2025 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
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| 2025 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | Campus Sites (Higher Seed) | ||||
| Champions | UC Irvine (6th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Yossi Raz (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Nolan DiCenzo (UC Irvine) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| UCSB † | 4 | – | 0 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Irvine †‡ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 5 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly † | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 9 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC San Diego | 2 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CSUN | 1 | – | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 12 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 5 through November 14, 2025. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the higher seeds home stadium. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the UC Davis Aggies.[1] UC Davis was unable to defend its crown as the fifth seed, falling to the first seed UC Santa Barbara in the Semifinals, 3–2. The UC Irvine Anteaters won their sixth title defeating UC Santa Barbara 2–1, and earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2025 tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. The first and second seeds earn a bye into the Semifinals, and hosted their Semifinal game. There was a three-way tie for the first, second, and third seeds in the tournament as UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, and Cal Poly all finished with 17 points in the conference regular season records. UC Santa Barbara defeated Cal Poly and tied UC Irvine during the regular season and is therefore the first seed. UC Irvine tied both UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly during the regular season and is therefore the second seed, while Cal Poly is the third seed. Another tiebreaker was required for the sixth and final seed in the tournament as UC San Diego and Cal State Bakersfield both finished with 11 points in the conference regular season records. UC San Diego received the sixth seed by virtue of their 2–1 win over Cal State Bakersfield during the regular season.[2]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | UC Santa Barbara | 4–0–5 | 17 |
| 2 | UC Irvine | 4–0–5 | 17 |
| 3 | Cal Poly | 5–2–2 | 17 |
| 4 | Cal State Fullerton | 5–3–1 | 16 |
| 5 | UC Davis | 4–3–2 | 14 |
| 6 | UC San Diego | 2–2–5 | 11 |
Bracket
Source:[3]
| First round Wednesday, Nov. 5 | Semifinals Saturday, Nov. 8 | Final Friday, Nov. 14 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UC Santa Barbara | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Cal State Fullerton | 0 (4) | 5 | UC Davis | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | UC Davis (pen.) | 0 (5) | 1 | UC Santa Barbara | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | UC Irvine | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UC Irvine | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cal Poly | 2 | 3 | Cal Poly | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | UC San Diego | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
First Round
| November 5, 2024 | #4 Cal State Fullerton | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | #5 UC Davis | Fullerton, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PST |
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Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 664 Referee: Brandon Stevis Assistant referees: Edwar Hernandez, Tomik Baghramian Fourth official: Michael Matson |
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| November 5, 2024 | #3 Cal Poly | 2–0 | #6 UC San Diego | San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PST |
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Stadium: Mustang Field Attendance: 459 Referee: Matthew Tanious Assistant referees: Isai Baltezar, Bernard Abousleiman Fourth official: Eder Alvarez |
Semifinals
| November 8, 2024 | #2 UC Irvine | 1–0 | #3 Cal Poly | Irvine, CA |
| 6:00 p.m. PST |
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Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 681 Referee: Michael Zapata Assistant referees: Wale Aminashaun, Emmanuel Padilla Fourth official: Felix Granados |
| November 8, 2024 | #1 UC Santa Barbara | 3–2 | #5 UC Davis | Santa Barbara, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 1,697 Referee: Bernhard Hosu Assistant referees: James Abi-Abdallah, Abdel Hakeem Wakil Fourth official: Bernard Abousleiman |
Final
| November 14, 2024 | #1 UC Santa Barbara | 1–2 | #2 UC Irvine | Santa Barbara, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 1,868 Referee: Servando Berna Assistant referees: Tomik Baghramian, Christian Lara Fourth official: Rene Nunez |