Summit League women's soccer tournament

The Summit League women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's soccer for the Summit League. The tournament has been held every year since 1999. 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 tournament.
Oakland has won the most tournament titles with 8, even though they are no longer a member of the Summit League. The current member with the most tournament titles is South Dakota State with 7 and is also the current champion.

Summit League women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceSummit League
Number of teams4 (1994-2021) 6 (2022-Present)
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCampus Sites
Played1994–present
Last contest2023
Current championSouth Dakota State (7)
Most championshipsOakland (8)
TV partner(s)Summit League Network (Midco)
Official websiteTheSummitLeague.org
Host stadiums
Carroll Stadium (1999), John MacKenzie Alumni Field (2008), Fishback Soccer Park (2009-10, 2012, 2015, 2018-19), Hefner Soccer Complex (2013), CIBER Field (2014, 2021), Dacotah Field (2016-17), Caniglia Field (2020)
Host locations
Indianapolis, IN (1999), Tulsa, OK (2000-03, 2005), Rochester, MI (2004, 2006-07, 2011), Macomb, IL (2008), Brookings, SD (2009-10, 2012, 2015, 2018-19), Fort Wayne, IN (2013), Denver, CO (2014, 2021), Fargo, ND (2016-17), Omaha, NE (2020)

Champions edit

Key edit

(2) Title number
* Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold Regular season champion
Bold italic Regular season co-champion

Finals edit

Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue Tournament MVP
1999 Oral Roberts (1) 2–1*(OT) Valparaiso Carroll StadiumIndianapolis, IN Kari Shoemaker (ORU)
2000 Oakland (1) 2–1*(OT) Oral Roberts Tulsa, OK Kristen Luoma (OAK)
2001 Oakland (2) 3–0 Oral Roberts Anita Rapp (OAK)
2002 Oakland (3) 1–1†
(4–2 pen.)
Oral Roberts Sara Buckland (OAK)
2003 Oakland (4) 3–1 Oral Roberts Erica Demers (OAK)
2004 Oral Roberts (2) 3–1 Valparaiso Rochester, MI Gentry Detter (ORU)
2005 Valparaiso (1) 3–1 Oakland Tulsa, OK Emily King (VALPO)
2006 Oakland (5) 1–1†
(4–3 pen.)
Western Illinois Rochester, MI Jessica Boyle (OAK)
2007 Oakland (6) 3–1 Western Illinois
2008 South Dakota State (1) 1–0 Oakland John MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Erin Kasmarik (SDSU)
2009 IUPUI (1) 4–1 South Dakota State Fishback Soccer Park • Brookings, SD Jamie Farrell (IUPUI)
2010 North Dakota State (1) 3–1 Western Illinois Marissa Wolfgram (NDSU)
2011 Oakland (7) 2–1 North Dakota State Rochester, MI Meghan Reynolds (OAK)
2012 Oakland (8) 2–0 Purdue Fort Wayne Fishback Soccer Park • Brookings, SD Julianna Boyle (OAK)
2013 Denver (1) 5–1 North Dakota State Hefner Soccer ComplexFort Wayne, IN Kristen Hamilton (DEN)
2014 South Dakota State (2) 1–1†
(5–4 pen.)
Denver CIBER FieldDenver, CO Tori Poole (SDSU)
2015 South Dakota State (3) 3–0 North Dakota State Fishback Soccer Park • Brookings, SD Diana Potterveld (SDSU)
2016 South Dakota State (4) 0–0†
(3–2 pen.)
Oral Roberts Dacotah FieldFargo, ND Maggie Smither (SDSU)
2017 Denver (2) 2–1 North Dakota State Angelica Pacheco (DEN)
2018 Denver (3) 4–0 Omaha Fishback Soccer Park • Brookings, SD Hannah Adler (DEN)
2019 South Dakota State (5) 1–1†
(4–2 pen.)
Denver Maggie Smither (SDSU)
2020^ Denver (4) 3–0 Omaha Caniglia FieldOmaha, NE Kaitlyn Glover (DEN)
2021 South Dakota State (6) 4–2 Denver CIBER Field • Denver, CO Rachel Preston (SDSU)
2022 Omaha (1) 0–0†
(3–1 pen.)
Oral Roberts Caniglia Field • Omaha, NE Emma Konsmo (OMAHA)
2023 South Dakota State (7) 1–0 Omaha Fishback Soccer Park • Brookings, SD Katherine Jones (SDSU)

^ - Played in Spring 2021
Source:[1]

Performance by school edit

School W L T PCT Finals Championships Title Years
Centenary 0 1 1 .250 0 0
Denver 10 1 6 .765 7 4 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020
IUPUI 2 5 0 .286 1 1 2009
Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 0 0
North Dakota 0 2 0 .000 0 0
North Dakota State 6 10 0 .375 5 1 2010
Oakland 15 4 3 .750 10 8 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2006, 2007, 2011, 2012
Omaha 4 4 3 .500 4 1 2022
Oral Roberts 10 8 5 .543 8 2 1999, 2004
Purdue Fort Wayne 1 2 0 .333 1 0
South Dakota 0 3 1 .125 0 0
South Dakota State 11 6 6 .609 8 7 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016,
2019, 2021, 2023
Southern Utah 0 5 0 .000 0 0
St. Thomas 0 0 0 0 0
Valparaiso 6 5 0 .545 1 1 2005
Western Illinois 2 7 2 .273 3 0

Italics indicate a school that is no longer a member of the Summit League.

References edit

  1. ^ "2022 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved October 24, 2022.