2023 MAAC women's soccer tournament

2023 MAAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,399
Site	Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions	Quinnipiac (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dave Clarke (2nd title)
MVP	Courtney Chochol (Quinnipiac)
Broadcast	ESPN+
MAAC women's soccer tournament «2022   2024»

2023 MAAC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Quinnipiac  ‍†‍‡‍y	9	–	0	–	1		.950			13	–	4	–	1		.750
Fairfield  ‍‍‍	7	–	2	–	1		.750			10	–	6	–	4		.600
Canisius  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2		.700			9	–	4	–	5		.639
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			7	–	9	–	3		.447
Niagara  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			5	–	10	–	3		.361
Rider  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1		.450			7	–	9	–	2		.444
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3		.450			4	–	7	–	4		.400
Siena  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3		.450			4	–	9	–	4		.353
Marist  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			2	–	9	–	5		.281
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	0		.200			4	–	11	–	0		.267
Iona  ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	3		.150			1	–	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.

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]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Quinnipiac	9–0–1	28
2	Fairfield	7–2–1	22
3	Canisius	6–2–2	20
4	Mount St. Mary's	5–4–1	16
5	Niagara	4–4–2	14
6	Rider	4–5–1	13

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	1								1	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

#3 Canisius v #6 Rider

October 29	#3 Canisius	0–1	#6 Rider	Buffalo, NY
12:00 p.m. ET	Sophia Konstantinou  87'	Report	20',  87' Chloe Fisher	Stadium: Demske Sports Complex Attendance: 327 Referee: Shane Magaris Assistant referees: Ankur Singh Assistant referees: Joseph Zwack Fourth official: Michael Bloom

#4 Mount St. Mary's v #5 Niagara

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  85'	Report	54' Maia MacLean  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 Taylor Carter Madison Bee Luisangely Navas		Isabella Mazzaferro Emma Bough Caitlyn Grady Emily Hähnel

Semifinals

#1 Quinnipiac v #6 Rider

November 2	#1 Quinnipiac	1–0	#6 Rider	Hamden, CT
2:00 p.m. ET	Courtney Chochol 46' (pen.) Olivia Scott  47' Emely van der Vliet  63'	Report	13' Chloe Fisher	Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium Attendance: 280

#2 Fairfield v #4 Mount St. Mary's

November 2	#2 Fairfield	3–0	#4 Mount St. Mary's	Fairfield, CT
7:00 p.m. ET	Allie Kirby 59' Maddy Theriault 63', 68'	Report	39' Kayla Pennington  83' Madison bee	Stadium: Lessing Field Attendance: 467

Final

#1 Quinnipiac v #2 Fairfield

November 5	#1 Quinnipiac	1–0	#2 Fairfield	Hamden, CT
12:00 p.m. ET	Courtney Chochol 1',  39' Kayla Mingachos  49' Ella Gagno  78'	Report	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]

Player	Team
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

References

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4. "Women's Soccer Championship History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . Retrieved December 27, 2023.
5. "2023 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship Action Kicks-Off on Sunday with Opening Round". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. October 26, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
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7. "Quinnipiac Wins Back-to-Back MAAC Women's Soccer Championship Titles". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. November 5, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.