2023 CAA women's soccer tournament

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2023 CAA women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,277
SiteCampus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions Towson (1st title)
Winning coachKatherine Vettori (1st title)
MVP Riley Melendez (Towson)
Broadcast FloFC
CAA women's soccer tournament
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2023 Coastal Athletic Association women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Towson  y912 .8331532 .800
Hofstra  921 .7921251 .694
Monmouth  822 .7501162 .632
Northeastern  624 .667846 .611
William & Mary  633 .625947 .625
Stony Brook  444 .500666 .500
UNC Wilmington  453 .458593 .382
Delaware  237 .458558 .500
Drexel  363 .375783 .472
Campbell  246 .417467 .441
Charleston  264 .3332105 .265
Elon  273 .292395 .324
Hampton  0120 .0000180 .000
Conference champion
2023 CAA Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: Coastal Athletic Association

The 2023 CAA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Coastal Athletic Association held from October 26 through November 4, 2023. The First Round and Semifinals of the tournament were hosted by the first and second seed and the final was hosted by the highest remaining seed. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Hofstra Pride, [1] who were unable to defend their title, falling to Monmouth in the Semifinals. Towson won the tournament by defeating Monmouth in the Final, 2–1. [2] The conference tournament title was the first overall for the Towson women's soccer program and the first for head coach Katherine Vettori. [3] As tournament champions, Towson earned the CAA's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament. [4]

Contents

Seeding

Six Coastal Athletic Association schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. No tiebreakers were required as all teams finished with unique regular season conference records. Towson won the regular season title for the first time in program history. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Towson 9–1–229
2 Hofstra 9–2–128
3 Monmouth 8–2–226
4 Northeastern 6–2–422
5 William & Mary 6–3–321
6 Stony Brook 4–4–416

Bracket

Source: [6]

Quarterfinals
October 26
Semifinals
October 29
Championship
November 4
1 Towson 1
4 Northeastern 1 (6) 5 William & Mary 0
5 William & Mary (pen.)1 (7)1 Towson 2
3 Monmouth 1
2 Hofstra 1
3 Monmouth 33 Monmouth (a.e.t.)2
6 Stony Brook 0

Schedule

First Round

October 26 #3 Monmouth 3–0 #6 Stony Brook Hempstead, NY
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Marisa Tava Soccerball shade.svg75'
  • Liza Suydam Soccerball shade.svg83'
  • Chloe Messer Soccerball shade.svg85'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 89' Kerry Pearson
Stadium: Hofstra Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Greg Demello
Assistant referees: Bruno Mozzo
Assistant referees: Giovanni Lepore
Fourth official: Jason Silver
October 26 #4 Northeastern 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–7 p)
#5 William & Mary Towson, MD
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Vivian Akyirem Soccerball shade.svg79', Yellow card.svg 94'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg30' Ivey Crain
Stadium: Tiger Field
Attendance: 227
Referee: John McCloskey
Assistant referees: Conor McCloskey
Assistant referees: Michael Kelley
Penalties
  • Jessie Hunt Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Megan Putvinski Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Vivian Akyirem Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Maggie Cochran Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Faith Rosenblatt Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Holland Stam Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Addison Davis Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Jillian O'Toole
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Nicole Sellers
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Kayleigh Shackford
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Lindsay Wilson
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Elaina Longjohn
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Kenna Zier
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Zoe Doughty

Semifinals

October 29 #1 Towson 1–0 #5 William & Mary Towson, MD
1:00 p.m.
  • Jacey Miller Yellow card.svg 24'
  • Nia Christopher Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 76' Jillian O'Toole
  • Yellow card.svg 85' Leah Iglesias
Stadium: Tiger Field
Attendance: 727
Referee: Mike De Felice
Assistant referees: Hugo Menguy
Assistant referees: Ryan Meyer
Fourth official: Eric Bray
October 29 #2 Hofstra 1–2 (a.e.t.) #3 Monmouth Hempstead, NY
1:00 p.m.
  • Thorhildur Thorhallsdottir Soccerball shade.svg22'
  • Millie Davies Yellow card.svg 64'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg76' Liza Suydam
  • Soccerball shade.svg108' Summer Reimet
Stadium: Hofstra Stadium
Attendance: 201
Referee: Leah Hayes
Assistant referees: Greg Muhs
Assistant referees: Chris Muhs
Fourth official: Jan Halaska

Final

November 5 #1 Towson 2–1 #3 Monmouth Towson, MD
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Nia Christopher Soccerball shade.svg24'
  • Phoebe Canoles Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg16' Chloe Ferriera
  • Yellow card.svg 55' Team
Stadium: Tiger Field
Attendance: 1,022
Referee: David Breckner
Assistant referees: Jason Blight
Assistant referees: Conor McCloskey
Fourth official: Peter Dhima

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

2 goals

  • Liza Suydam – Monmouth
  • Nia Christopher – Towson

1 goal

  • Thorhildur Thorhallsdottir – Hofstra
  • Chloe Ferriera – Monmouth
  • Chloe Messer – Monmouth
  • Summer Reimet – Monmouth
  • Marisa Tava – Monmouth
  • Vivian Akyirem – Northeastern
  • Phoebe Canoles – Towson
  • Ivey Crain – William & Mary

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Phoebe Canoles Towson
Nia Christopher
Maja Hansson
Riley Melendez
Lauren Bruno Monmouth
Liza Suydam
Marisa Tava
Millie Davies Hofstra
Dagny Run Petursdottir
Ginny Delacruz William & Mary
Nicole Sellers

MVP in bold

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