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Soccer claims first Big 12 Conference tournament championship since 2007

ROUND ROCK, Texas – In its final season in the league, The University of Texas women's soccer program will arrive in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) next season as the reigning Big 12 Conference Champions following the Longhorns' 3-1 win over No. 6 BYU in the finals of the 2023 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship on Saturday night.

The result gives the program its first postseason Big 12 championship since 2007, when the Longhorns capped a two-championship-in-two-year span after also earning the trophy in 2006. The victory over the Cougars also gives Texas head coach Angela Kelly her first postseason conference tournament title in her 12 seasons at the helm of the program.