2023 CAA women's soccer tournament

2023 CAA women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,277
Site	Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions	Towson (1st title)
Winning coach	Katherine Vettori (1st title)
MVP	Riley Melendez (Towson)
Broadcast	FloFC
CAA women's soccer tournament «2022   2024»

2023 Coastal Athletic Association women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Towson  ‍†‍‡‍y	9	–	1	–	2		.833			15	–	3	–	2		.800
Hofstra  ‍‍‍	9	–	2	–	1		.792			12	–	5	–	1		.694
Monmouth  ‍‍‍	8	–	2	–	2		.750			11	–	6	–	2		.632
Northeastern  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	4		.667			8	–	4	–	6		.611
William & Mary  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	3		.625			9	–	4	–	7		.625
Stony Brook  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	4		.500			6	–	6	–	6		.500
UNC Wilmington  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	3		.458			5	–	9	–	3		.382
Delaware  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	7		.458			5	–	5	–	8		.500
Drexel  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	3		.375			7	–	8	–	3		.472
Campbell  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	6		.417			4	–	6	–	7		.441
Charleston  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	4		.333			2	–	10	–	5		.265
Elon  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	3		.292			3	–	9	–	5		.324
Hampton  ‍‍‍	0	–	12	–	0		.000			0	–	18	–	0		.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]

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]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Towson	9–1–2	29
2	Hofstra	9–2–1	28
3	Monmouth	8–2–2	26
4	Northeastern	6–2–4	22
5	William & Mary	6–3–3	21
6	Stony Brook	4–4–4	16

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	3			3	Monmouth (a.e.t.)	2
	6	Stony Brook	0

Schedule

First Round

#3 Monmouth v #6 Stony Brook

October 26	#3 Monmouth	3–0	#6 Stony Brook	Hempstead, NY
4:00 p.m. ET	Marisa Tava 75' Liza Suydam 83' Chloe Messer 85'	Report	89' Kerry Pearson	Stadium: Hofstra Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Greg Demello Assistant referees: Bruno Mozzo Assistant referees: Giovanni Lepore Fourth official: Jason Silver

#4 Northeastern v #5 William & Mary

October 26	#4 Northeastern	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	#5 William & Mary	Towson, MD
7:00 p.m. ET	Vivian Akyirem 79',  94'	Report	30' Ivey Crain	Stadium: Tiger Field Attendance: 227 Referee: John McCloskey Assistant referees: Conor McCloskey Assistant referees: Michael Kelley
	Penalties
	Jessie Hunt Megan Putvinski Vivian Akyirem Maggie Cochran Faith Rosenblatt Holland Stam Addison Davis		Jillian O'Toole Nicole Sellers Kayleigh Shackford Lindsay Wilson Elaina Longjohn Kenna Zier Zoe Doughty

Semifinals

#1 Towson v #5 William & Mary

October 29	#1 Towson	1–0	#5 William & Mary	Towson, MD
1:00 p.m.	Jacey Miller  24' Nia Christopher 87'	Report	76' Jillian O'Toole  85' Leah Iglesias	Stadium: Tiger Field Attendance: 727 Referee: Mike De Felice Assistant referees: Hugo Menguy Assistant referees: Ryan Meyer Fourth official: Eric Bray

#2 Hofstra v #3 Monmouth

October 29	#2 Hofstra	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#3 Monmouth	Hempstead, NY
1:00 p.m.	Thorhildur Thorhallsdottir 22' Millie Davies  64'	Report	76' Liza Suydam 108' Summer Reimet	Stadium: Hofstra Stadium Attendance: 201 Referee: Leah Hayes Assistant referees: Greg Muhs Assistant referees: Chris Muhs Fourth official: Jan Halaska

Final

#1 Towson v #3 Monmouth

November 5	#1 Towson	2–1	#3 Monmouth	Towson, MD
1:00 p.m. ET	Nia Christopher 24' Phoebe Canoles 80'	Report	16' Chloe Ferriera  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]

Player	Team
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

References

1. Coastal Athletic Association. "2022 CAA Women's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
2. Coastal Athletic Association. "2023 CAA Women's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
3. "CAA Women's Record Book" (PDF). caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Association . Retrieved December 19, 2023.
4. Adsit, Morgan (November 6, 2023). "Towson women's soccer heading to UNC for first NCAA Tournament appearance". WBFF . Retrieved December 19, 2023.
5. McQuiggan, Miles (October 25, 2023). "2023 CAA Women's Soccer Championship Begins Thursday". Coastal Athletic Association . Retrieved December 19, 2023.
6. "2023 CAA Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Association. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
7. McQuiggan, Miles (November 5, 2023). "Melendez's Game-Ending PK Save Secures Towson's First CAA Women's Soccer Title". caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Association. Retrieved December 19, 2023.