2022 America East Conference women's soccer tournament

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2022 America East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,275
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions New Hampshire (2nd title)
Winning coachSteve Welham (2nd title)
MVP Cat Sheppard (New Hampshire)
BroadcastAmerica East TV
America East Conference women's soccer tournament
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2022 America East Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Binghamton  611 .813955 .605
New Hampshire  y512 .750963 .583
Maine  404 .750935 .676
UMass Lowell  422 .625774 .500
Albany  323 .563785 .475
NJIT  242 .375586 .421
UMBC  152 .250584 .412
Vermont  053 .188493 .344
Bryant  053 .1883104 .294
Conference champion
2022 America East Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:America East Conference

The 2022 America East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from October 30 through November 6, 2022. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Vermont Catamounts, [1] [2] who were unable to defend their title after not qualifying for the tournament. New Hampshire won their second tournament in program history after a penalty shoot-out victory in the final. [3] [4] It was the second victory for ninth year head coach Steve Welham. [5] [6] As tournament champions, New Hampshire earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique regular season record.

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Binghamton 6–1–119
2 New Hampshire 5–1–217
3 Maine 4–0–416
4 UMass Lowell 4–2–214
5 Albany 3–2–312
6 NJIT 2–4–28

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct. 30
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 3
Final
Sunday, Nov. 6
2 New Hampshire 2
3 Maine 43 Maine 1
6 NJIT 1 2 New Hampshire (pen.)4 (3)
1 Binghamton 4 (2)
1 Binghamton (pen.)3 (3)
4 UMass Lowell 1 5 Albany 3 (2)
5 Albany 3

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 30 #4 UMass Lowell 1–3 #5 Albany Lowell, MA
4:00 p.m.
  • Chloe Layne Soccerball shade.svg55'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg35', 78', Yellow card.svg 87' Olivia Piranino
  • Soccerball shade.svg74' (pen.) Marisa Tava
Stadium: Cushing Field
Attendance: 307
Referee: Daniel Shenk-Moreno
Assistant referees: Katherin Mitchell-Moreno
Assistant referees: Miguel Lara
Fourth official: John Jordan
October 30 #3 Maine 4–1 #6 NJIT Orono, ME
5:00 p.m.
  • Emma Donovan Soccerball shade.svg11'
  • Saylor Clark Soccerball shade.svg24'
  • Julie Lossius Soccerball shade.svg69'
  • Abby Kraemer Soccerball shade.svg85'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 34' Siani Magruder
  • Soccerball shade.svg68' Briana Andreoli
Stadium: Mahaney Diamond
Attendance: 357
Referee: Leah Hayes
Assistant referees: Jeffery Davis
Assistant referees: Andrew Porada
Fourth official: Charles Brown

Semifinals

November 3 #1 Binghamton 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
#5 Albany Vestal, NY
6:00 p.m.
  • Olivia McKnight Soccerball shade.svg9', 80'
  • Lexi Vegoda Yellow card.svg 51'
  • Maya Anand Yellow card.svg 72', Soccerball shade.svg94'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg48', 99' Joanna Van Royen
  • Soccerball shade.svg58' Selma Elverum
Stadium: Bearcats Sports Complex
Attendance: 407
Referee: Mike DeFelice
Assistant referees: Joseph Cimino
Assistant referees: Ryan Clauss
Fourth official: Yale Wale
Penalties
  • Olivia McKnight Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Lexi Vegoda Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Molly McClelland Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Samiya Reid Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Marisa Tava
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Carly Binn
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Joanna Van Royen
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Olivia Piraino
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Sahara Zingano
November 3 #2 New Hampshire 2–1 #3 Maine Durham, NH
6:00 p.m.
  • Abbi Maier Soccerball shade.svg21', 86'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg38' Julie Lossius
Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Attendance: 483
Referee: Yevgeniy Mednikov
Assistant referees: Ernesto Rodriguez
Assistant referees: John Luk
Fourth official: Erik Rossetti

Final

November 6 #1 Binghamton 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
#2 New Hampshire Vestal, NY
2:00 p.m.
  • Maya Anand Soccerball shade.svg11', Yellow card.svg 76'
  • Lexi Vegoda Soccerball shade.svg51', 54' (pen.), Yellow card.svg 76'
  • Samiya Reid Soccerball shade.svg84'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg9', 26' Meghan Guarente
  • Soccerball shade.svg18', Yellow card.svg 81' Emily Bini
  • Soccerball shade.svg30' Gudrun Haralz
  • Yellow card.svg 56' Logan Nicholson
  • Yellow card.svg 64' Keegan Mayer
Stadium: Bearcats Sports Complex
Attendance: 721
Referee: Tony Russo
Assistant referees: Cody Hack
Assistant referees: Chris Scalza
Fourth official: Mike Cronin
Penalties
  • Molly McClelland Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Lexi Vegoda Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Victoria McKnight Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Samiya Reid Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Nicole Rago Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Meghan Guarente
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Maddy Warren
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Keegan Mayer
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Whitney Wiley
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Abbi Maier

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 5.2 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).

2 goals

  • Maya Anand – Binghamton
  • Olivia McKnight – Binghamton
  • Lexi Vegoda – Binghamton
  • Julie Lossius – Maine
  • Megan Guarente – New Hampshire
  • Abbi Maier – New Hampshire
  • Olivia Piranino – UAlbany
  • Joanna Van Royen – UAlbany

1 goal

  • Samiya Reid – Binghamton
  • Saylor Clark – Maine
  • Emma Donovan – Maine
  • Abby Kraemer – Maine
  • Emily Bini – New Hampshire
  • Gudrun Harlaz – New Hampshire
  • Briana Andreoli – NJIT
  • Selma Elverum – UAlbany
  • Marisa Tava – UAlbany
  • Chole Layne – UMass Lowell

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Emily Bini New Hampshire
Meghan Guarantee
Abbi Maier
Cat Sheppard
Maya Anand Binghamton
Olivia McKnight
Nicole Scott
Hannah Bamford Maine
Saylor Clark
Megan Hart Albany
Olivia Piraino
Lily Fabian UMass Lowell
Ciara Adams NJIT

MVP in bold

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