2024 America East Conference women's soccer tournament

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2024 America East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,173
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions Maine (2nd title)
Winning coachScott Atherley (2nd title)
MVP Lara Kirby (Maine)
Broadcast ESPN+
America East Conference women's soccer tournament
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2024 America East Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Maine  y701 .9381313 .853
New Hampshire  620 .7501251 .694
Binghamton  422 .625765 .528
UMass Lowell  431 .5636103 .395
Bryant  341 .438594 .389
Vermont  341 .438855 .583
Albany  251 .3133121 .219
NJIT  152 .2504103 .324
UMBC  161 .1885121 .306
Conference champion
2024 America East Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:America East Conference

The 2024 America East Conference women's soccer tournament was be the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American East Conference that was held from November 3rd through 10th. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Maine Black Bears, [1] The Black Bears successfully defended their title, defeating New Hampshire 3–0 in the Final. [2] [3] It was the second victory in program history for Maine and the second for twenty-third year head coach Scott Atherly. [4] [5] As tournament champions, Maine earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as UMass Lowell and Vermont both finished with 3–4–1 regular season records. UMass Lowell earned the fifth seed by virtue of their 2–0 win over Vermont on October 13. [6]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Maine 7–0–122
2 New Hampshire 6–2–018
3 Binghamton 4–2–214
4 UMass Lowell 4–3–113
5 Bryant 3–4–110
6 Vermont 3–4–110

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Monday, Oct. 30
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 2
Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
1 Maine 2
5 Bryant 1 4 UMass Lowell 0
4 UMass Lowell 21 Maine3
2 New Hampshire 0
2 New Hampshire 3
6 Vermont 0 (2) 3 Binghamton 1
3 Binghamton (pen.)0 (3)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 3, 2024 #3 Binghamton 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
#6 Vermont Vestal, NY
1:00 p.m. EST
  • Brooke Herber Yellow card.svg 7'
  • Alexus Worrell Yellow card.svg 82'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 4' Torie Snyder
  • Yellow card.svg 76' Lauren DeGroot
Stadium: Bearcats Sports Complex
Attendance: 306
Referee: Nathaniel Hirschman
Assistant referees: Chris Borncamp
Assistant referees: Edin Hadzovic
Fourth official: Mindy Malia
Penalties
  • Megan Baker Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Allison Falvo Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Anna Buckwalter Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Bella Brown Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Sophia Garofalo Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Hannah Mimas Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Jill Brody
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Torie Snyder
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Sydney Remington
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Emma Warren
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Vanessa Smith
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Kate Bossert
November 3, 2024 #4 UMass Lowell 2–1#5 Bryant Lowell, MA
3:00 p.m. EST
  • Hope Santaniello Soccerball shade.svg3'
  • Mia Eva Girgis Soccerball shade.svg67'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg36' Caitlin Forshay
Stadium: Cushing Field
Attendance: 304
Referee: Patrick Violette
Assistant referees: John Lazaro
Assistant referees: Adam Cook
Fourth official: Andrew Brownsword

Semifinals

November 7, 2024 #1 Maine 2–0#4 UMass Lowell Orono, ME
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Kayla Kraemer Soccerball shade.svg5'
  • Abbey Thornton Soccerball shade.svg69'
Report Stadium: Mahaney Diamond
Attendance: 445
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
Assistant referees: Johnathan Luk
Assistant referees: Shaye Lane
Fourth official: Andrew Porada
November 7, 2024 #2 New Hampshire 3–1#3 Binghamton Durham, NH
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Elizabeth Finn Soccerball shade.svg32', 66'
  • Abbi Maier Soccerball shade.svg44'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg10' Mackenzie Ryder
Stadium: Bremner Field
Attendance: 392
Referee: Katherine Mitchell
Assistant referees: Nicola Vesia
Assistant referees: Sandro Araujo
Fourth official: John Jordan

Final

November 10, 2024 #1 Maine 3–0#2 New Hampshire Orono, ME
3:00 p.m. EST
  • Jordane Pinette Soccerball shade.svg3'
  • Abby Kraemer Soccerball shade.svg12'
  • Rebecca Grisdale Yellow card.svg 17' Yellow-red card.svg 80'
  • Kristina Kelly Yellow card.svg 46'
  • Lara Kirkby Soccerball shade.svg68'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 46' Elizabeth Finn
Stadium: Mahaney Diamond
Attendance: 726
Referee: Daniel Shenk Moreno
Assistant referees: Douglas Scaffidi
Assistant referees: Matt Stein
Fourth official: Reindole Bantul

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

2 goals

  • Elizabeth Finn – New Hampshire
  • Kayla Kraemer – Maine

1 goal

  • Caitlin Forshay – Bryant
  • Mia Eva Girgis – UMass Lowell
  • Lara Kirkby – Maine
  • Abbi Maier – New Hampshire
  • Jordane Pinette – Maine
  • Mackenzie Ryder – Binghamton
  • Hope Santaniello – UMass Lowell
  • Abbey Thornton – Maine

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Lara Kirby Maine
Abby Kraemer
Emma Scheider
Myla Schneider
Elizabeth Finn New Hampshire
Megan Logue
Abbi Maier
Megan Banzi UMass Lowell
Emma Mitchell
Brooke Herber Binghamton
MacKenzie Ryder
Laney Ross Bryant

MVP in bold

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