America East women's soccer tournament | |
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Conference soccer championship | |
Sport | College soccer |
Conference | America East Conference |
Number of teams | 9 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Played | 1994–present |
Last contest | 2024 |
Current champion | Maine |
Most championships | Boston University (9) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN+ |
Official website | americaeast.com/sports/wsoccer |
The America East women's soccer tournament (formerly known as the North Atlantic Conference championship [n 1] ) is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the America East Conference.
The tournament has been held every year since 1994. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.
Boston University is the most winning team of the competition with 10 titles won.
The following is a list of America East tournament winners:
Source: [2]
Ed. | Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | MVP | Ref. |
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1 | 1994 | Hartford (1) | 4–2 | Delaware | Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, CT | Lisa Kesselman, Hartford | |
2 | 1995 | Hartford(2) | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Delaware | Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, CT | Irene Stelling, Hartford | |
3 | 1996 | Towson (1) | 2–1 | Delaware | Centennial Field • Burlington, VT | Megan Lumsden, Towson | |
4 | 1997 | Hartford(3) | 8–0 | Towson | Centennial Field • Burlington, VT | Maria Kun, Hartford | |
5 | 1998 | Hartford(4) | 4–0 | New Hampshire | Center Field • Towson, MD | Danielle Korbmacher, Hartford | |
6 | 1999 | Hartford(5) | 2–1 | Boston University | Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, CT | Sandra Doreleijers, Hartford | |
7 | 2000 | Boston University(1) | 4–1 | Hartford | Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, CT | Deidre Enos, Boston U. | |
8 | 2001 | Boston University(2) | 2–0 | Hartford | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | Megan Cross, Boston U. | |
9 | 2002 | Hartford(6) | 4–0 | Stony Brook | Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, CT | Jeanette Akerlund, Hartford | |
10 | 2003 | Boston University(3) | 0–0 (3–2 p) | Maine | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | Jessica Clinton, Boston U. | |
11 | 2004 | Binghamton (1) | 2–0 | Maine | Bearcats Complex • Binghamton, NY | Meghan Taylor, Binghamton | |
12 | 2005 | Boston University(4) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Maine | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | Susan Marschall, Boston U. | |
13 | 2006 | Hartford(6) | 1–0 | Maine | Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, CT | Megan Riemer, Hartford | |
14 | 2007 | Boston University (5) | 2–1 | New Hampshire | Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH | Casey Brown, Boston U. | |
15 | 2008 | Boston University(6) | 2–1 | Stony Brook | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | Marisha Schumacher, Boston U. | |
16 | 2009 | Boston University(7) | 4–0 | Binghamton | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | Farrell McClernon, Boston U. | |
17 | 2010 | Boston University(8) | 4–0 | Maine | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | Jessica Luscinski, Boston U. | |
18 | 2011 | Boston University(9) | 2–0 | Albany | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | Angelina Cords, Boston U. | |
19 | 2012 | Stony Brook (1) | 1–0 | Hartford | Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, CT | Sa'sha Kershaw, Stony Brook | |
20 | 2013 | UMBC (1) | 2–1 | Stony Brook | Retriever Soccer Park • Baltimore, MD | Jessy Brown, UMBC | |
21 | 2014 | New Hampshire (1) | 3–1 | Hartford | Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, CT | Mimi Borkan, New Hampshire | |
22 | 2015 | Albany (1) | 2–1 | Hartford | Al-Marzook Field • West Hartford, CT | Kelly Kempf, Albany | |
23 | Albany(2) | 2–1 | Hartford | Casey Stadium • Albany, NY | Catilyn Paltsios, Albany | [3] | |
24 | Stony Brook (1) | 2–1 | Vermont | LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY | Sydney Vaughn, Stony Brook | [4] | |
25 | Albany (3) | 4–1 | UMass Lowell | Casey Stadium • Albany, NY | Miariah Williams, Albany | [5] | |
26 | Stony Brook(2) | 2–1 | Hartford | LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY | Erin O'Connor, Stony Brook | [6] | |
27 | 2020 | Stony Brook(3) | 1–0 | Binghamton | Cushing Field • Lowell, MA | Fanny Gotesson, Stony Brook | [7] |
28 | Vermont(1) | 1–0 | New Hampshire | Virtue Field • Burlington, VT | Cricket Basa, Vermont | [8] | |
29 | New Hampshire (2) | 4–4 (3–2 p) | Binghamton | Bearcats Complex • Binghamton, NY | Cat Sheppard, New Hampshire | [9] [10] | |
30 | Maine (1) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | UMass Lowell | Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME | Lara Kirkby, Maine | [11] [12] | |
31 | Maine(2) | 3–0 | New Hampshire | Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME | Lara Kirkby, Maine | [13] [14] |
Source: [2]
Former members of the AEC, are listed in italics
Through 2024
School | W | L | T | PCT | Finals | Titles | Winning years |
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Albany | 12 | 6 | 1 | .658 | 4 | 3 | 2015, 2016, 2018 |
Binghamton | 5 | 9 | 8 | .409 | 4 | 1 | 2004 |
Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | — |
Boston University | 18 | 4 | 2 | .792 | 10 | 9 | 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
Delaware | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 3 | 0 | — |
Drexel | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | — |
Hartford | 23 | 13 | 3 | .628 | 13 | 6 | 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002 |
Hofstra | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | — |
Maine | 9 | 11 | 7 | .463 | 7 | 2 | 2023, 2024 |
New Hampshire | 4 | 20 | 6 | .233 | 6 | 2 | 2014, 2022 |
NJIT | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 0 | 0 | — |
Northeastern | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 0 | 0 | — |
Stony Brook | 14 | 7 | 2 | .652 | 6 | 3 | 2017, 2019, 2020 |
Towson | 2 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 1996 |
UMass Lowell | 2 | 5 | 1 | .313 | 2 | 0 | — |
UMBC | 2 | 3 | 1 | .417 | 1 | 1 | 2013 |
Vermont | 5 | 11 | 5 | .357 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
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