2022 MAAC women's soccer tournament

2022 MAAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,665
Site	Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions	Quinnipiac (1st title)
Winning coach	Dave Clarke (1st title)
MVP	Rebecca Cooke (Quinnipiac)
Broadcast	ESPN+
MAAC women's soccer tournament «2021   2023»

2022 MAAC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Quinnipiac  ‍†‍‡‍y	9	–	1	–	0		.900			16	–	3	–	1		.825
Fairfield  ‍†‍‍	9	–	1	–	0		.900			14	–	4	–	0		.778
Niagara  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	1		.650			11	–	8	–	1		.575
Rider  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0		.500			8	–	7	–	3		.528
Canisius  ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	5		.550			5	–	5	–	10		.500
Marist  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			5	–	7	–	5		.441
St. Peter's  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			4	–	13	–	1		.250
Iona  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			8	–	7	–	4		.526
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			3	–	6	–	7		.406
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	4		.300			3	–	7	–	5		.367
Siena  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			2	–	11	–	5		.250
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 MAAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:MAAC

The 2022 MAAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference held from October 30 through November 6, 2022. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting matches. The host for the matches was determined by seeding from regular season play. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Monmouth Hawks were the defending champions and were unable to defend their title, as they moved conferences to the Colonial Athletic Association beginning in the 2022 season. ^{[1] [2]} The Quinnipiac Bobcats won the title by defeating Niagara 4–0 in the final. ^[3] This is Quinnipiac's first overall tournament win in program history. The title is also the first for head coach Dave Clarke. ^[4] As tournament champions, Quinnipiac earned the MAAC's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six MAAC League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seed for the tournament as Quinnipiac and Fairfield finished with identical 9–1–0 regular season records. Quinnipiac defeated Fairfield 3–2 on October 1, 2022, and therefore Quinnipiac was the first seed and Fairfield was the second seed. ^[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Quinnipiac	9–1–0	27
2	Fairfield	9–1–0	27
3	Niagara	6–3–1	19
4	Rider	5–5–0	15
5	Canisius	3–2–5	14
6	Marist	3–5–2	11

Bracket

Semifinal matchups were determined by the results of the quarterfinals. The #1 seed would play the lowest-remaining seed, while the #2 seed would play the other quarterfinal winner. ^[6]

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Oct. 30					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 3					Final Sunday, Nov. 6
						1	Quinnipiac	1
	4	Rider	1 (2)			5	Canisius	0
	5	Canisius (pen.)	1 (4)								1	Quinnipiac	4
											3	Niagara	0
						2	Fairfield	1
	3	Niagara	3			3	Niagara	3
	6	Marist	1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 Niagara v #6 Marist

October 30	#3 Niagara	3–1	#6 Marist	Lewiston, NY
12:00 p.m. ET	Ida Miceli 20' Annie Ibey 24' Ebba Noren 41' Emma Bough  63'	Report	46' Grace Hotaling 72' Amanda Caldarelli  89' Anna Maggi	Stadium: Niagara Field Attendance: 369 Referee: Shane Magaris Assistant referees: William Bainbridge Assistant referees: Patrick Ohara Fourth official: Ian Boyle

#4 Rider v #5 Canisius

October 30	#4 Rider	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	#5 Canisius	Lawrenceville, NJ
2:00 p.m. ET	Lindsey Maslow 12' Genevieve Ryan  84' Ailis Martin  88' Leonor Alves  99'	Report	63' Emma Oliphant  66' Madeline Weltin 85' Jen Romero  86' Team	Stadium: Ben Cohen Field Attendance: 182 Referee: Zakaria Elabid Assistant referees: George Evanego Assistant referees: Michael Andreaccio Fourth official: Stefan Borota
	Penalties
	Makenzie Rodrigues Anna Barkey Hannah Freeman Ailis Martin		Lizzy Harkness Jen Romero Erin Weir Meghan Heath Tiani Fonoti

Semifinals

#1 Quinnipiac v #5 Canisius

November 3	#1 Quinnipiac	1–0	#5 Canisius	Hamden, CT
2:00 p.m. ET	Molly Andrews  48' Rebecca Cooke 81' (pen.)	Report	25' Meghan Heath  41' Maddy Ingraham  42'  88' Erin Weir  65' Emma Oliphant  75' Madeline Weltin  78' Lizzy Harkness  81'  90' Jen Romero	Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium Attendance: 353 Referee: Victor Borges Assistant referees: Ronnie Tamburro Assistant referees: Frank Severo Fourth official: Patrick Violette

#2 Fairfield v #3 Niagara

November 3	#2 Fairfield	1–3	#3 Niagara	Fairfield, CT
7:00 p.m. ET	Elle Scott 61'	Report	31' Emma Bough 58' Ebba Noren 63' Ida Miceli  75' Agnes Stenlund	Stadium: Lessing Field Attendance: 427

Final

#1 Quinnipiac v #3 Niagara

November 6	#1 Quinnipiac	4–0	#3 Niagara	Hamden, CT
12:00 p.m. ET	Niagara Own Goal 17' Morgan Cupo  43' Rebecca Cooke 59', 79' Courtney Chochol 67'	Report	57' Annie Ibey	Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium Attendance: 334 Referee: Lorant Varga Assistant referees: Victor Matheson Assistant referees: Wilmer Melendez Fourth official: Clovis Da Silva

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).

3 goals

• Rebecca Cooke – Quinnipiac

2 goals

• Ida Miceli – Niagara
• Ebba Noren – Niagara

1 goal

• Jen Romero – Canisius
• Elle Scott – Fairfield
• Amanda Caldarelli – Marist
• Emma Bough – Niagara
• Annie Ibey – Niagara
• Lindsey Maslow – Rider
• Courtney Chochol – Quinnipiac

1 own goal

• Niagara (vs Quinnipiac)

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[3]

Player	Team
Lizzy Harkness	Canisius
Meghan Heath
Maddie Mills	Fairfield
Elle Scott
Emma Davies	Niagara
Ida Miceli
Claudi Cuicani
Markela Bejleri	Quinnipiac
Lauren Triglione
Olivia Scott
Rebecca Cooke

MVP in bold

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