Azusa Pacific heads to San Diego this week as the No. 1 seed in the Pacific West Conference Women's Soccer Championships. Hawai`i Hilo and Point Loma return to the championships and will face each other again in one semifinal. The Cougars will take on No. 4 seed Dominican, who prior to the season was picked to finish eighth in the preseason coaches poll. 

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025
11:00 a.m. -- #1 Azusa Pacific (11-3-3) vs #4 Dominican (9-1-8)
2:00 p.m. -- #2 Hawai`i Hilo (8-2-6) vs #3 Point Loma (8-3-5)
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025
12:00 p.m. -- Championship match
All matches will be streamed on the PacWest Network. Daily Pass is $15, Tournament Pass is $30.

#1 Azusa Pacific: The Cougars are the top seed in San Diego after winning their first PacWest title since 2016. Last year, APU just missed out on qualifying for the four-team field but still made the NCAA tournament. Azusa clinched the 2025 crown with a 2-0 win over Jessup in their regular season finale to improve to 11-3-3 overall and to 8-2 in PacWest action (24 points). The Cougar defense is a wall, led by keeper Alexia Muniz's 11 shutouts on the season and 0.529 goals against average. APU is currently ranked No. 2 in the NCAA West Region.

#2 Hawai`i Hilo: The Vulcans return to the tournament after reaching the title match one year ago. Hilo, 6-1-3 in conference action and 8-2-6 overall, has not lost since Sept. 24 at Dominican, 2-1. The Vulcan defense is tough, having allowed eight goals in 16 matches. Lydia Keller has eight shutouts, has allowed eight goals and has 61 saves, all second best in the PacWest. The Vulcans look for some revenge against Point Loma, whom they lost to in overtime (3-2) at the 2024 PacWest tournament and then again in the NCAA West Regional (2-1). 

#3 Point Loma: Defending tournament champion Point Loma will take on UH Hilo on their own field. The Sea Lions topped Fresno Pacific (3-0) on the final day of the regular season to clinch their spot. Point Loma was 5-1-4 in conference play (19 points) and 8-3-5 overall. Ranked sixth in last week's NCAA West Region poll, The Sea Lions also hang their hat on their defense with keeper Julia Pinnell allowing just 10 goals in 16 matches this season. The senior also has 53 saves in 2025. 

#4 Dominican: The Penguins are the surprise entry into the tournament, if you look specifically where they sat in the preseason poll, which was eighth. But Dominican has lost just one match all season, and that was back on Oct. 2 at conference champion APU, 1-0. Since that loss, DUC has gone 5-0-4. The Penguins will take a 9-1-8 overall record into that rematch and they finished 5-1-4 in conference play. Megan Clapinski leads the PacWest with nine goals scored in 18 matches, and her 21 total points also lead the league. 

2025 Results/Schedule
2025 Final Standings
2025 Statistics
2025 National Poll

Team of the Week: Hawai`i Hilo went 2-0, shutting out Chaminade (1-0) and Hawai`i Pacific (3-0) to clinch their berth into the tournament. 
Player(s) of the Week: Dominican's Ashlynn Hill and Menlo's Aaliyah Grigsby. Hill helped her team secure a playoff berth with two goals and an assist on the week. She had a goal and assist in 2-0 win over Westmont and scored the game tying goal with 14 seconds left against Vanguard. Grigsby had two goals in two matches including the game winner in a 1-0 upset of Azusa Pacific. 
Defender of the Week: Hawai`i Hilo's Lydia Keller did not give up a goal in two matches as the Vulcans shut down Chaminade and Hawai`i Pacific. Keller had six saves against the Silverswords and two versus the Sharks. 

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Hawai`i Pacific's Skylar Jacobsen had a PacWest season-high 14 saves in the match against Hilo...Jessup's Celeste Fernandez had five saves in a 1-1 tie with Point Loma...Fresno Pacific shut out Biola 1-0 behind five saves from keeper Ayana Kirisimari...Menlo's Giorgia Melcore had the shutout against league champ Azusa Pacific, posting five saves...Concordia just missed the playoff bracket by one point (18). The Golden Eagles, ranked eighth in the NCAA West Region poll, are 10-3-4 overall and 5-2-3 in league play. They will now await their postseason fate and hope for an at-large entry into the NCAA tournament.