SAN DIEGO – The third-seeded San Diego State women’s soccer team (10-4-3, 4-2-2 Pac-12) will begin its Pac-12 Tournament with a semifinal matchup against second-seeded Boise State (14-2-2, 6-1-1 Pac-12) at 4 p.m. MT/3 p.m. PT on Wednesday afternoon. The match will be broadcast on the Pac-12 YouTube page.
San Diego State played its final match of the regular season in Logan last week, falling by a 2-0 score as then-No. 22 Utah State clinched the Pac-12 regular season title and, due to having the tiebreaker against Boise State, the top seed in the tournament.
The co-champions of the Pac-12, Boise State played well, finishing conference play with six wins and a draw in eight matches. The Broncos played to a scoreless draw at Colorado State on October 22 and fell 1-0 in a home match against then-No. 17 Utah State on October 11. The Broncos defense limited opponents to just three total goals in conference play, coming on penalty kicks by the Aztecs’ Victoria Miller, Utah State’s Rachel Reitz and Oregon State’s Mary Hoffman.
San Diego State is 11-12-1 against Boise State all-time after the Broncos’ 4-1 win at the SDSU Sports Deck on October 1. All 24 matches have come since 2011. Included in that total are seven meetings in conference tournaments with each team winning three times. Last year, the teams played to a 1-1 tie in Boise in the Mountain West semifinals, but the Broncos advanced to the title match in penalty kicks, 3-2. San Diego State won 1-0 in the 2013 MW championship match, 2-0 in the 2016 MW quarterfinals and 1-0 in the 2017 MW semifinals. Meanwhile, the Broncos won 2-0 in the 2019 MW championship match, 1-0 in the 2021 MW quarterfinals and 3-2 in the 2024 MW semifinals.
In program history, San Diego State holds a 29-15-8 record in conference tournament matches including a 22-14-8 mark since 1999. SDSU is playing in its conference tournament for the 30th time in its last 32 seasons. All time San Diego State is 12-8-3 when playing in a conference semifinal match. Since 1999, the Aztecs have been a third seed on four occasions, going 6-2-2 in those matches and making an appearance in the championship match twice. During that same stretch, SDSU has faced a second-seeded squad eight times with a 3-4-1 record including a 1-2 mark in three matches as a third seed when playing against a second seed.
The winner of the match will face the winner of top-seeded No. 20 Utah State and fourth-seeded Gonzaga in the championship match at 5:30 p.m. MT/4:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, November 14. That match will also be streamed for free on the Pac-12 YouTube channel.