2022 CAA women's soccer tournament

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2022 CAA women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance2,390
SiteCampus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions Hofstra (8th title)
Winning coachSimon Riddiough (7th title)
MVP Anja Suttner (Hofstra)
Broadcast FloSports
CAA women's soccer tournament
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2022 Colonial Athletic Association women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Monmouth  612 .7781323 .806
Drexel  522 .6671135 .711
Northeastern  522 .6671064 .600
Elon  531 .611963 .583
Towson  414 .6671235 .725
Stony Brook  423 .611784 .474
William & Mary  333 .500784 .474
Hofstra  y342 .4441084 .545
UNC Wilmington  342 .444773 .500
Charleston  243 .389873 .528
Delaware  162 .2222115 .250
Hampton  090 .0002141 .147
Conference champion
2022 CAA Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Colonial Athletic Association

The 2022 CAA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association held from October 27 through November 5, 2022. The Quarterfinals and Semifinals of the tournament were hosted by the first and second seed and the final was hosted by the highest remaining seed. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Hofstra Pride, [1] who successfully defendeded their title, despite being the eighth and final team to qualify for the tournament. Hofstra won the tournament by defeating Northeastern 2–1 in overtime the final. [2] The conference tournament title was the eighth overall for the Hofstra women's soccer program and the seventh overall for head coach Simon Riddiough. Both Hofstra and Riddiough have won five of the last six CAA Tournaments. [3] As tournament champions, Hofstra earned the CAA's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

Eight Colonial Athletic Association schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. Multiple tiebreakers were required to determine seedings. The first tiebreaker was for the second and third seeds between Drexel and Northeastern who finished the regular season with identical 5–2–2 records. Drexel won the tiebreaker and was awarded hosting rights for two Quarterfinals and a Semifinal game as the second seed. Elon and Towson both finished the season with sixteen points and Elon won the tiebreaker to be the fourth seed. Finally there was a tiebreaker for the eighth and final seed between Hofstra and UNC Wilmington who both finished with 3–4–2 regular season records. Hofstra won the regular season matchup between the two teams 2–1 on October 13, and qualified for the tournament as the eighth seed. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Monmouth 6–1–220
2 Drexel 5–2–217
3 Northeastern 5–2–217
4 Elon 5–3–116
5 Towson 4–1–416
6 Stony Brook 4–2–315
7 William & Mary 3–3–312
8 Hofstra 3–4–28

Bracket

Source: [5]

Quarterfinals
October 27
Semifinals
October 30
Championship
November 5
         
1 Monmouth 1 (4)
8 Hofstra (pen.)1 (5)
8 Hofstra 2
5 Towson 0
4 Elon 1
5 Towson 2
8 Hofstra (a.e.t.)2
3 Northeastern 1
2 Drexel 2
7 William & Mary 1
2 Drexel 0
3 Northeastern 2
3 Northeastern 2
6 Stony Brook 1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 27 #2 Drexel 2–1 #7 William & Mary Philadelphia, PA
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Delaney Lappin Soccerball shade.svg50', 60'
  • Tori Yost Yellow card.svg 68'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg42' Cricket Basa
Stadium: Vidas Field
Attendance: 506
Referee: David Breckner
Assistant referees: Hector Rueda
Assistant referees: Stefan Borota
Fourth official: Michael Weber
October 27 #1 Monmouth 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
#8 Hofstra West Long Branch, NJ
3:00 p.m. ET
  • Jesi Rossman Yellow card.svg 9'
  • Summer Reimet Soccerball shade.svg62'
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  • Soccerball shade.svg10' Anja Suttner
Stadium: Hesse Field
Attendance: 219
Referee: Greg DaMello
Assistant referees: DaQing Song
Assistant referees: Ryan Clauss
Fourth official: Jan Halaska
Penalties
  • Chloe Ferreira Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Rachel Ludwick Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Maddison Perna Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Lauren Karabin Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Summer Reimet Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Alexa Correa Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Lauren Bruno Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Anja Suttner
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Gabriella Marte
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Aimee Hodgson
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Millie Davies
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Allison Mendes
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Matilda Liljefors
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Krista Agostinello
October 27 #3 Northeastern 2–1 #6 Stony Brook Philadelphia, PA
5:30 p.m. ET
  • Vivian Akyirem Soccerball shade.svg14', 59'
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  • Yellow card.svg 31' Gabby Daniels
  • Soccerball shade.svg71' (pen.) Reilly Rich
  • Yellow card.svg 89' Morayo Adenegan
Stadium: Vidas Field
Attendance: 158
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
Assistant referees: Larry Urwiler
Assistant referees: Timmothy Bramble
Fourth official: Dustin Nguyen
October 27 #4 Elon 1–2 #5 Towson West Long Branch, NJ
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Kennedy Jones Yellow card.svg 82'
  • Katie Lowe Soccerball shade.svg88'
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Stadium: Hesse Field
Attendance: 92
Referee: Mike DeFelice
Assistant referees: Brendan Quinn
Assistant referees: Andrew Laplante
Fourth official: George Evanego

Semifinals

October 30 #2 Drexel 0–2 #3 Northeastern Philadelphia, PA
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Delaney Lappin Yellow card.svg 61'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 22', Soccerball shade.svg51', 86' Vivian Akyirem
  • Yellow card.svg 33' Megan Putvinski
  • Yellow card.svg 60' Nina Dooley
  • Yellow card.svg 74' Team
  • Yellow card.svg 75' Jessie Hunt
Stadium: Vidas Field
Attendance: 427
Referee: Lucas Feathers
Assistant referees: Hector Rueda
Assistant referees: Jay Hutchinson
Fourth official: Andrew Eitel
October 30 #5 Towson 0–2 #8 Hofstra West Long Branch, NJ
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Rebecca Grobseibl Yellow card.svg 68'
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  • Soccerball shade.svg11' (pen.) Olivia Pearse
  • Soccerball shade.svg55' Thorhildur Thorhallsdottir
Stadium: Hesse Field
Attendance: 123
Referee: Franco Somma
Assistant referees: Frank Severo
Assistant referees: Wilmer Melendez
Fourth official: Jan Halaska

Final

November 5 #3 Northeastern 1–2 (a.e.t.) #8 Hofstra Brookline, MA
  • Alexis Legowski Soccerball shade.svg80', Yellow card.svg 83'
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  • Soccerball shade.svg61' Ellen Halseth
  • Soccerball shade.svg109' Krista Agostinello
Stadium: Parsons Field
Attendance: 865
Referee: Shaun Papperman
Assistant referees: Danny Marques
Assistant referees: Anthony Pedolzky
Fourth official: John Luk

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match (as of November 5, 2022).

4 goals

  • Vivian Akyirem – Northeastern

2 goals

  • Delaney Lappin – Drexel

1 goal

  • Katie Lowe – Elon
  • Krista Agostinello – Hofstra
  • Ellen Halseth – Hofstra
  • Olivia Pearse – Hofstra
  • Anja Suttner – Hofstra
  • Thorhildur Thorhallsdottir – Hofstra
  • Summer Reimet – Monmouth
  • Alexis Legowski – Northeastern
  • Reilly Rich – Stony Brook
  • Phoebe Canoles – Towson
  • Nia Christopher – Towson
  • Cricket Basa – William & Mary

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Anja Suttner Hofstra
Krista Agostinello
Annabel Hoffman
Cailey Welch
Vivian Akyirem Northeastern
Porter Dooley
Alexis Legowski
Delaney Lappin Drexel
Madison Maxwell
Nia Christopher Towson
Riley Melendez

MVP in bold

References

  1. Colonial Athletic Association. "2021 CAA Women's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  2. Colonial Athletic Association. "2022 CAA Women's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  3. "CAA Women's Record Book" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association . Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  4. McQuiggan, Miles. "CAA Women's Soccer Championship presented by Primis Begins Thursday in New Jersey, Philadelphia". Colonial Athletic Association . Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  5. "2022 CAA Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  6. McQuiggan, Miles (November 5, 2022). "Hofstra's Late Double-Overtime Strike Lifts Pride to Fifth CAA Women's Soccer Championship in Last Six Seasons". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved February 14, 2023.