2025 Big South Conference women's soccer tournament
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| 2025 Big South Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 1,145 | ||||
| First round site | Longwood Athletics Complex Vert Stadium Farmville, Virginia High Point, North Carolina | ||||
| Semifinals site | Sportsplex at Matthews Matthews, North Carolina | ||||
| Finals site | Sportsplex at Matthews Matthews, North Carolina | ||||
| Champions | High Point (8th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Aaron McGuiness (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Aubrey McKessy (High Point) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford † | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .875 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC Upstate | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .750 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longwood | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .625 | 9 | – | 7 | – | 3 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point ‡y | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .500 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 5 | .395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .500 | 4 | – | 11 | – | 3 | .306 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .438 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 4 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .438 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .250 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 0 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .125 | 3 | – | 10 | – | 3 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 Big South Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 10, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Big South Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Big South Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held from November 1 through November 9, 2025. The tournament was hosted by campus sites for the First Round and by the Sportsplex at Matthews in Matthews, North Carolina, for the Semifinals and Final. The six team-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. USC Upstate were the defending champions.[1][2] The Spartans were unable to defend their crown, as they fell to Longwood in the Semifinals in a penalty shoot-out. High Point would go on to win the title over Longwood in another penalty shoot-out in the Final.[3][4] The conference tournament title was the eighth for the High Point Panthers women's soccer program, and first for head coach Aaron McGuiness.[5] As tournament champions, High Point earned the Big South's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. The top two seeds earned byes into the Semifinals, and the third and fourth seeds earned the right to host a First Round match. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds as Gardner-Webb and High Point both finished with identical 3–3–2 regular season records. High Point earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 3–0 victory over Gardner-Webb during the regular season on October 25.[6]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Radford | 7–1–0 | 21 |
| 2 | USC Upstate | 6–2–0 | 18 |
| 3 | Longwood | 5–3–0 | 15 |
| 4 | High Point | 3–3–2 | 11 |
| 5 | Gardner-Webb | 3–3–2 | 11 |
| 6 | Charleston Southern | 3–4–1 | 10 |
Bracket
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| First round Saturday, Nov. 1 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 6 | Final Sunday, Nov. 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Radford | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | High Point | 3 | 4 | High Point | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Gardner-Webb | 0 | 4 | High Point (pen.) | 1 (7) | |||||||||
| 2 | USC Upstate | 1 (6) | ||||||||||||
| 2 | USC Upstate | 1 (6) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Longwood | 2 | 3 | Longwood (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| 6 | Charleston Southern | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
First Round
| November 1 | (4) High Point | 3–0 | (5) Gardner-Webb | High Point, NC |
| 4:00 p.m. EST |
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Report | Stadium: Vert Stadium Attendance: 468 Referee: Bill Dittmar Assistant referees: Gavin Pilato Jake Hagemann Fourth official: Logan Fraley |
| November 1 | (3) Longwood | 2–0 | (6) Charleston Southern | Farmville, VA |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Report | Stadium: Longwood Athletics Complex Attendance: 263 Referee: Richard Wells Assistant referees: Hicham El Bariqi Joseph Carr Fourth official: Andrea Romine |
Semifinals
| November 6 | (1) Radford | 1–2 | (4) High Point | Matthews, NC |
| 4:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 1 Referee: Kevin Maurer Assistant referees: Justin Howard Amy Balbier Fourth official: Ralph Polson |
| November 6 | (2) USC Upstate | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) | (3) Longwood | Matthews, NC |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 1 Referee: John Matto Assistant referees: Robert Dail Luis Pineres Fourth official: Rick Rogers |
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Final
| November 9 | (2) USC Upstate | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) | (4) High Point | Matthews, NC |
| 1:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 412 Referee: John Rush Assistant referees: Richard Wells Jake Hagemann Fourth official: Clive Edwards |
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