2023 Patriot League women's soccer tournament

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2023 Patriot League women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance3,149
SiteCampus Sites, Higher seed
Champions Bucknell (7th title)
Winning coachKelly Cook (5th title)
MVP Jenna Hall (Bucknell)
Broadcast ESPN+
Patriot League women's soccer tournament
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2023 Patriot League women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Bucknell  y513 .7221245 .690
Army  621 .7221064 .600
Loyola (MD)  630 .6671160 .647
Boston University  432 .556776 .500
Lehigh  441 .500754 .563
Holy Cross  243 .389475 .406
American  351 .389394 .313
Colgate  351 .3895132 .300
Navy  360 .333973 .553
Lafayette  360 .333781 .469
Conference champion
2023 Patriot League Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: Patriot League

The 2023 Patriot League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Patriot League held from October 29 through November 5, 2023. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seeded team hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Bucknell Bison. [1] Bucknell successfully defended their title, defeating regular season champions Army, who were the #1 seed, in a penalty shootout in the final. [2] This was the second straight final that featured Bucknell and Army, with both going to penalties. [3] The conference championship was the seventh for the Bucknell women's soccer program, five of which have come under head coach Kelly Cook. This was also the third straight championship for Bucknell. [4] As tournament champions, Bucknell earned the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Contents

Seeding

Seeding was based on regular season play with the top six teams qualifying for the tournament. The top two seeds received a bye to the Semifinals of the tournament and the higher seed hosted each match. A tiebreaker was required as Bucknell and Loyola Maryland both finished with eighteen points after conference play. Bucknell was awarded the second seed by virtue of their 1–0 regular season victory on October 11. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the final team in the tournament as American and Colgate both finished the season with ten points in conference play. Colgate was awarded the sixth and final seed by virtue of their 2–0 regular season victory on October 7. [5] [6]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Army 6–2–119
2 Bucknell 5–1–318
3 Loyola Maryland 6–3–018
4 Boston University 4–3–214
5 Lehigh 4–4–113
6 Colgate 3–5–110

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct. 29
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 2
Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
1 Army 1
3 Loyola Maryland 0 6 Colgate 0
6 Colgate 21 Army 0 (3)
2 Bucknell (pen.)0 (4)
2 Bucknell 3
4 Boston University (pen.)2 (2)4 Boston University 1
5 Lehigh 2 (1)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 29 #4 Boston University 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 p)
#5 Lehigh Boston. MA
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Kayla Ross Soccerball shade.svg11'
  • Giulianna Gianino Soccerball shade.svg78' (pen.)
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg31' Aminah Baruwa
  • Soccerball shade.svg58' Boston University Own Goal
  • Yellow card.svg 78' Ryelle Shuey
  • Yellow card.svg 95' Faith Dobosiewicz
Stadium: Nickerson Field
Attendance: 188
Referee: Fabio Cardoso
Assistant referees: Michele Beagan
Assistant referees: Shannon Malloy
Fourth official: Gus St. Silva
Penalties
  • Giulianna Gianino Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Hugrun Helgadottir Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Abigail McNulty Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Margy Porta Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Ryelle Shuey
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Emma Roesing
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Faith Dobosiewicz
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Alex Odle
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Ava Schaller
October 29 #3 Loyola (MD) 0–2 #6 Colgate Baltimore, MD
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Payton Hurley Yellow card.svg 62'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg38' Ellie Stokes
  • Soccerball shade.svg89' Ari Bezanson
Stadium: Ridley Athletic Complex
Attendance: 342
Referee: Marie Durr
Assistant referees: Ariel Raban
Assistant referees: Marco Avila

Semifinals

November 2 #1 Army 1–0 #6 Colgate West Point, NY
5:00 p.m. ET
  • Brigid Duffy Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report Stadium: Clinton Field
Attendance: 750
Referee: Thomas Snyder
Assistant referees: Danielle Cornetta
Assistant referees: Alexandru Focea
Fourth official: Georgie Frascione
November 2 #2 Bucknell 3–1 #4 Boston University Lewisburg, PA
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Teresa Deda Soccerball shade.svg5', 49'
  • Meghan White Soccerball shade.svg24'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 30' Natalie Godoy
  • Soccerball shade.svg90' Morgan Fagan
Stadium: Emmitt Field
Attendance: 1,019
Referee: Joshua Encarnacion
Assistant referees: Dustin Killick
Assistant referees: Jessica Moretti
Fourth official: Jason Guernsey

Final

November 5 #1 Army 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
#2 Bucknell West Point, NY
12:00 p.m. ET
  • Madison Niebish Yellow card.svg 29'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 86'
  • Jasmine Talley Yellow card.svg 98'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 35' Kalli Wethern
  • Yellow card.svg 64' Paige Temple
  • Yellow card.svg 98' Eva Frankovic
Stadium: Clinton Field
Attendance: 850
Referee: Luis Arroyo
Assistant referees: Lauren Miller
Assistant referees: Kenny Freeman
Fourth official: David Bork
Penalties
  • Kaelan Bradley Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Cami Silvestro Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Keira Vesy Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Madison Niebish Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Jasmine Talley Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Kaitlin Palaian Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Teresa Deda
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Meghan White
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Reese Evans
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Paige Temple
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Kelley Francis
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Kalli Wethern

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

2 goals

  • Teresa Deda – Bucknell

1 goal

  • Brigid Duffy – Army
  • Morgan Fagan – Boston University
  • Giulianna Gianino – Boston University
  • Kayla Ross – Boston University
  • Megan White – Bucknell
  • Ari Bezanson – Colgate
  • Ellie Stokes – Colgate
  • Aminah Baruwa – Lehigh

1 own goal

  • Boston University (vs. Lehigh)

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Kaelan Bradley Army
Brigid Duffy
Keira Vesy
Celia Braun Boston University
Giulianna Gianino
Teresa Deda Bucknell
Jenna Hall
Katie Schiano
Brooke Tracey
Alli Popham Colgate
Lauren Rougas

MVP in bold

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