America East Conference women's soccer tournament

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America East women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
America East Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference America East Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1994–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Maine
Most championships Boston University (9)
TV partner(s) ESPN+
Official website Official Website

The America East women's soccer tournament (formerly known as the North Atlantic Conference championship [n 1] ) is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the America East Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1994. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Contents

Winners

The following is a list of America East tournament winners:

Key

(2)Title number
*Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season
^Winning team reached College Cup
Winning team lost National Championship
Winning team won National Championship

Finals

Source: [2]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMost valuable playerRef.
1994 Hartford (1)4–2 Delaware Al-Marzook FieldWest Hartford, Connecticut Lisa Kesselman, Hartford
1995Hartford(2)3–0* (2OT)DelawareAl-Marzook Field • West Hartford, ConnecticutIrene Stelling, Hartford
1996 Towson (1)2–1Delaware Centennial FieldBurlington, Vermont Megan Lumsden, Towson
1997Hartford(3)8–0TowsonCentennial Field • Burlington, VermontMaria Kun, Hartford
1998Hartford(4)4–0 New Hampshire Towson Center Field • Towson, Maryland Danielle Korbmacher, Hartford
1999Hartford(5)2–1 Boston University Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, ConnecticutSandra Doreleijers, Hartford
2000Boston University(1)4–1HartfordAl-Marzook Field • West Hartford, ConnecticutDeidre Enos, Boston University
2001Boston University(2)2–0Hartford Nickerson FieldBoston, Massachusetts Megan Cross, Boston University
2002Hartford(6)4–0 Stony Brook Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, ConnecticutJeanette Akerlund, Hartford
2003Boston University(3)0–0†
(3–2 pen.)
Maine Nickerson Field • Boston, MassachusettsJessica Clinton, Boston University
2004 Binghamton (1)2–0Maine Bearcats Sports ComplexBinghamton, New York Meghan Taylor, Binghamton
2005Boston University(4)2–1* (2OT)MaineNickerson Field • Boston, MassachusettsSusan Marschall, Boston University
2006Hartford(6)1–0MaineAl-Marzook Field • West Hartford, ConnecticutMegan Riemer, Hartford
2007Boston University (5)2–1New Hampshire Wildcat StadiumDurham, New Hampshire Casey Brown, Boston University
2008Boston University(6)2–1Stony BrookNickerson Field • Boston, MassachusettsMarisha Schumacher-Hodge, Boston University
2009Boston University(7)4–0BinghamtonNickerson Field • Boston, MassachusettsFarrell McClernon, Boston University
2010Boston University(8)4–0MaineNickerson Field • Boston, MassachusettsJessica Luscinski, Boston University
2011Boston University(9)2–0 Albany Nickerson Field • Boston, MassachusettsAngelina Cords, Boston University
2012Stony Brook (1)1–0HartfordAl-Marzook Field • West Hartford, ConnecticutSa'sha Kershaw, Stony Brook
2013 UMBC (1)2–1Stony Brook Retriever Soccer ParkBaltimore, Maryland Jessy Brown, UMBC
2014New Hampshire (1)3–1HartfordAl-Marzook Field • West Hartford, ConnecticutMimi Borkan, New Hampshire
2015Albany (1)2–1HartfordAl-Marzook Field • West Hartford, ConnecticutKelly Kempf, Albany
2016 Albany(2)2–1Hartford Casey StadiumAlbany, New York Catilyn Paltsios, Albany [3]
2017 Stony Brook (1)2–1 Vermont LaValle StadiumStony Brook, New York Sydney Vaughn, Stony Brook [4]
2018 Albany (3)4–1 UMass Lowell Casey Stadium • Albany, New YorkMiariah Williams, Albany [5]
2019 Stony Brook(2)2–1HartfordLaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, New YorkErin O'Connor, Stony Brook [6]
2020Stony Brook(3)1–0Binghamton Cushing FieldLowell, Massachusetts Fanny Gotesson, Stony Brook [7]
2021 Vermont(1)1–0New Hampshire Virtue Field • Burlington, VermontCricket Basa, Vermont [8]
2022 New Hampshire (2)4–4†
(3–2 pen.)
BinghamtonBearcats Sports Complex • Binghamton, New YorkCat Sheppard, New Hampshire [9] [10]
2023 Maine (1)3–2* (2OT)UMass Lowell Mahaney DiamondOrono, Maine Lara Kirkby, Maine [11] [12]

By school

Source: [2]

SchoolWLTPCTFinalsChampionshipsTitle Years
Albany 1261.658432015, 2016, 2018
Binghamton 587.425412004
Bryant 00000
Boston University 1842.7921092000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007,
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Delaware 350.37530
Drexel 00000
Hartford 23133.6281361994, 1995, 1997,
1998, 1999, 2002
Hofstra 030.00000
Maine 7117.420612023
New Hampshire 3196.214522014, 2022
NJIT 120.33300
Northeastern 130.25000
Stony Brook 1472.652632017, 2019, 2020
Towson 222.500211996
UMass Lowell 141.25020
UMBC 231.417112013
Vermont 5114.350212021

Notes

  1. The tournament was specifically called the "North Atlantic Conference championship" from 1989 until 1996. [1]

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