CSUN Women’s Soccer clinched its first Big West regular season championship since 2016 after a thrilling 2-1 comeback win over Long Beach State on Oct. 30. It’s the Matadors’ second overall regular season championship in team history.

With the victory, the Matadors earned the No. 1 seed and will host the Big West Championship semifinals and finals at Matador Soccer Field:

Thursday, Nov. 6 – Semifinal at 7 p.m. CSUN will play 5-seed UC Santa Barbara. (Cal Poly and Cal State Fullerton will play each other at CSUN at 4 p.m.)

Sunday, Nov. 9 – Championship at 1 p.m.

The winners of the Big West Championship tournament earn the automatic bid into the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship. You can see the full tournament bracket on the Big West website.

Second-year head coach Gina Brewer was named the conference’s coach of the year, while five Matadors earned spots on the All-Big West team. Junior Paige Califf and sophomore Sydney Lipkin each picked up All-Big West First Team honors while seniors Riley Liebsack and Cailey Jackson were both voted to the Second Team and Alex Valente was placed on the All-Freshman Team. 

Read more about the accolades and the regular season title at the CSUN Athletics site.  

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