2023 Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament

2023 Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,614
Site	Lumberjack Stadium Flagstaff, Arizona
Champions	Idaho (1st title)
Winning coach	Jeremy Clevenger (1st title)
MVP	Rebekah Reyes (Idaho)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament «2022  2024»

2023 Big Sky Conference women's soccer standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Montana  ‍†‍‍	7	–	0	–	1		.938			13	–	3	–	3		.763
Idaho  ‍‍‡‍y	5	–	2	–	1		.688			12	–	5	–	2		.684
Portland State  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	2		.625			8	–	8	–	2		.500
Northern Arizona  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	1		.563			11	–	6	–	3		.625
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	3		.438			4	–	9	–	5		.361
Idaho State  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	2		.375			4	–	13	–	2		.263
Weber State  ‍‍‍	1	–	3	–	4		.375			1	–	9	–	5		.233
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍	1	–	4	–	3		.313			1	–	13	–	4		.167
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	1		.188			2	–	14	–	1		.147
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 Big Sky Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 5, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The Big Sky Conference

The 2023 Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Sky Conference held from November 1 to November 5, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at Lumberjack Stadium, home of the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks were the defending champions. Northern Arizona was unable to defend their title as they lost to Idaho in the Final. The 2–1 victory gave Idaho their first Big Sky Conference title. This was the first overall title for Idaho, and the first title for head coach Jeremy Clevenger. As tournament champions, Idaho earned the Big Sky's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique regular season conference record.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Montana	7–0–1	22
2	Idaho	5–2–1	16
3	Portland State	4–2–2	14
4	Northern Arizona	4–3–1	13
5	Sacramento State	2–3–3	9
6	Idaho State	2–4–2	8

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, Nov. 1					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 3					Final Sunday, Nov. 5
						1	Montana	0
	4	Northern Arizona	3			4	Northern Arizona	1
	5	Sacramento State	0								4	Northern Arizona	0
											2	Idaho	1
						2	Idaho	1
	3	Portland State	4			3	Portland State	0
	6	Idaho State	1

Schedule

First Round

#3 Portland State v #6 Idaho State

November 1	#3 Portland State	4–1	#6 Idaho State	Flagstaff, AZ
3:00 p.m. MST	Abi Hoffman 67',  73' CeCe Jenkins 71' Lacy Quinn 75' Sienna Higinbotham 79' Elle Frazier  88'	Report	30' Kaylyn Buchanan	Stadium: Lumberjack Stadium Attendance: 70 Referee: Veronica Burr Assistant referees: Shakir Ballantyne Assistant referees: Juan Nevarez Fourth official: Mersha Kiseil

#4 Northern Arizona v #5 Sacramento State

November 1	#4 Northern Arizona	3–0	#5 Sacramento State	Flagstaff, AZ
6:00 p.m. MST	Oliva Bos  6' Josie Novak 56' (pen.) Holly Hunter 65', 85'	Report	67' Cassandra Herrman	Stadium: Lumberjack Stadium Attendance: 437 Referee: Joe Pickens Assistant referees: Mersha Kisiel Assistant referees: Mario Coss Fourth official: Shakir Ballantyne

Semifinals

#2 Idaho v #3 Portland State

November 3	#2 Idaho	1–0	#3 Portland State	Flagstaff, AZ
3:00 p.m. MST	Hannah Alfaro 54' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Lumberjack Stadium Attendance: 95 Referee: Robi Hullner Assistant referees: Hao Guo Assistant referees: Mauro Cruz Fourth official: Charles Farr

#1 Montana v #4 Northern Arizona

November 3	#1 Montana	0–1	#4 Northern Arizona	Flagstaff, AZ
6:00 p.m. MST	Maddie Ditta  74' Abby Gearhart  83'	Report	22' Allison Veloz  89' Maddie Shafer	Stadium: Lumberjack Stadium Attendance: 989 Referee: Megan McCain Assistant referees: Jordan Schultz Assistant referees: Charles Farr Fourth official: Hao Guo

Final

#2 Idaho v #4 Northern Arizona

November 5	#2 Idaho	2–1	#4 Northern Arizona	Flagstaff, AZ
1:00 p.m. MST	Maddy Lasher 28' Naomi Alvarez 39'	Report	38' Joey Lujan	Stadium: Lumberjack Stadium Attendance: 1,023 Referee: Karen Abt Assistant referees: Veronica Burr Assistant referees: Kaelyn Sykora Fourth official: J.C. Plott

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

2 goals

• Holly Hunter – Northern Arizona

1 goal

• Hannah Alfaro – Idaho
• Naomi Alvarez – Idaho
• Maddy Lasher – Idaho
• Kaylyn Buchanan – Idaho State
• Joey Lujan – Northern Arizona
• Josie Novak – Northern Arizona
• Allison Veloz – Northern Arizona
• Sienna Higinbotham – Portland State
• Abi Hoffman – Portland State
• CeCe Jenkins – Portland State
• Lacy Quinn – Portland State

All Tournament Team

Source:

Player	Team
Hannah Alfaro	Idaho
Naomi Alvarez
Maddy Lasher
Alyssa Peters
Rebekah Reyes
Jayd Sprague
Kira Witte
Holly Hunter	Northern Arizona
Allie Larsen
Joey Lujan
Allison Veloz
Sienna Higinbotham	Portland State

MVP in bold