2024 America East Conference women's soccer tournament

2024 America East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,173
Site	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions	Maine (2nd title)
Winning coach	Scott Atherley (2nd title)
MVP	Lara Kirby (Maine)
Broadcast	ESPN+
America East Conference women's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 America East Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Maine  ‍†‍‡‍y	7	–	0	–	1		.938			13	–	2	–	3		.806
New Hampshire  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	0		.750			12	–	5	–	1		.694
Binghamton  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	2		.625			7	–	6	–	5		.528
UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	1		.563			6	–	10	–	3		.395
Bryant  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1		.438			5	–	9	–	4		.389
Vermont  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1		.438			8	–	5	–	5		.583
Albany  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	1		.313			3	–	12	–	1		.219
NJIT  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	2		.250			4	–	10	–	3		.324
UMBC  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	1		.188			5	–	12	–	1		.306
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 America East Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:America East Conference

The 2024 America East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American East Conference that was held from November 3 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.

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]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Maine	7–0–1	22
2	New Hampshire	6–2–0	18
3	Binghamton	4–2–2	14
4	UMass Lowell	4–3–1	13
5	Bryant	3–4–1	10
6	Vermont	3–4–1	10

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	2								1	Maine	3
											2	New Hampshire	0
						2	New Hampshire	3
	6	Vermont	0 (2)			3	Binghamton	1
	3	Binghamton (pen.)	0 (3)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 Binghamton v #6 Vermont

November 3, 2024	#3 Binghamton	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	#6 Vermont	Vestal, NY
1:00 p.m. EST	Brooke Herber  7' Alexus Worrell  82'	Report	4' Torie Snyder  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 Allison Falvo Anna Buckwalter Bella Brown Sophia Garofalo Hannah Mimas		Jill Brody Torie Snyder Sydney Remington Emma Warren Vanessa Smith Kate Bossert

#4 UMass Lowell v #5 Bryant

November 3, 2024	#4 UMass Lowell	2–1	#5 Bryant	Lowell, MA
3:00 p.m. EST	Hope Santaniello 3' Mia Eva Girgis 67'	Report	36' Caitlin Forshay	Stadium: Cushing Field Attendance: 304 Referee: Patrick Violette Assistant referees: John Lazaro Assistant referees: Adam Cook Fourth official: Andrew Brownsword

Semifinals

#1 Maine v #4 UMass Lowell

November 7, 2024	#1 Maine	2–0	#4 UMass Lowell	Orono, ME
6:00 p.m. EST	Kayla Kraemer 5' Abbey Thornton 69'	Report		Stadium: Mahaney Diamond Attendance: 445 Referee: Carlos Fernandes Assistant referees: Johnathan Luk Assistant referees: Shaye Lane Fourth official: Andrew Porada

#2 New Hampshire v #3 Binghamton

November 7, 2024	#2 New Hampshire	3–1	#3 Binghamton	Durham, NH
6:00 p.m. EST	Elizabeth Finn 32', 66' Abbi Maier 44'	Report	10' Mackenzie Ryder	Stadium: Bremner Field Attendance: 392 Referee: Katherine Mitchell Assistant referees: Nicola Vesia Assistant referees: Sandro Araujo Fourth official: John Jordan

Final

#1 Maine v #2 New Hampshire

November 10, 2024	#1 Maine	3–0	#2 New Hampshire	Orono, ME
3:00 p.m. EST	Jordane Pinette 3' Abby Kraemer 12' Rebecca Grisdale  17'  80' Kristina Kelly  46' Lara Kirkby 68'	Report	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]

Player	Team
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

References

1. Neill, Jackson (November 7, 2022). "Binghamton women's soccer loses America East Championship in penalty kicks to New Hampshire". wbng.com. Gray Media Group. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
2. Bartow, Adam (November 11, 2024). "Going to the dance! UMaine women's soccer wins another conference title". WMTW (TV) . Retrieved November 13, 2024.
3. Barr, Ben (November 11, 2024). "Maine women's soccer team finds out NCAA Tournament spot". WABI-TV . Retrieved November 13, 2024.
4. "2024 Women's Soccer Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
5. "America East Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
6. "Maine Captures #AEWSOC Regular-Season Title, Championship Bracket Announced". americaeast.com. America East Conference. October 31, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
7. "Back To Back! Maine Claims Second-Straight #AEWSOC Crown". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.