2023 America East Conference women's soccer tournament

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2023 America East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,956
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions Maine (1st title)
Winning coachScott Atherley (1st title)
MVP Lara Kirkby (Maine)
Broadcast ESPN+
America East Conference women's soccer tournament
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2023 America East Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Binghamton  503 .813656 .529
Maine  y413 .6881126 .737
New Hampshire  314 .625655 .531
UMass Lowell  323 .563567 .472
NJIT  341 .438775 .500
Vermont  341 .4381071 .583
Bryant  233 .438754 .563
Albany  152 .2504102 .313
UMBC  044 .2503114 .278
Conference champion
2023 America East Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: America East Conference

The 2023 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 5, 2023. 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 New Hampshire Wildcats, [1] [2] who were unable to defend their title after falling in the first round to Vermont. Maine won the tournament after an overtime victory in the final over UMass Lowell. [3] [4] It was the first victory in program history for Maine and the first for twenty-third year head coach Scott Atherly. [5] [6] As tournament champions, Maine earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds for the tournament as NJIT and Vermont both finished with 3–4–1 records during regular season play. NJIT earned the fifth seed by virtue of their 3–2 victory at Vermont on October 22. Therefore, Vermont was the sixth and final seed for the tournament. [7]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Binghamton 5–0–318
2 Maine 4–1–315
3 New Hampshire 3–1–413
4 UMass Lowell 3–2–312
5 NJIT 3–4–110
6 Vermont 3–4–110

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Monday, Oct. 30
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 2
Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
1 Binghamton 1
4 UMass Lowell 34 UMass Lowell (a.e.t.)2
5 NJIT 1 4 UMass Lowell 2
2 Maine (a.e.t.)3
2 Maine 2
3 New Hampshire 1 6 Vermont 1
6 Vermont 2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 30 #3 New Hampshire 1–2 #6 Vermont Durham, NH
6:00 p.m.
  • Megan Logue Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg55' Jill Brody
  • Soccerball shade.svg75' Lauren DeGroot
Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Attendance: 133
Referee: Victor Matheson
Assistant referees: Jason Ayotte
Assistant referees: John Jordan
October 30 #4 UMass Lowell 3–1 #5 NJIT Lowell, MA
6:00 p.m.
  • Chole Layne Soccerball shade.svg15'
  • Megan Banzi Yellow card.svg 22'
  • Julia Edholm Soccerball shade.svg25', 71', Yellow card.svg 74'
  • Maddie Guthrie Yellow card.svg 76'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 28' Yellow-red card.svg 33' Riley Jones
  • Yellow card.svg 39' Briana Andreoli
  • Soccerball shade.svg77' Bailey Chant
Stadium: Cushing Field
Attendance: 202
Referee: Victor Borges
Assistant referees: Adam Cook
Assistant referees: Matt Stein
Fourth official: Nicola Vesia

Semifinals

November 2 #1 Binghamton 1–2 (a.e.t.) #4 UMass Lowell Vestal, NY
6:00 p.m.
  • Sophia Garofalo Soccerball shade.svg2'
  • Lauren Clark Yellow card.svg 30'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg69', Yellow card.svg 77' Julia Edholm
  • Soccerball shade.svg102' Hope Santaniello
Stadium: Bearcats Sports Complex
Attendance: 381
Referee: Magda Zwierzchowski
Assistant referees: Jeffrey Trubia
Assistant referees: Judson Ames
Fourth official: Chris Scalza
November 2 #2 Maine 2–1 #6 Vermont Orono, ME
6:00 p.m.
  • Abby Kraemer Soccerball shade.svg11', 90'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg52' Lauren DeGroot
  • Yellow card.svg 74' Jilly Brody
Stadium: Mahaney Diamond
Attendance: 486
Referee: Stephanie MacFarland
Assistant referees: Jessica Remmes-Davis
Assistant referees: Andrew Porada
Fourth official: Ptya Lomeri

Final

November 5 #2 Maine 3–2 #4 UMass Lowell Orono, ME
2:00 p.m.
  • Kayla Kraemer Soccerball shade.svg15'
  • Lara Kirkby Soccerball shade.svg41' (pen.), 105'
  • Kristina Kelly Yellow card.svg 99'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 41' Taylor Burgess
  • Soccerball shade.svg45' Juila Edholm
  • Yellow card.svg 68', Soccerball shade.svg86' (pen.) Calliste Brookshire
Stadium: Mahaney Diamond
Attendance: 754
Referee: Luis Reyes
Assistant referees: Kyle Averill
Assistant referees: Andrew Porada
Fourth official: Aruna Kenyi

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

4 goals

  • Juila Edholm – UMass Lowell

2 goals

  • Lara Kirkby – Maine
  • Abby Kraemer – Maine
  • Lauren DeGroot – Vermont

1 goal

  • Sophia Garofalo – Binghamton
  • Kayla Kraemer – Maine
  • Megan Logue – New Hampshire
  • Bailey Chant – NJIT
  • Jill Brody – Vermont
  • Calliste Brookshire – UMass Lowell
  • Chloe Layne – UMass Lowell
  • Hope Santaniello – UMass Lowell

All-Tournament team

Source: [8]

PlayerTeam
Rebecca Grisdale Maine
Kristina Kelly
Abby Kraemer
Lara Kirkby
Calliste Brookshire NJIT
Taylor Burgess
Julia Edholm
Emma Colling Binghamton
Oliva McKnight
Maddy Cronin Vermont
Lauren DeGroot
Alivia Kelly New Hampshire
Bailey Chant NJIT

MVP in bold

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