SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference will add conference championships in men's soccer, women's soccer and softball, as the Presidents' Council ratified the three championship proposals during their annual spring meeting that concluded June 5, 2025.
 
All three championship events will begin in the 2026-27 academic year.
 
"Following a thorough evaluation of each championship proposal, the membership was aligned in adding championship events in men's soccer, women's soccer and softball," West Coast Conference Commissioner Stu Jackson said. "We look forward to hosting high-caliber championships and are excited for our programs to have the opportunity to compete for a title and secure the Conference's automatic qualification to their respective NCAA Championship." 
 
The men's and women's soccer championship formats will be four teams with the highest seed hosting each event. The semifinal matches will be played on Wednesday, and the championship match will be contested on Saturday preceding NCAA selection.
 
The West Coast Conference is a perennial multi-bid league in both men's and women's soccer. West Coast Conference teams have made three appearances in the NCAA Women's College Cup in the last five seasons with Santa Clara capturing the 2020 NCAA title and the Broncos and BYU advancing in 2021. In the last three men's soccer seasons, Portland (2022) and LMU (2023) advanced to the quarterfinals and San Diego (2024) reached the third round of the NCAA Championship.
 
The softball championship format will be a four-team, double elimination, tournament contested on the Thursday-Saturday preceding NCAA selection. The championship will be held at a pre-determined campus site.
 
Three different softball programs have captured a West Coast Conference title the last three years. LMU won in 2023, Saint Mary's won in 2024, and the Gaels and Santa Clara were co-champions this past season, as the Broncos earned the tiebreaker to secure their first bid to the NCAA Championship.