Park • Westfield, Indiana
2018	Minnesota	0–0 ^{(5–4 PK)}	Penn State	Grand Park • Westfield, Indiana	April Bockin, Minnesota	Maddie Nielsen, Minnesota
2019	Penn State	2–1 ^(2OT)	Michigan	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, New Jersey	Payton Linnehan, PSU	Amanda Dennis, PSU
2020	Iowa	1–0	Wisconsin	Jeffrey Field • University Park, Pennsylvania
2021	Michigan	1–0	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, New Jersey	Raleigh Loughman, Michigan	, Michigan

Performance by school[]

Most championships[]

School	Championships^[2]	Winning years
Penn State	8	1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2019
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 2021 Tournament^[3]

School	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	Championships
Penn State	56	37	13	6	.714	8
Minnesota	34	17	12	5	.574	2
Michigan	44	23	17	4	.568	3
Nebraska	7	3	2	2	.571	1
Rutgers	17	8	7	2	.529	0
Illinois	35	15	15	5	.500	2
Ohio State	34	14	15	5	.485	3
Wisconsin	40	17	18	5	.488	3
Purdue	21	9	10	2	.476	1
Iowa	21	9	11	1	.452	1
Northwestern	24	7	15	2	.333	0
Indiana	20	5	14	1	.275	1
Michigan State	18	2	13	3	.194	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:

Year	Name	University
1991	Emily Coatney	Michigan State
1992	Heather Taggart	Wisconsin
1994	Susie Holt	Wisconsin
1998	Jennifer McElmury	Golden Gophers
1999	Shannon Brown	Wisconsin
2001	Kacy Beitel	Michigan
2003	Emily Oleksiuk	Penn State
2005	Joanna Lohman	Penn State
2006	Jessica Ring	Wisconsin
2006	Christen Karniski	Illinois
2006	Courtney O'Bryan	Indiana
2008	Mary Therese McDonnell	Illinois
2006	Lindsey Cottrell	Michigan
2008	Shauna Stapleton	Purdue
2009	Emily Zurrer	Illinois
2009	Zoe Bouchelle	Penn State
2011	Jenna Carosio	Illinois
2012	Laurie Nosbusch	Wisconsin
2014	Vanessa DiBernardo	Illinois
2016	Rachel Beanlands	Maryland
2016	Britt Eckerstrom	Penn State
2016	Brianne Reed	Rutgers

Notes[]

References[]

^ "Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
^ "Big 10 Women's Soccer Tournament Records" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. BigTen.org. 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "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.

External links[]

Big Ten Conference Tournament Archives

[conference_overview-1] "Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

[recordbook-2] "Big 10 Women's Soccer Tournament Records" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. BigTen.org. 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[all-time_standings-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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Tournaments	2009 2010 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021