2016 America East Conference women's soccer tournament

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2016 America East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions Albany (2nd title)
Winning coachCaitlin Cucchiella (2nd title)
America East Conference women's soccer tournament
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2016 America East Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Hartford  611 .8131351 .711
Albany  y611 .8131181 .575
Stony Brook  620 .750983 .525
New Hampshire  341 .438793 .447
Maine  350 .375790 .438
UMass Lowell *  350 .3755102 .353
Vermont  242 .375784 .474
UMBC  251 .3136101 .382
Binghamton  260 .2506102 .389
Conference champion
2016 America East Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament

* – UMass Lowell ineligible for postseason (D2 to D1 regulations)
As of 2016-11-17
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 America East Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the America East Conference to be held from October 27 to November 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Albany Great Danes are the defending tournament champions, after defeating the Hartford Hawks 2–1 in the championship match for the program's first league title.

Contents

Bracket

First round
Thursday, Oct. 27
Semifinals
Sunday, Oct. 30
Final
Sunday, Nov. 6
1 Albany 1
4 New Hampshire 14 New Hampshire 0
5 Maine 0 1 Albany 2
2 Hartford 1
2 Hartford 1
3 Stony Brook 0 (1) 6 Vermont 0
6 Vermont 0 (3)

Schedule

First Round

October 27, 2016 #4 New Hampshire 1–0 #5 Maine Durham, New Hampshire
7:00 p.m. EST Lilly Radack Soccerball shade.svg16' Report Stadium: Bremner Field
Referee: Leah Hayes
October 27, 2016 #3 Stony Brook 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)
#6 Vermont Stony Brook, New York
7:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: LaValle Stadium
Referee: Bruno Mozzo
Penalties
Hannah Groth Soccerball shade cross.svg
Raven Edwards Soccerball shade cross.svg
Priscilla Wiggins Soccerball shad check.svg
Julie Johnstonbaugh Soccerball shade cross.svg
Soccerball shad check.svg Meg James
Soccerball shad check.svg Casey Garfinkel
Soccerball shade cross.svg Bridgette King
Soccerball shad check.svg Caitie Green

Semifinals

October 30, 2016 #1 Albany 1–0 #4 New Hampshire Albany, New York
4:00 p.m. EST Kiana Rugar Soccerball shade.svg34' Report Stadium: Casey Stadium
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
October 30, 2016 #2 Hartford 1–0 #6 Vermont West Hartford, Connecticut
2:00 p.m. EST Skylar Vitiello Soccerball shade.svg76' Report Stadium: Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 277
Referee: Noel Cotterell

Final

November 6, 2016 #1 Albany 2–1 #2 Hartford Albany, New York
6:00 p.m. EST Kiana Rugar Soccerball shade.svg44'
Vivian Vega Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report Caitlin Smallfield Soccerball shade.svg23'Stadium: Casey Stadium
Attendance: 393
Referee: Eric Forrest

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