The Semifinals and Final of the five-match tournament took place at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, California and the higher seed hosted First Round games.
The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
[2] The Anteaters successfully defended their title as the fifth seed, defeating Cal Poly 1–0 in the Final.
[3][4] This was the fourth Big West tournament title for the UC Irvine program and the third for head coach Scott Juniper.
No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique conference regular season record.