2024 Patriot League women's soccer tournament

2024 Patriot League women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,087
Site	Campus Sites, Higher seed
Champions	Boston University (5th title)
Winning coach	Casey Brown (1st title)
MVP	Morgan Weaver (Boston University)
Broadcast	ESPN+ (First Round & Semifinals) CBS Sports Network (Final)
Patriot League women's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 Patriot League women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Bucknell  ‍†‍‍	7	–	2	–	0		.778			12	–	4	–	3		.711
Boston U  ‍‍‡‍y	5	–	0	–	4		.778			6	–	8	–	7		.452
Army  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	1		.611			12	–	6	–	1		.658
Loyola (MD)  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	3		.500			8	–	6	–	5		.553
Colgate  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	3		.500			5	–	10	–	4		.368
Navy  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	2		.444			9	–	10	–	2		.476
Lafayette  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	4		.444			5	–	6	–	4		.467
American  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	2		.333			6	–	6	–	3		.500
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	2		.333			5	–	11	–	2		.333
Lehigh  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	1		.278			3	–	9	–	5		.324
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 Patriot League Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Patriot League

The 2024 Patriot League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Patriot League held from November 3 through November 10, 2024. 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] [2]} Bucknell entered the tournament as the first seed and qualified for the Final. However, they were unable to defend their title as the fell to second seed Boston University 8–7 in a penalty shootout in the final. ^{[3] [4]} The conference championship was the fifth for the Boston University women's soccer program, and first for head coach Casey Brown. ^[5] As tournament champions, Boston University earned the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2024 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 to determind the fourth and fifth seeds as Colgate and Loyola both finished with 3–3–3 regular season records. The two teams drew their regular season match-up on October 5, 1–1. After further tiebreakers it was determined that Loyola was the fourth seed and Colgate was the fifth seed. ^[6]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Bucknell	7–2–0	21
2	Boston University	5–0–4	19
3	Army	5–3–1	16
4	Loyola	3–3–3	12
5	Colgate	3–3–3	12
6	Navy	3–4–2	8

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 3					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
						1	Bucknell	4
	4	Loyola	3			4	Loyola	0
	5	Colgate	0								1	Bucknell	1 (7)
											2	Boston University (pen.)	1 (8)
						2	Boston University (a.e.t.)	2
	3	Army	1			3	Army	1
	6	Navy	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 Army v #6 Navy

November 3, 2024	#3 Army	1–0	#6 Navy	West Point, NY
1:00 p.m. EST	Hannah Pohidal 84' Keira Vesy  87'			Stadium: Clinton Field Attendance: 400 Referee: Fabio Cardoso Assistant referees: Ignacio Guzman Assistant referees: David Bosak Fourth official: Jennifer Dumaine

#4 Loyola v #5 Colgate

November 3, 2024	#4 Loyola	3–0	#5 Colgate	Baltimore, MD
2:00 p.m. EST	Daylee DeSmit 16', 49' Olivia Quaranta 32',  47' Michaela Virgin  86'	Report	67' Madison Isaacs	Stadium: Ridley Athletic Complex Attendance: 350 Referee: Alla Stepanov Assistant referees: Audrey Smylie Assistant referees: Paolo Cardella Fourth official: Ariel Raban

Semifinals

#2 Boston University v #3 Army

November 7, 2024	#2 Boston University	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#3 Army	Boston, MA
6:00 p.m. EST	Fagan Morgan 68' Margy Porta 109'	Report	29' (pen.) Kaelan Bradley  61' Brigid Duffy	Stadium: Nickerson Field Attendance: 316 Referee: Jose Mendes Assistant referees: Syrus Ataii Assistant referees: Jill Canelli Fourth official: Augusto St. Silva

#1 Bucknell v #4 Loyola

November 7, 2024	#1 Bucknell	4–0	#4 Loyola	Lewisburg, PA
7:00 p.m. EST	Katie Connell 15' Sydney Hess 35',  56' Paige Temple 50' Teresa Deda 60',  79'	Report	81' Michaela Virgin  89' Olivia Quaranta	Stadium: Emmitt Field Attendance: 250 Referee: Nicolas Lopez Sanche Assistant referees: Dustin Killick Assistant referees: Danielle Cornetta Fourth official: Cody Hack

Final

#1 Bucknell v #2 Boston University

November 10, 2024	#1 Bucknell	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	#2 Boston University	Lewisburg, PA
12:30 p.m. EST	Sydney Hess 67' Katie Connell  69'	Report	33' Bridget Carr  49' Allison Hanlon  85' Helene Tyburczy 86' Morgan Weaver	Stadium: Emmitt Field Attendance: 771 Referee: Luis Diego Arroyo Assistant referees: Catherine Koenig Assistant referees: Elena Dauphinais Fourth official: Jason Guernsey
	Penalties
	Teresa Deda Meghan White Reese Evans Katie Connell Kalli Wethern Ashley Kozlowski Riley Hayes Laura Schmidt Kelley Francis Presley Sutter		Giulianna Gianino Samantha Aronson Hugrun Helgadottir Allison Hanlon Margy Porta Kat Slott Helene Tyburczy Morgan Fagan Mackenzi Stickelman Gianna Savella

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

2 goals

• Daylee DeSmit – Loyola
• Sydney Hess – Bucknell

1 goal

• Kaelan Bradley – Army
• Katie Connell – Bucknell
• Teresa Deda – Bucknell
• Fagan Morgan – Boston University
• Hannah Pohidal – Army
• Margy Porta – Boston University
• Olivia Quaranta – Loyola
• Paige Temple – Bucknell
• Morgan Weaver – Boston University

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[7]

Player	Team
Kaelan Bradley	Army
Sage Strohman
Morgan Fagan	Boston University
Lily Matthews
Mackenzie Stickelman
Morgan Weaver
Jess Benattar	Bucknell
Sydney Hess
Laura Schmidt
Baylee DeSmit	Loyola
Olivia Quaranta

MVP in bold

References

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2. "Bucknell wins shootout to three-peat in Patriot League". The Daily Item . November 5, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
3. Patriot League. "2024 Women's Soccer Championship". patriotleague.org. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
4. Gates, Billy (November 11, 2024). "Texas faces Patriot League champs Boston in 1st round of NCAA women's soccer tournament". Yahoo Sports . Retrieved January 10, 2025.
5. Patriot League. "2024 Patriot League Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). patriotleague.org. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
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