2023 Patriot League women's soccer tournament

2023 Patriot League women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	3,149
Site	Campus Sites, Higher seed
Champions	Bucknell (7th title)
Winning coach	Kelly Cook (5th title)
MVP	Jenna Hall (Bucknell)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Patriot League women's soccer tournament «2022   2024»

2023 Patriot League women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Bucknell  ‍‍‡‍y	5	–	1	–	3		.722			12	–	4	–	5		.690
Army  ‍†‍‍	6	–	2	–	1		.722			10	–	6	–	4		.600
Loyola (MD)  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	0		.667			11	–	6	–	0		.647
Boston University  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	2		.556			7	–	7	–	6		.500
Lehigh  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	1		.500			7	–	5	–	4		.563
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	3		.389			4	–	7	–	5		.406
American  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1		.389			3	–	9	–	4		.313
Colgate  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1		.389			5	–	13	–	2		.300
Navy  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	0		.333			9	–	7	–	3		.553
Lafayette  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	0		.333			7	–	8	–	1		.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.

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 asAmerican 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]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Army	6–2–1	19
2	Bucknell	5–1–3	18
3	Loyola Maryland	6–3–0	18
4	Boston University	4–3–2	14
5	Lehigh	4–4–1	13
6	Colgate	3–5–1	10

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	2								1	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

#4 Boston University v #5 Lehigh

October 29	#4 Boston University	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	#5 Lehigh	Boston. MA
1:00 p.m. ET	Kayla Ross 11' Giulianna Gianino 78' (pen.)	Report	31' Aminah Baruwa 58' Boston University Own Goal  78' Ryelle Shuey  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 Hugrun Helgadottir Abigail McNulty Margy Porta		Ryelle Shuey Emma Roesing Faith Dobosiewicz Alex Odle Ava Schaller

#3 Loyola (MD) v #6 Colgate

October 29	#3 Loyola (MD)	0–2	#6 Colgate	Baltimore, MD
2:00 p.m. ET	Payton Hurley  62'	Report	38' Ellie Stokes 89' Ari Bezanson	Stadium: Ridley Athletic Complex Attendance: 342 Referee: Marie Durr Assistant referees: Ariel Raban Assistant referees: Marco Avila

Semifinals

#1 Army v #6 Colgate

November 2	#1 Army	1–0	#6 Colgate	West Point, NY
5:00 p.m. ET	Brigid Duffy 78'	Report		Stadium: Clinton Field Attendance: 750 Referee: Thomas Snyder Assistant referees: Danielle Cornetta Assistant referees: Alexandru Focea Fourth official: Georgie Frascione

#2 Bucknell v #4 Boston University

November 2	#2 Bucknell	3–1	#4 Boston University	Lewisburg, PA
7:00 p.m. ET	Teresa Deda 5', 49' Meghan White 24'	Report	30' Natalie Godoy 90' Morgan Fagan	Stadium: Emmitt Field Attendance: 1,019 Referee: Joshua Encarnacion Assistant referees: Dustin Killick Assistant referees: Jessica Moretti Fourth official: Jason Guernsey

Final

#1 Army v #2 Bucknell

November 5	#1 Army	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	#2 Bucknell	West Point, NY
12:00 p.m. ET	Madison Niebish  29' Team  86' Jasmine Talley  98'	Report	35' Kalli Wethern  64' Paige Temple  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 Cami Silvestro Keira Vesy Madison Niebish Jasmine Talley Kaitlin Palaian		Teresa Deda Meghan White Reese Evans Paige Temple Kelley Francis 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]

Player	Team
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

References

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4. Patriot League. "2023 Patriot League Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). patriotleague.org. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
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