The 2016 Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Sky Conference to be held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Northern Colorado Bears are the defending tournament champions, after defeating the Idaho Vandals in a penalty kick shootout in the championship match.
| 2016 Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | EWU Soccer Complex Cheney, Washington | ||||
| Champions | Eastern Washington (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Chad Bodnar (1st title) | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho † | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .800 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .632 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 8 | – | 7 | – | 4 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .650 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .568 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .650 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 5 | .575 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington ‡y | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | 13 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .550 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland State | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .450 | 6 | – | 11 | – | 1 | .361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .400 | 7 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .350 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .350 | 5 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .250 | 3 | – | 12 | – | 2 | .235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 2 | – | 14 | – | 2 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 Big Sky Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-11-17 Rankings from NSCAA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bracket edit
| First round Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4 | Final Sunday, Nov. 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sacramento State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Arizona | 2 | 3 | Northern Arizona | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Northern Colorado | 1 | 3 | Northern Arizona | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 5 | Eastern Washington | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Idaho | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Montana | 0 | 5 | Eastern Washington | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Eastern Washington | 1 | ||||||||||||
Schedule edit
First Round edit
| November 2, 2016 | #3 Northern Arizona | 2–1 | #6 Northern Colorado | Cheney, Washington |
| 1:00 p.m. EST | Adrian Nixt  2'Anna Goebel 58' |
Report | Sydney Schroeder 17' |
Stadium: EWU Soccer Complex Referee: Saeed Askar |
| November 2, 2016 | #4 Montana | 0–1 | #5 Eastern Washington | Cheney, Washington |
| 4:00 p.m. EST | Report | Chloe Williams 13' |
Stadium: EWU Soccer Complex Referee: Jason Hutchinson |
Semi-finals edit
| November 4, 2016 | #2 Sacramento State | 2–3 | #3 Northern Arizona | Cheney, Washington |
| 1:00 p.m. EST | Regan Smithers 22' Jennifer Lum 65' |
Report | Anna Goebel 40', 66' Lindsay Doyle 49' |
Stadium: EWU Soccer Complex Referee: Matthew Buckman |
| November 4, 2016 | #1 Idaho | 0–1 | #5 Eastern Washington | Cheney, Washington |
| 4:00 p.m. EST | Report | Allison Raniere 88' |
Stadium: EWU Soccer Complex |
Final edit
| November 6, 2016 | #3 Northern Arizona | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | #5 Eastern Washington | Cheney, Washington |
| 3:00 p.m. EST | Ali Lixandru 41' |
Report | Jenny Chavez 49' |
Stadium: EWU Soccer Complex Referee: Raymond Moffattee Jr |
| Penalties | ||||
Alexis Moest  Adrian Nixt  Lindsay Doyle Carly Gamble Ali Lixandru |
Jenny Chavez Chloe Williams Laci Rennaker M'Kenna Hayes |
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