By: Evan O'Kelly, Associate Commissioner for Communications

PORTLAND, Ore. – The table is set for next week’s Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Championships, as the 2024 regular season came to a conclusion on Saturday night.
 
This year’s field features the same four teams that competed for the 2023 GNAC Championships title. Tickets are available for purchase online here and will be sold throughout the duration of the event. All matches of the GNAC Championships will be streamed free of charge on the GNAC YouTube channel online here, with GNAC Associate Commissioner for Communications Evan O’Kelly providing play-by-play commentary. Live statistics for all matches will be available online here.
 
A complete history of the GNAC Women’s Soccer Championships can be viewed online here.
 
2024 GNAC Women’s Soccer Championships
Nov. 14-16 | Interbay Stadium | Seattle, WA
 
Thursday, Nov. 14
4 p.m. – No. 4 seed Western Oregon vs. No. 1 seed Western Washington
7 p.m. – No. 3 seed Simon Fraser vs. No. 2 seed Seattle Pacific
 
Saturday, Nov. 16
1 p.m. – Championship Match

Semifinal 1 – No. 4 seed Western Oregon vs. No. 1 seed Western Washington
The Wolves battled the Vikings to a 1-1 draw in Bellingham, Wash., on Oct. 5 and fell 2-0 to WWU on Halloween in Monmouth, Ore., in the teams’ two meetings this fall. Thursday afternoon will mark the fourth meeting between the teams at the conference tournament, with WWU winning each of the previous three. The Vikings won 2-0 in 2012, 2-1 in overtime in 2013 and 2-1 last season with each affair coming in the semifinal round of the event.
 
Western Washington claimed its 10th GNAC regular-season title this fall with 36 points, going 12-2-5 overall and 11-0-3 in conference play. The Vikings went unbeaten in conference play for the sixth time overall and the first time since posting a perfect 12-0-0 league record in 2019. WWU, which received votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches top-25 rankings, brings a 14-match unbeaten streak into the conference tournament. Its last loss was a 2-0 defeat to No. 3 Colorado Mines on Sept. 22. WWU has appeared in all 11 GNAC Championships tournaments since the event was founded in 2012 and has the most tournament titles of any GNAC team with six. Its last tournament crown came in 2022, when the team went on to win its second NCAA Division II national title.
 
The Vikings will face Western Oregon in the opening round, as the Wolves made their second straight GNAC Championships tournament and their fifth in program history. WOU will be in search of its first GNAC title next week at Interbay Stadium. The Wolves clinched their tournament berth on Thursday and finished fourth in the GNAC standings with 23 points. WOU went 6-5-8 overall and 6-3-5 in conference play, and is coming off a 1-0 win over Central Washington Thursday and a 2-0 triumph against Northwest Nazarene on Saturday.
 
Semifinal 2 – No. 3 seed Simon Fraser vs. No. 2 seed Seattle Pacific
Saturday’s regular-season finale match between the two sides determined the final seeding order and provided a quality preview of next week’s Thursday night affair. A wild match that featured four first-half goals on Oct. 17 went the way of the Falcons, who found a game-winner in the 79th minute to claim a 3-2 result the first time the teams played at Interbay Stadium this fall. Saturday’s match was decided in much more defensive fashion, as the two fought to a 0-0 draw on Burnaby Mountain. The teams have met two times in the last four seasons at the conference tournament, with SPU winning 2-1 in 2021 and SFU claiming a 4-2 victory last fall on the way to the GNAC Championships title.
 
Seattle Pacific went 9-2-7 overall and 7-1-6 in conference play, racking up 27 points to finish tied for second in the conference standings. With Saturday’s draw, SPU carries a four-match unbeaten streak into the conference tournament. It marks the second time that the Falcons have hosted the event at Interbay Stadium after they hosted for the first time in 2019. Like WWU, SPU has advanced to all 11 GNAC Championships events since its inauguration in 2012. The Falcons have hoisted the championship trophy three times, winning back-to-back penalty-kick shootouts in 2013 and 2014 and grabbing their most recent tournament title in 2021.
 
Simon Fraser will look to repeat last year’s postseason magic, as the Red Leafs stunned the Falcons and Vikings in succession to claim their first-ever GNAC title and NCAA Championships berth. SFU went 12-3-3 overall and 8-3-3 in conference play, totaling 27 points to finish tied for second in the GNAC standings. The Red Leafs settled for a draw Saturday, upping their unbeaten streak to six matches ahead of the conference tournament. Simon Fraser made it four years in a row qualifying for the GNAC Championships and earned its sixth berth overall after appearing in the 2018 and 2016 events. Last year’s title run marked the first time SFU advanced past the semifinal round.

 

GNAC Women's Soccer Championships History
The GNAC Women's Soccer Championships were first held in 2012 and have been contested 11 total times. The 2020 event was canceled due to the pandemic. The top-four teams in the GNAC regular-season standings qualify for the championship event.
Year	Team Champion	Most Valuable Player	Location	Facility	Participants
2023	Simon Fraser	Raegan Mackenzie, SFU (Forward)	Ellensburg, WA	Tomlinson Stadium	SPU (1), WWU (2), WOU (3), SFU (4)
2022	Western Washington	Morgan Manalili, WWU (Midfielder)	Nampa, ID	NNU Soccer Field	WWU (1), NNU (2), SPU (3), SFU (4)
2021	Seattle Pacific	Sophia Chilczuk, SPU (Forward)	Bellingham, WA	Harrington Field	SPU (1), WWU (2), NNU (3), SFU (4)
2020	Canceled - Pandemic
2019	Western Washington	Karli White, WWU (Forward)	Seattle, WA	Interbay Stadium	WWU (1), SPU (2), WOU (3), CWU (4)
2018	Concordia	Kasey Ames, CU (Midfielder)	Portland, OR	Tuominen Yard	WWU (1), CU (2), SPU (3), SFU (4)
2017	Western Washington	Karli White, WWU (Forward)	Portland, OR	Tuominen Yard	CU (1), WWU (2), SPU (3), NNU (4)
2016	Western Washington	Gabriela Pelogi, WWU (Forward)	Burnaby, BC	Terry Fox Field	WWU (1), CWU (2), SPU (3), SFU (4)
2015	Western Washington	Caitlyn Jobanek, WWU (Midfielder)	Burnaby, BC	Terry Fox Field	WWU (1), SPU (2), CU (3), MSUB (4)
2014	Seattle Pacific*	Isabel Farrell, SPU (Forward)	Tukwila, WA	Starfire Sports Complex	WWU (1), MSUB (2), SPU (3), CWU (4)
2013	Seattle Pacific*	Natalie Harold, SPU (Goalkeeper)	Tukwila, WA	Starfire Sports Complex	WWU (1), CWU (2), SPU (3), WOU (4)
2012	Western Washington	Kristin Maris, WWU (Forward)	Tukwila, WA	Starfire Sports Complex	WWU (1), SPU (2), MSUB (3), WOU (4)

*-Won on a penalty-kick shootout

Team Title Leaderboard
Titles	Team	Years Won
6	Western Washington	2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
3	Seattle Pacific	2013, 2014, 2021
1	Concordia (Ore.)	2018
1	Simon Fraser	2023