2023 MAAC women's soccer tournament

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2023 MAAC women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,399
SiteCampus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions Quinnipiac (2nd title)
Winning coachDave Clarke (2nd title)
MVP Courtney Chochol (Quinnipiac)
Broadcast ESPN+
MAAC women's soccer tournament
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2023 MAAC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Quinnipiac  ‍†‍‡‍y9–0–1 .95013–4–1 .750
Fairfield  ‍‍‍7–2–1 .75010–6–4 .600
Canisius  ‍‍‍6–2–2 .7009–4–5 .639
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍5–4–1 .5507–9–3 .447
Niagara  ‍‍‍4–4–2 .5005–10–3 .361
Rider  ‍‍‍4–5–1 .4507–9–2 .444
Manhattan  ‍‍‍3–4–3 .4504–7–4 .400
Siena  ‍‍‍3–4–3 .4504–9–4 .353
Marist  ‍‍‍2–5–3 .3502–9–5 .281
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍2–8–0 .2004–11–0 .267
Iona  ‍‍‍0–7–3 .1501–15–3 .132
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 MAAC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: MAAC

The 2023 MAAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference held from October 29 through November 5, 2023. 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 Quinnipiac Bobcats were the defending champions. [1] They successfully defended their title as the first seed and defeated second seed Fairfield 1–0 in the final. [2] [3] This was Quinnipiac's second MAAC tournament win in program history, both of which have come under head coach Dave Clarke. [4] As tournament champions, Quinnipiac earned the MAAC's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

Six MAAC schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. No tiebreakers were required to determine which teams made the tournament as the top six teams finished with unique conference records. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Quinnipiac 9–0–128
2 Fairfield 7–2–122
3 Canisius 6–2–220
4 Mount St. Mary's 5–4–116
5 Niagara 4–4–214
6 Rider 4–5–113

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. 29 		Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 2 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
1 Quinnipiac 1
3 Canisius 0 6 Rider 0
6 Rider 11 Quinnipiac 1
2 Fairfield 0
2 Fairfield 3
4 Mount St. Mary's (pen.)0 (3)4 Mount St. Mary's 0
5 Niagara 0 (1)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 29 #3 Canisius 0–1 #6 Rider Buffalo, NY
12:00 p.m. ET
  • Sophia Konstantinou Yellow card.svg 87'
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  • Soccerball shade.svg20', Yellow card.svg 87' Chloe Fisher
Stadium: Demske Sports Complex
Attendance: 327
Referee: Shane Magaris
Assistant referees: Ankur Singh
Assistant referees: Joseph Zwack
Fourth official: Michael Bloom
October 29 #4 Mount St. Mary's 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		 #5 Niagara Emmitsburg, MD
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Alexa Dragisics Yellow card.svg 85'
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  • Yellow card.svg 54' Maia MacLean
  • Yellow card.svg 85' Agnes Stenlund
Stadium: Waldron Family Stadium
Attendance: 505
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
Assistant referees: William Robinson
Assistant referees: Mark Reichart
Fourth official: Kyle Pfeiffer
Penalties
  • Nathalie Mejia Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Taylor Carter Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Madison Bee Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Luisangely Navas Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Isabella Mazzaferro
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Emma Bough
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Caitlyn Grady
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Emily Hähnel

Semifinals

November 2 #1 Quinnipiac 1–0 #6 Rider Hamden, CT
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Courtney Chochol Soccerball shade.svg46' (pen.)
  • Olivia Scott Yellow card.svg 47'
  • Emely van der Vliet Yellow card.svg 63'
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  • Yellow card.svg 13' Chloe Fisher
Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 280
November 2 #2 Fairfield 3–0 #4 Mount St. Mary's Fairfield, CT
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Allie Kirby Soccerball shade.svg59'
  • Maddy Theriault Soccerball shade.svg63', 68'
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  • Yellow card.svg 39' Kayla Pennington
  • Yellow card.svg 83' Madison bee
Stadium: Lessing Field
Attendance: 467

Final

November 5 #1 Quinnipiac 1–0 #2 Fairfield Hamden, CT
12:00 p.m. ET
  • Courtney Chochol Soccerball shade.svg1', Yellow card.svg 39'
  • Kayla Mingachos Yellow card.svg 49'
  • Ella Gagno Yellow card.svg 78'
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  • Yellow card.svg 39' Sydney Corbett
Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 820
Referee: Nathaniel Hirschman
Assistant referees: Bryan Conetta
Assistant referees: William Ferris
Fourth official: Victor Matheson

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 6 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.2 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

2 goals

  • Maddy Theriault – Fairfield
  • Courtney Chochol – Quinnipiac

1 goal

  • Allie Kirby – Fairfield
  • Chloe Fisher – Rider

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Elle Scott Fairfield
Maddy Theriault
Katie Wright
Amani Green Mount St. Mary's
Kayla Pennington
Madison Alves Quinnipiac
Courtney Chochol
Ella Gagno
Olivia Scott
Genevieve Ryan Rider
Ellie Sciancalepore

MVP in bold

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