2022 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2022 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 2 through 12, 2022. 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 Santa Barbara Gauchos.^[2] UC Santa Barbara was unable to defend its crown, falling to UC Riverside in the Final, 1–0.^[3] This was the second Big West tournament title for the UC Riverside program, both of which have come under head coach Tim Cupello.^[4] As tournament champions, UC Riverside earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2022 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	3,678
Site	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions	UC Riverside (2nd title)
Winning coach	Tim Cupello (2nd title)
MVP	Carlos Gonzalez^[1] (UC Santa Barbara)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Big West Conference men's soccer tournament «2021  2023»

2022 Big West Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
UC Riverside‡	5	–	2	–	2			8	–	8	–	4
UC Santa Barbara	4	–	1	–	4			10	–	4	–	6
Cal State Northridge	5	–	3	–	1			9	–	6	–	4
UC Irvine	5	–	3	–	1			6	–	12	–	2
UC Davis	4	–	3	–	2			5	–	9	–	4
Sacramento State	4	–	5	–	0			9	–	8	–	2
Cal State Fullerton	3	–	3	–	3			8	–	6	–	5
UC San Diego ^#	4	–	5	–	0			8	–	8	–	2
Cal Poly	2	–	3	–	4			2	–	11	–	4
Cal State Bakersfield	0	–	8	–	1			2	–	13	–	2
‡ – 2022 Big West Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2022 NCAA Tournament ^# – Ineligible for post-season (In transition) As of December 13, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big West

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2022 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 break a three-way tie between UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge, and UC Santa Barbara as all the teams ended the regular season with 16 points in conference play. The tiebreaker was head-to-head record among the three teams. UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine were both 1–0–1 and Cal State Northridge was 0–2. Therefore, Cal State Northridge was the fourth seed, and UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara moved on to a second tiebreaker, goal difference. UC Santa Barbara finished with +7, while UC Irvine finished with a -1 goal difference. Therefore, UC Santa Barbara was the second seed and UC Irvine was the third.^[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	UC Riverside	5–2–2	17
2	UC Santa Barbara	4–1–4	16
3	UC Irvine	5–3–1	16
4	Cal State Northridge	5–3–1	16
5	UC Davis	4–3–2	14
6	Sacramento State	4–5–0	12

Bracket

Source:^[6]

	First round Wednesday, Nov. 2					Semifinals Saturday, Nov. 5					Final Saturday, Nov. 12
						1	UC Riverside	4
	4	Cal State Northridge	3			4	Cal State Northridge	1
	5	UC Davis	2								1	UC Riverside	1
											2	UC Santa Barbara	0
						2	UC Santa Barbara (a.e.t.)	2
	3	UC Irvine	2			3	UC Irvine	1
	6	Sacramento State	0

Schedule

First Round

#3 UC Irvine v #6 Sacramento State

November 2	#3 UC Irvine	2–0	#6 Sacramento State	Irvine, CA
6:00 p.m. PT	Ashish Chattha   15' Francesco Montanile   48' Mario Anaya   66' Diego Otoya   71' Robert Mejia   80' Team   80'	Report	69' Genaro Alfaro   86' Bryan Gutierrez	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 333 Referee: Rene Nunez Assistant referees: Salma Perez Assistant referees: Trevor Wiseman Fourth official: Bubba Barnett

#4 Cal State Northridge v #5 UC Davis

November 2	#4 Cal State Northridge	3–2	#5 UC Davis	Northridge, CA
7:00 p.m. PT	AJ Johnson   38' Edson Palos   40' Jack Rhead   52' Jamar Ricketts   53' Marvin Arias   61'	Report	9' Ethan Hoard   39' Cason Goodman   41' Andy Velasquez   87' Zachary Batchelder	Stadium: Matador Soccer Field Attendance: 577 Referee: Frank Anderson Assistant referees: Salvador Reyes Assistant referees: Irving Navarro Fourth official: Adrian Gonzalez

Semifinals

#1 UC Riverside v #4 Cal State Northridge

November 5	#1 UC Riverside	4–1	#4 Cal State Northridge	Riverside, CA
7:00 p.m. PT	Noah Lopez   5' Armando Ibarra   42', 89' Brendan Clark   78' Adrian Meade-Tatum   81'	Report	40' Enrique Pineda   46'   79' AJ Johnson   78' David Diaz   89' Kanata Furutani	Stadium: UC Riverside Soccer Stadium Attendance: 708 Referee: Sean Wright Assistant referees: Steve Lane Assistant referees: Wale Animashuan Fourth official: Magic Berenji

#2 UC Santa Barbara v #3 UC Irvine

November 5	#2 UC Santa Barbara	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#3 UC Irvine	Santa Barbara, CA
7:00 p.m. PT	Nemo Philipp   28' Timon Windisch   96' UC Irvine Own Goal   109'	Report	57' Robert Mejia   109' Luke Pruter	Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 925 Referee: Frank Anderson Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard Assistant referees: Abdel Hakeem Wakil Fourth official: Shahin Torosian

Final

#1 UC Riverside v #2 UC Santa Barbara

November 12	#1 UC Riverside	1–0	#2 UC Santa Barbara	Riverside, CA
7:00 p.m. PT	Luka Lukic   43' Aleksander Vukovic   56'	Report	42'   90' Team   42' Henry Davies   81' Lucas Gonzalez	Stadium: UC Riverside Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Ian Anderson Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard Assistant referees: Frank Anderson Fourth official: Vincent Brizzolara

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match (as of November 12, 2022).

2 goals

• Armando Ibarra – UC Riverside

1 goal

• Edson Palos – Cal State Northridge
• Enrique Pineda – Cal State Northridge
• Jamar Ricketts – Cal State Northridge
• Jack Rhead – Cal State Northridge
• Zachary Batchelder – UC Davis
• Ethan Hoard – UC Davis
• Ashish Chattha – UC Irvine
• Robert Mejia – UC Irvine
• Diego Otoya – UC Irvine
• Brendan Clark – UC Riverside
• Noah Lopez – UC Riverside
• Luka Lukic – UC Santa Barbara
• Nemo Philipp – UC Santa Barbara

1 own goal

• UC Irvine (against UC Santa Barbara)

References

1. Big West Conference (November 12, 2022). "The Big West Men's Soccer Championship: Lukic Scores Winner as UC Riverside Completes Double in Front of Packed House". bigwest.org. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
2. Big West Conference. "2021 BIG WEST MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
3. Big West Conference. "2022 BIG WEST MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
4. "Big West Men's Soccer Records" (PDF). bigwest.org. Big West Conference. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
5. "2022 Big West Men's Soccer Championship Bracket Set with Regular-Season Champion UC Riverside as Top Seed". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. October 30, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
6. "The Big West 2022 Men's Soccer Championship". Big West Conference. Retrieved June 22, 2023.