WAC men's soccer tournament explained

WAC men's soccer tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference soccer championship
Sport:College soccer
Conference:Western Athletic Conference
Number Of Teams:6
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Current Stadium:CBU Soccer Field
Current Location:Seattle, Washington
Years:1996–1999; 2013–present
Most Recent:2023
Current Champion:California Baptist
Most Championships:Seattle U (5)
Sponsors:Geico, Under Armour, Gatorade, Molton, Gearboss

The WAC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament for soccer for the Western Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 2013.

Previously, it was held every year between 1996 and 1999 before the sport was discontinued by the conference for 14 years. 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 men's soccer championship.

Seattle U is the most winning team with 5 titles.

Champions

The following is a list of Big East Conference Tournament winners:

Year by year

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1996Fresno State 2–0Air ForceFresno, CACraig Tomlinson (FSU)
1997SMU 4–0TulsaPeter Johann Field Las Vegas, NVDaniel Hernández (SMU)
1998Fresno State align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0 TulsaPete Beiden Field Fresno, CA Robbie Aristodemo (TUL)
1999(no tournament held)
(WAC did not sponsor men's soccer)
2013Seattle U 2–1San Jose StateUSAFA Stadium Colorado Springs, CO
2014UNLV align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"1–1 CSU BakersfieldChampionship Field Seattle, WA
2015Seattle U align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"1–1 Utah ValleyKansas, MODavid Olsen
2016UNLV 2–1Air ForceClyde Field Orem, UT
2017Seattle U 2–1San Jose StatePeter Johann Field Las Vegas, NV Josh Adachi
2018Grand Canyon 1–0San Jose StateSeattle, WAGeorge Tasouris
2019Seattle U align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"1–1 Utah ValleyColorado Sp, COAkili Kasim
2020Air Force align=center 3–0Grand CanyonPeter Johann Field Las Vegas, NV Quinn Matulis
2021Seattle U align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"2–2 Grand CanyonPhoenix, AZNoe Meza
2022California Baptist align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0 CBU Soccer Field Riverside, CANolan Premack
2023California Baptist align=center 2–1Peter Johann Field Las Vegas, NV Luis Mueller

Performance by school

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Seattlealign=center 52013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
California Baptistalign=center 22022, 2023
UNLValign=center 22014, 2016
Fresno Statealign=center 21996, 1998
Air Forcealign=center 12020
SMUalign=center 11997
Grand Canyonalign=center 12018
TOTALalign=center 14

Italics indicate a school that is no longer a conference member

† No longer sponsor men's soccer

References