2025 America East Conference women's soccer tournament

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2025 America East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance3,599
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions Maine (3rd title)
Winning coachScott Atherly (3rd title)
MVP Elena Barenberg (Maine)
Broadcast ESPN+
America East Conference women's soccer tournament
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2025 America East Conference women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Binghamton  503 .8131025 .735
Vermont  512 .750846 .611
UMass Lowell  323 .563656 .529
Maine  y332 .500674 .471
Bryant  224 .500558 .500
New Hampshire  224 .500467 .441
NJIT  233 .438756 .556
UMBC  251 .313684 .444
Albany  170 .1252132 .176
Conference champion
2025 America East Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 10, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:America East Conference

The 2025 America East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American East Conference that was held from November 2 through 9, 2025. 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] [2] The Black Bears successfully defended their title, defeating Vermont in a penalty shoot-out in the Final. [3] [4] It was the third victory in program history for Maine and the third for twenty-fourth year head coach Scott Atherly. It was also Maine's third tournament victory in a row. [5] As tournament champions, Maine earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2025 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 Bryant and New Hampshire finished the regular season with a 2–2–4 record. Bryant and New Hampshire had played to a 0–0 draw on October 16; therefore, head-to-head record did not break the tie. [6] Using the tied teams' record against the highest seed, Binghamton, Bryant had a record of 0 points, while New Hampshire had 1 point. As a result, New Hampshire earned the fifth seed. [7]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Binghamton 5–0–318
2 Vermont 5–1–217
3 UMass Lowell 3–2–312
4 Maine 3–3–211
5 New Hampshire 2–2–410
6 Bryant 2–2–410

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Nov. 2
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 6
Final
Sunday, Nov. 9
1 Binghamton 0
4 Maine 24 Maine (a.e.t.)1
5 New Hampshire 1 4 Maine (pen.)2 (4)
2 Vermont 2 (3)
2 Vermont 3
3 UMass Lowell 0 (3) 6 Bryant 1
6 Bryant (pen.)0 (4)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 2, 2025 #4 Maine 2–1#5 New Hampshire Orono, ME
12:00 EST
  • Jordane Pinette Soccerball shade.svg46'
  • Gillian Rovers Soccerball shade.svg67'
Box Score
  • Shya Walker Soccerball shade.svg40'
  • Alyssa Gimmel Yellow card.svg 57'
Stadium: New Balance Soccer Complex
Attendance: 390
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
November 2, 2025#3 UMass Lowell 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
#6 Bryant Lowell, MA
16:00 EST
  • Maija Hodson Yellow card.svg 69'
Stadium: Cushing Field
Attendance: 238
Referee: Luis Reis
Penalties
  • Sophie St. George Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Kirti Craig Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Luka Marceau Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Gaby Eckroth Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Nuala Rodgers Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Eliana Parreira Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Jennah Quill
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Emily Supple
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Shannon Mejia
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Nyema Prentice-Whyte
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Samantha Zaslaw
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Madison Luke

Semifinals

November 6, 2025#1 Binghamton 0–1 (a.e.t.) #4 Maine Vestal, NY
5:00 p.m. EST
  • Sophia Garofalo Yellow card.svg 100'
Box Score
  • Soccerball shade gold.svg106' Victoria Dungey
Stadium: Bearcats Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,255
Referee: Rob Komorowski
Assistant referees: David Bosak
Assistant referees: TJ Jiries
November 6, 2025 #2 Vermont 3–1#6 Bryant Burlington, VT
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Lauren DeGroot Soccerball shade.svg45', 53'
  • Sydeny Remington Soccerball shade.svg59'
Box Score
  • Soccerball shade.svg19' Colleen Ardolino
Stadium: Virtue Field
Attendance: 680
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
Assistant referees: Brendan Fanning
Assistant referees: Jason Dizek
Fourth official: Jeremiah Vallieres

Final

November 9, 2025#2 Vermont2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
#4 Maine Burlington, VT
1:00 p.m. EST
  • Emma Warren Soccerball shade.svg4'
  • Lauren DeGroot Soccerball shade.svg19'
Box Score
  • Soccerball shade.svg29' Jordane Pinette
  • Soccerball shade.svg53' Grace Johnson
  • Yellow card.svg 108' Gillian Rovers
Stadium: Virtue Field
Attendance: 1,036
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
Assistant referees: Samuel Conroy
Assistant referees: Andy Mason
Fourth official: Katie Pinkus
Penalties
  • Amelia Adiutori Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Brdiget Kennedy Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Lauren DeGroot Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Della Weir Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Vanessa Smith Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Meghan Bernetti
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Luise Reinwald
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Britta Denny
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Olivia Grisdale

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match (as of November 9, 2025 [8] ).

3 goals

  • Lauren DeGroot – Vermont

2 goals

  • Jordane Pinette – Maine

1 goal

  • Colleen Ardolino – Bryant
  • Victoria Dungey – Maine
  • Grace Johnson – Maine
  • Gillian Rovers – Maine
  • Shya Walker – New Hampshire
  • Sydeny Remington – Vermont
  • Emma Warren – Vermont

All-Tournament team

Source: [9]

PlayerTeam
Anna Buckwalter Binghamton
Allison Falvo
Elena Barenberg Maine
Olivia Grisdale
Madison Luke
Jordane Pinette
Luise Reinwald
Emily Supple
Abbi Maier New Hampshire
Nuala Rodgers UMass Lowell
Kylee Carafoli Vermont
Lauren Degroot
Torie Snyder

MVP in bold

References

  1. Bartow, Adam (November 11, 2024). "Going to the dance! UMaine women's soccer wins another conference title". WMTW (TV) . Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  2. Barr, Ben (November 11, 2024). "Maine women's soccer team finds out NCAA Tournament spot". WABI-TV . Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  3. "2025 #AEWSOC Championship". America East. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  4. Barr, Ben (November 10, 2025). "Maine women's soccer learns NCAA Tournament spot during selection show". WABI-TV . Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  5. "America East Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference . Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  6. "Bryant vs New Hampshire". America East. October 16, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  7. "America East Women's Soccer Championship Set to Begin". America East. October 30, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  8. "2025 Women's Soccer Overall Statistics". America East. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  9. "Three-Peat Complete! Maine Captures the 2025 #AEWSOC Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 12, 2025.