2025 MAAC women's soccer tournament

2025 MAAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,224
Site	Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions	Sacred Heart (1st title)
Winning coach	Matt Micros (1st title)
MVP	Kyran Thievon (Sacred Heart)
Broadcast	ESPN+
MAAC women's soccer tournament «2024   2026»

2025 MAAC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Fairfield  ‍†‍‍	10	–	0	–	2		.917			15	–	2	–	2		.842
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍	8	–	0	–	4		.833			8	–	3	–	6		.647
Canisius  ‍‍‍	7	–	4	–	1		.625			8	–	8	–	3		.500
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‡‍y	7	–	5	–	0		.583			11	–	9	–	2		.545
Siena  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	3		.625			9	–	5	–	6		.600
Marist  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	5		.625			6	–	8	–	5		.447
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	6	–	5	–	1		.542			7	–	6	–	5		.528
Iona  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	2		.417			6	–	10	–	3		.395
Niagara  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	2		.333			6	–	8	–	2		.438
St. Peter's  ‍‍‍	3	–	8	–	1		.292			6	–	9	–	3		.417
Merrimack  ‍‍‍	3	–	9	–	0		.250			4	–	12	–	2		.278
Rider  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	5		.292			3	–	8	–	7		.361
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	2		.167			3	–	12	–	2		.235
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 MAAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:MAAC

The 2025 MAAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference held from November 2 through November 9, 2025. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting matches. The host for the matches was determined by seeding from regular season play. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Fairfield Stags were the defending champions. ^{[1] [2]} They were unable to defend their title as they fell to Sacred Heart in the Semifinals. Sacred Heart would go on to win the tournament over Canisius via penalty shoot-out in the Final. ^{[3] [4]} This was Sacred Heart's first MAAC tournament win in program history, and first for head coach Matt Micros. ^[5] As tournament champions, Sacred Heart earned the MAAC's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six MAAC schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required for the fourth and fifth seeds as Sacred Heart and Siena both finished with twenty one regular season conference points. Sacred Heart earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 1–0 road win over Siena on September 6. Siena was the fifth seed. ^[6]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Fairfield	10–0–2	32
2	Quinnipiac	8–0–4	28
3	Canisius	7–4–1	22
4	Sacred Heart	7–5–0	21
5	Siena	6–3–3
6	Marist	5–2–5	20

Bracket

Semifinal matchups were determined by the results of the quarterfinals. The #1 seed would play the lowest-remaining seed, while the #2 seed would play the other quarterfinal winner. ^[7]

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 2					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 6					Final Sunday, Nov. 9
						1	Fairfield	0
	3	Canisius	1			4	Sacred Heart	1
	6	Marist	0								4	Sacred Heart (pen.)	0 (4)
											3	Canisius	0 (3)
						2	Quinnipiac	1 (3)
	4	Sacred Heart	2			3	Canisius (pen.)	1 (4)
	5	Siena	1

Schedule

First Round

(4) Sacred Heart v (5) Siena

November 2	(4) Sacred Heart	2–1	(5) Siena	Fairfield, CT
12:00 p.m. EST	Riley Pettigrew 26', 86'	Report	1' Briana Neary  66' Mia Van Dyke  71' Micaiah Croce	Stadium: Park Avenue Field Attendance: 210 Referee: Philip Benson Assistant referees: Bryan Conetta Assistant referees: Danny Marques Fourth official: Franco Somma

(3) Canisius v (6) Marist

November 2	(3) Canisius	1–0	(6) Marist	Buffalo, NY
12:00 p.m. EST	Azaria Fagan 21' Jessica Whitaker  72'	Report	36' Anna Maggi	Stadium: Demske Sports Complex Attendance: 375 Referee: Ankur Singh Assistant referees: Jim Tomsic Assistant referees: Joseph Zwack Fourth official: Shane Magaris

Semifinals

(2) Quinnipiac v (3) Canisius

November 6	(2) Quinnipiac	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	(3) Canisius	Hamden, CT
1:00 p.m. EST	Corey Anderson 56'	Report	49' (pen.) Maggie Cregan  56' Mary Molloy  56' Team	Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium Attendance: 290 Referee: Luis Reis Assistant referees: Bryan Conetta Assistant referees: Adrian Rusu Fourth official: Alex Rusu
	Penalties
	Morgan Cupo Molly Andrews Racquel Alexander Catherine Graves Caroline Matyczyk		Maggie Cregan Skylar Cornell Jessica Whitaker Azaria Fagan Lizzy Harkness

(1) Fairfield v (4) Sacred Heart

November 6	(1) Fairfield	0–1	(4) Sacred Heart	Fairfield, CT
6:00 p.m. EST		Report	69' Michelle Shoup 85' Morgan Bovardi	Stadium: Lessing Field Attendance: 656 Referee: Nathaniel Hirschman Assistant referees: Kevin Cavalcanti Assistant referees: Patrick Manga

Final

(3) Canisius v (4) Sacred Heart

November 9	(3) Canisius	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	(4) Sacred Heart	Buffalo, NY
12:00 p.m. EST	Meghan Joerger  58' Lizzy Harkness  87'		36' Theanna Burnett  52' Quinn Pollack	Stadium: Demske Sports Complex Attendance: 693 Referee: Brian Gordon Assistant referees: Srdan Ninkovic Assistant referees: Rabee Naji Fourth official: Ashley Cedro
	Penalties
	Maggie Cregan Skylar Cornell Jessica Whitaker Nicki Silverman Lizzy Harkness Kayleigh DiGirolamo		Emily Hood Shea Kelleher Rylee McGee Martyna Krzysztopik Morgan Bovardi Theanna Burnett

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 7 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.4 goals per match (as of November 9, 2025).

2 goals

• Riley Pettigrew – Sacred Heart

1 goal

• Maggie Cregan – Canisius
• Azaria Fagan – Canisius
• Corey Anderson – Quinnipiac
• Morgan Bovardi – Sacred Heart
• Briana Neary – Siena

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[8]

Player	Team
Maggie Cregan	Canisius
Lizzy Harkness
Mya Jones
Sam Kersey	Fairfield
Katie Wright
Madison Alves	Quinnipiac
Addyson Earle
Morgan Bovardi	Sacred Heart
Shea Kelleher
Riley Pettigrew
Kyran Thievon

MVP in bold

References

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