Horizon League women's soccer tournament

Horizon League women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceHorizon League
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumEngelmann Field
Current locationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Played1993–present
Last contest2023
Current championMilwaukee
Most championshipsMilwaukee (16)
TV partner(s)ESPN3, ESPN+
Official websitehorizonleague.org/wsoc

The Horizon League women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Horizon League. The tournament has been held every year since 1993. 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 championship.

Champions

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Key

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(2) Title number
* Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold Winning team won regular season

By year

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Year Champion Score Runner-up Site MVP Reference
1993 Notre Dame (1) 2–0 Xavier Alumni StadiumNotre Dame, Indiana None
1994 Notre Dame (2) 5–1 Butler Chris Johnson, Butler
1995 Detroit Mercy (1) 4–0 Milwaukee Titan Field • Detroit, Michigan Lisa Krzykowski, Milwaukee
1996 Butler (1) 3–1 Detroit Mercy Butler BowlIndianapolis, Indiana Beth Crauder, Butler
1997 Milwaukee (1) 1–1†
(5–4 pen.)
Butler Engelmann FieldMilwaukee, Wisconsin Joy Aschenbrener, Butler
1998 Wright State (1) 2–1 Butler Loyola Soccer Park • Chicago, Illinois Randi Freeman, Wright State
1999 Wright State (2) 1–1†
(4–2 pen.)
Milwaukee Alumni FieldFairborn, Ohio
2000 Wright State (3) 1–0 Milwaukee Engelmann Field • Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2001 Milwaukee (2) 1–0*(OT) Butler Erin Blaedow, Milwaukee
2002 Milwaukee (3) 4–2 Butler Lisa Bengtsson, Milwaukee
2003 Loyola-Chicago (1) 1–0 Detroit Mercy Mary Parker, Detroit Mercy
2004 Detroit Mercy (2) 1–0 Milwaukee Allison Epple, Detroit Mercy
2005 Milwaukee (4) 0–0†
(4–3 pen.)
Detroit Mercy Erin Kane, Milwaukee
2006 Loyola-Chicago (2) 2–1 Detroit Mercy Cynthia Morote-Ariza, Loyola-Chicago
2007 Loyola-Chicago (3) 2–2†
(3–2 pen.)
Milwaukee
2008 Milwaukee (5) 6–2 Loyola-Chicago Loyola Soccer Park • Chicago, Illinois Sarah Hagen, Milwaukee
2009 Milwaukee (6) 4–0 Valparaiso Engelmann Field • Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2010 Milwaukee (7) 1–0 Butler Butler Bowl • Indianapolis, Indiana
2011 Milwaukee (8) 5–1 Wright State Engelmann Field • Milwaukee, Wisconsin Keara Thompson, Milwaukee
2012 Milwaukee (9) 1–0*(OT) Wright State Krissy Dorre, Milwaukee
2013 Milwaukee (10) 4–3 Oakland Kelly Lewers, Milwaukee
2014 Valparaiso (1) 1–0 Detroit Mercy Brown FieldValparaiso, Indiana April Cronin, Valparaiso
2015 Oakland (1) 1–0 Wright State Engelmann Field • Milwaukee, Wisconsin Joan Sieja, Oakland
2016 Northern Kentucky (1) 3–2 Milwaukee Jessica Frey, Northern Kentucky
2017 IUPUI (1) 0–0†
(4–3 pen.)
Milwaukee Sophia Lipka, IUPUI [2]
2018 Milwaukee (11) 1–0 Cleveland State Kelli Swenson, Milwaukee [3]
2019 Milwaukee (12) 2–0 UIC Haley Johnson, Milwaukee [4]
2020 Milwaukee (13) 0–0†
(4–3 pen.)
Northern Kentucky NKU Soccer StadiumHighland Heights, Kentucky Elaina LaMacchia, Milwaukee [5]
2021 Milwaukee (14) 2–0 Oakland Engelmann Field • Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lesley Kiesling, Milwaukee [6]
2022 Milwaukee (15) 1–0 Youngstown State Haley Johnson, Milwaukee [7]
2023 Milwaukee (16) 1–0 Northern Kentucky Brooke Parnello, Milwaukee [8]

By school

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Source:[1]

School W L T PCT Finals Championships Title Years
Butler 18 16 4 .526 7 1 1996
Cleveland State 2 10 2 .214 1 0
Detroit Mercy 20 21 1 .488 7 2 1995, 2004
Evansville 0 1 0 .000 0 0
Green Bay 5 18 0 .217 0 0
IUPUI 2 3 3 .438 1 1 2017
La Salle 1 2 0 .333 0 0
Loyola-Chicago 14 14 3 .500 4 3 2003, 2006, 2007
Milwaukee 43 8 10 .787 23 16 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Northern Kentucky 8 5 3 .594 3 1 2016
Northern Illinois 2 3 0 .400 0 0
Notre Dame 6 0 0 1.000 2 2 1993, 1994
Oakland 7 5 4 .563 3 1 2015
Purdue Fort Wayne 0 2 0 .000 0 0
Robert Morris 1 1 0 .500 0 0
UIC 1 3 0 .250 1 0
Valparaiso 4 6 2 .417 2 1 2014
Wright State 19 22 5 .467 6 3 1998, 1999, 2000
Xavier 3 2 0 .600 1 0
Youngstown State 2 12 1 .167 1 0

Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Horizon League.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Horizon League Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "2017 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship". Horizon League.
  3. ^ "2018 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship". Horizon League.
  4. ^ "2019 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  8. ^ White, Rachel (November 4, 2023). "Milwaukee Crowned 2023 #HLWSOC Champions". Horizon League. Retrieved November 4, 2023.