Once again, Judson University played one of the harder schedules in the NAIA. On their schedule, they played nine teams that at one point in the season were either ranked or receiving votes. At the time of play, Judson faced three top 25 teams in #18 Olivet Nazarene, #6 Graceland, and #20 Ohio Dominican. Judson fell to Olivet Nazarene, twice, 3-1 and 4-1. Judson did tie Graceland, 1-1, and defeated Ohio Dominican, 1-0. Teams that were receiving votes at the time of play were Trinity Christian, Robert Morris, Grace College, The Masters, Notre Dame (OH), and Davenport. Judson tied Trinity Christian and fell to Robert Morris in CCAC play. Judson, though, did come away with wins over Grace, Notre Dame, and Davenport, with a loss to The Masters.

In the final NAIA National Poll, Graceland finsihed #9, Trinity Christian #17, Olivet Nazarene #18, and Ohio Dominican #24.

Because of their difficult schedule, Judson did receive some votes in the NAIA National Poll. Judson was in the receiving votes category for six of the 11 weeks for the poll and received votes for five consecutive weeks. Judson first received a vote on September 8th. After a week of no votes, they then were in the receiving votes category for the next five weeks from September 22nd to October 20th. Judson received as many as eight votes (October 13th). This is the most that any women's soccer team has been mentioned in the national poll.

Judson had an impressive post season in 2009 that broke some records. One of the biggest wins came on November 18th when Judson broke a 10-match post season losing streak to Trinity International, 3-2, in double overtime. Judson had never beaten Trinity International in the post season dating back to the beginning of the CCAC Tournament in 2000. Judson had fallen to Trinity International just 15 days earlier in the CCAC Tournament, 1-0. Christina Thornton scored all three goals in the 3-2 win over Trinity International to break the losing streak.

With their impressive record, Judson received an at-large bid to the NCCAA National Tournament where they went 2-1 with wins over Grace College (1-0) and Covenant College (2-1). It was the best finish for Judson at the NCCAA National Tournament.

Playing in their fourth NCCAA National Tournament, Judson University made the most of their opportunity as the #3 seed. They came away with their best finish in third place finishing off with a 2-1 win over Covenant College. Judson started the tournament with a 1-0 win over Grace College and then fell to The Masters College, 4-1. Both teams were receiving votes in the NAIA National Poll. Christina Thornton was named to the NCCAA All-Tournament Team for her play, too.

All American: For the third year in a row, Christina Thornton was named a NCCAA All-American. She was the lone selection for Judson on the All-American team as a first-team member.

All-Region: Judson did place three players on the NCCAA All-Region team in Thornton, Lynsey McFarland, and Kamila Marchi. For McFarland and Marchi it was their first time on the All-Region team.

Four players earned academic awards for Judson in the 2009 season. Baerbel Hartner and Janee Romesburg both earned NAIA and NCCAA scholar-athlete awards. They then joined Andrea Pflaum and Christina Thornton on the CCAC All-Academic team. It was the second year in a row that Hartner and Romesburg earned scholar-athlete awards.

Christina Thornton finished a stellar career at Judson and leaves as the all-time goals and points leader. She finished with 181 points and 79 goals. She is also 5th all-time in assists with 23. In single season records, she owns the most goals and points in a season. She recorded 23 goals in 2006 along with 56 points. She also in the single season top 10 four times for goals and three times for points. She is second, twice, in goals with 20 and 10th with 16. In points, she is also sixth and seventh.

In the final NAIA rankings for statistics, Judson was in two categories and had two players ranked. Judson finished 13th in assists (52) and 28th in assists per game (2.17). Individually, Christina Thornton was 10th in goals (20) and 18th in points (44). Kamila Marchi finished 25th in assists (11).

Despite finishing third at the NCCAA National Tournament, Judson finished with a final ranking of 12th in the NCCAA National Poll.