2025 Summit League women's soccer tournament
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| 2025 Summit League Women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | Campus Sites | ||||
| Champions | South Dakota State (9th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Brock Thompson (5th title) | ||||
| MVP | Lauren Eckerle (SDSU) | ||||
| Broadcast | Summit League Network | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts † | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .813 | 13 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver † | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .813 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State ‡y | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .688 | 13 | – | 3 | – | 6 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .500 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .500 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .438 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 4 | .421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .375 | 8 | – | 7 | – | 3 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .188 | 5 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .306 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas | 0 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .188 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 4 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Summit League tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: Summit League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Summit League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Summit League for the 2025 season and was held on November 1–2, 6 and 9, 2025. The five match tournament took place at various campus sites. The six-team single elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits successfully defended their title to win their third championship in a row and secured the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
The top six of the nine teams competing during the regular season qualified for the 2025 tournament. Seeding was based on regular-season conference records.[1] A tiebreaker required to determine the first and second seeds in the tournament as Denver and Oral Roberts both finished with 6–1–1 conference records. Oral Roberts earned the top seed by virtue of their 1–0 regular season defeat of Denver on October 5, in Denver. Therefore, Denver was the second seed. Another tiebreaker determine the fourth and fifth seeds between Kansas City and South Dakota as both teams finished with 3–3–2 regular season records. The two teams tied 1–1 on October 9 during the regular season. The next tiebreaker was goal difference in league matches. Kansas City finished with a -1 goal difference, while South Dakota achieved a +2 goal difference. Therefore, South Dakota earned the fourth seed, and the right to host the first round match between the teams.[2]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Oral Roberts | 6–1–1 | 19 |
| 2 | Denver | 6–1–1 | 19 |
| 3 | South Dakota State | 4–1–3 | 15 |
| 4 | South Dakota | 3–3–2 | 11 |
| 5 | Kansas City | 3–3–2 | 11 |
| 6 | Omaha | 3–4–1 | 10 |
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Saturday, November 1 Sunday, November 2 | Semifinals Thursday, November 6 | Final Sunday, November 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Dakota | 0 | 5 | Kansas City | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Kansas City | 1 | 1 | Oral Roberts | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | South Dakota State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Denver | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | South Dakota State | 1 | 3 | South Dakota State | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Omaha | 0 | ||||||||||||
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Schedule
The 2025 schedule included the quarterfinals being played on November 1 and 2, the semifinals on November 7, and the finals on November 10. The quarterfinal games were hosted by the higher seeds in the two matchups, and then the semifinals and championship were hosted by the top seed.[4][5]
Quarterfinals
| November 1, 2025 | #3 South Dakota State | 1–0 | #6 Omaha | Brookings, SD |
| 5:00 p.m. CT |
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Report | Stadium: Fishback Soccer Park Attendance: 272 Referee: Ryan Farrell Assistant referees: Matthew Von Pinnon Tyler Spiczka Fourth official: Joe Masek |
| November 2, 2025 | #4 South Dakota | 0–1 | #5 Kansas City | Vermillion, SD |
| 1:00 p.m. CT |
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Stadium: First Bank & Trust Soccer Complex Attendance: 388 Referee: Zachary Richter Assistant referees: Adam Maska Tyler Grilley Fourth official: Nicole Bissell |
Semifinals
| November 6, 2025 | #2 Denver | 0–1 | #3 South Dakota State | Tulsa, OK |
| 1:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Case Soccer Complex Attendance: 159 Referee: Corina Willner Assistant referees: Eric Aplis Albert Franklin Fourth official: Daniel Banjo |
| November 6, 2025 | #1 Oral Roberts | 2–1 | #5 Kansas City | Tulsa, OK |
| 7:30 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Case Soccer Complex Attendance: 643 Referee: Anthony Sobolevsky Assistant referees: Brendan Sweetman Jay Norris Fourth official: Daniel Banjo |
Final
| November 9, 2025 | #1 Oral Roberts | 0–2 | #3 South Dakota State | Tulsa, OK |
| 1:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Case Soccer Complex Attendance: 597 Referee: Tim Wagner Assistant referees: Chris Thresher Yophiyyah Fish Fourth official: Will Franklin |