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2023 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2023 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 1 through 11, 2023. 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 Riverside Highlanders.[3] UC Riverside was unable to defend its crown, falling to UC Santa Barbara in the First Round, 3–2. Second seed UC Irvine would go on to win the tournament in a penalty shoot-out over UC Davis in the Final.[4][5] This was the fifth Big West tournament title for the UC Irvine program, and their first since 2013. The title was the first for head coach Yossi Raz.[6] As tournament champions, UC Irvine earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2023 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance4,595
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
ChampionsUC Irvine (5th title)
Winning coachYossi Raz (1st title)
MVPOscar Cervantes[1] (UC Irvine)
BroadcastESPN+[2]
Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
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2023 Big West Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Cal State Fullerton6–2–112–5–3
UC Irvine ‡5–3–19–7–4
UC Santa Barbara4–3–210–8–2
UC Davis4–4–19–7–4
Cal Poly3–3–35–8–4
UC Riverside3–3–33–10–5
Cal State Bakersfield3–4–27–5–5
UC San Diego #3–5–14–11–3
CSUN2–3–44–6–8
Sacramento State1–4–44–10–4
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big West

Seeding

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The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2023 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 earned a bye into the Semifinals, and hosted their Semifinal game. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds for the tournament as Cal Poly and UC Riverside both finished with identical 3–3–3 conference records. The teams played to a 1–1 draw during the regular season, so the second tiebreaker of goal differential was used. Cal Poly had a +5 goal differential and UC Riverside had a +1 goal differential. Therefore, Cal Poly earned the fifth seed, while UC Riverside was the sixth seed.[7]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Cal State Fullerton 6–2–1 19
2 UC Irvine 5–3–1 16
3 UC Santa Barbara 4–3–2 14
4 UC Davis 4–4–1 13
5 Cal Poly 3–3–3 12
6 UC Riverside 3–3–3 12

Bracket

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Source:[8]

First round
Wednesday, Nov. 1 		Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 4 		Final
Saturday, Nov. 11
1 Cal State Fullerton 1
4 UC Davis 1 4 UC Davis 2
5 Cal Poly 0 4 UC Davis 0 (7)
2 UC Irvine (pen.) 0 (8)
2 UC Irvine (a.e.t.) 2
3 UC Santa Barbara 3 3 UC Santa Barbara 1
6 UC Riverside 2

Schedule

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First Round

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November 1 #4 UC Davis 1–0 #5 Cal Poly Davis, CA
3:00 p.m. PT
  • Chase Tanon 81'
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  • Yellow card 80' Diego Guerra
 Stadium: Aggie Soccer Field
Attendance: 407
Referee: Turan Ozdemir
Assistant referees: Peter Hanson
Assistant referees: Robert Vincze
Fourth official: Neal Rodgers
November 1 #3 UC Santa Barbara 3–2 #6 UC Riverside Santa Barbara, CA
7:00 p.m. PT
  • Lucas Gonzalez Yellow card 4'
  • Team Yellow card 23'
  • Nemo Philipp Yellow card 37'
  • Nicholas Hald Willumsen 54'
  • Eddie Villeda Yellow card 67'
  • Alexis Ledoux 78' (pen.)
  • Salvador Aguilar 86'
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  • 23', Yellow card 78' Noah Lopez
  • Yellow card 31' Chrisitan Ceja
  • 46' Armando Ibarra Jr.
  • Yellow card 78' Jackson D'Alessandro
  • Yellow card 78' Aleksandar Vukovic
  • Yellow card 78' Team
  • Yellow card 90' Luka Lukic
  • Red card 90' Jona Martinez
  • Red card 90' Jason Garcia
 Stadium: Harder Stadium
Attendance: 923
Referee: William Hoffman
Assistant referees: Israel Fernandez
Assistant referees: Steve Lane
Fourth official: Matthew Tanious

Semifinals

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November 4 #2 UC Irvine 2–1 #3 UC Santa Barbara Irvine, CA
6:00 p.m. PT
  • Eddy Berumen 68'
  • Samuel Atiye 79'
  • Christian Gomez Yellow card 88'
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  • Yellow card 22' Nalu Mack
  • 56' Nemo Philipp
  • Yellow card 58' Alex Ledoux
 Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 809
Referee: Brandon Stevis
Assistant referees: William Delgado
Assistant referees: Abdu Razzaq Juma
Fourth official: Irving Navarro
November 4 #1 Cal State Fullerton 1–2 (a.e.t.) #4 UC Davis Fullerton, CA
7:00 p.m. PT
  • Matthias Heiland Yellow card 4'
  • Jalen Belong Yellow card 86'
  • Erick Serrano Yellow card 90'
  • Jorge Quintero 90'
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  • Yellow card 2', 96' Cason Goodman
  • 49' Scott Buie
 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 1,047
Referee: Rene Nunez
Assistant referees: Israel Fernandez
Assistant referees: Rafael Bonilla
Fourth official: Felix Granados

Final

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November 11 #2 UC Irvine 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p)		 #4 UC Davis Irvine, CA
6:00 p.m. PT
  • Ricardo Ibarra Yellow card 101'
  • Luke Pruter Yellow card 110'
  • Yellow card 43' Zack Lillington
  • Yellow card 83' Keegan Walwyn-Bent
  • Yellow card 96' Jason Hsu
 Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Bernhard Hosu
Assistant referees: Adrian Gonzalez
Assistant referees: Israel Fernandez
Fourth official: Randy Hoffman
Penalties
  • Mario Anaya football with check mark
  • Jake Means football with red X
  • Mathias Winum football with check mark
  • Juan Barragan-Manzo football with check mark
  • Agaton Pourshahidi football with check mark
  • Rafael Espinoza football with check mark
  • Nolan DiCenzo football with check mark
  • Josh Kenworthy football with check mark
  • Kellan Barry football with check mark
  • football with check mark Cason Goodman
  • football with check mark Lucas Fernandez-Kim
  • football with check mark Keegan Walwyn-Bent
  • football with red X Ryan Dieter
  • football with check mark Jason Hsu
  • football with check mark Ethan Hoard
  • football with check mark Kevin Welch
  • football with check mark Luke Goodman
  • football with red X Hayden Carlson

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 12 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match (as of November 11, 2023).

1 goal

  • Jorge Quintero – Cal State Fullerton
  • Scott Buie – UC Davis
  • Cason Goodman – UC Davis
  • Chase Tanon – UC Davis
  • Samuel Atiye – UC Irvine
  • Eddy Berumen – UC Irvine
  • Armando Ibarra Jr. – UC Riverside
  • Noah Lopez – UC Riverside
  • Salvador Aguilar – UC Santa Barbara
  • Nicholas Hald Wilumsen – UC Santa Barbara
  • Alexis Ledoux – UC Santa Barbara
  • Nemo Philipp – UC Santa Barbara

References

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  1. ↑ Big West Conference (November 11, 2023). "No. 2 Seed UC Irvine Wins 2023 Big West Men's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ Big West Conference (October 23, 2023). "The Big West Expands Fall Championship Broadcast Coverage". bigwest.org. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ Big West Conference. "2022 BIG WEST MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ Big West Conference. "2023 BIG WEST MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ Bryant, Victor (November 14, 2023). "UCSB Men's Soccer Wins Big West Championship". independent.com. Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Big West Conference Men's Soccer Records" (PDF). bigwest.org. Big West Conference. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Cal State Fullerton Wins Regular Season Crown and Top Seed as 2023 Big West Men's Soccer Championship Bracket Set". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. October 28, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  8. ↑ "2023 Big West Men's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
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