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.
The following is a list of Big East Conference Tournament winners:
width= px style="" | Ed. | width= px style="" | Year | width= px style="" | Champion | width= px style="" | Score | width= px style="" | Runner-up | width= px style="" | Venue | width= px style="" | City | width= px style="" | Tournament MVP |
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1996 | Fresno State | 2–0 | Air Force | Fresno, CA | Craig Tomlinson (FSU) | ||||||||||
1997 | SMU | 4–0 | Tulsa | Peter Johann Field | Las Vegas, NV | Daniel Hernández (SMU) | |||||||||
1998 | Fresno State | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 0–0 | Tulsa | Pete Beiden Field | Fresno, CA | Robbie Aristodemo (TUL) | ||||||||
1999 | (no tournament held) | ||||||||||||||
(WAC did not sponsor men's soccer) | |||||||||||||||
2013 | Seattle U | 2–1 | San Jose State | USAFA Stadium | Colorado Springs, CO | ||||||||||
2014 | UNLV | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 1–1 | CSU Bakersfield | Championship Field | Seattle, WA | |||||||||
2015 | Seattle U | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 1–1 | Utah Valley | Kansas, MO | David Olsen | |||||||||
2016 | UNLV | 2–1 | Air Force | Clyde Field | Orem, UT | ||||||||||
2017 | Seattle U | 2–1 | San Jose State | Peter Johann Field | Las Vegas, NV | Josh Adachi | |||||||||
2018 | Grand Canyon | 1–0 | San Jose State | Seattle, WA | George Tasouris | ||||||||||
2019 | Seattle U | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 1–1 | Utah Valley | Colorado Sp, CO | Akili Kasim | |||||||||
2020 | Air Force | align=center | 3–0 | Grand Canyon | Peter Johann Field | Las Vegas, NV | Quinn Matulis | ||||||||
2021 | Seattle U | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 2–2 | Grand Canyon | Phoenix, AZ | Noe Meza | |||||||||
2022 | California Baptist | align=center style="background-color:#cedff2" | 0–0 | CBU Soccer Field | Riverside, CA | Nolan Premack | |||||||||
2023 | California Baptist | align=center | 2–1 | Peter Johann Field | Las Vegas, NV | Luis Mueller |
width= 120px style="" | School | width= px style="" | Titles | width= px style="" | Winning years |
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Seattle | align=center | 5 | 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 | ||
California Baptist | align=center | 2 | 2022, 2023 | ||
UNLV | align=center | 2 | 2014, 2016 | ||
Fresno State† | align=center | 2 | 1996, 1998 | ||
Air Force | align=center | 1 | 2020 | ||
SMU | align=center | 1 | 1997 | ||
Grand Canyon | align=center | 1 | 2018 | ||
TOTAL | align=center | 14 |
Italics indicate a school that is no longer a conference member
† No longer sponsor men's soccer