MAAC women's soccer tournament

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MAAC men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadiumQuinnipiac Soccer Stadium
Current location Hamden, Connecticut
Played1992–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Quinnipiac
Most championships Loyola Maryland (10)
Official website maacsports.com/wsoc

The MAAC women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1992. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. [1] The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

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Key

Source: [2]

(2)Title number
*Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season

Finals

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMVPReference
1992 Iona (1)0–0†
(3–2 pen.)
Loyola (MD) Cindy Waldman, Iona
1993 Fairfield (1)0–0†
(2–0 pen.)
Loyola (MD)Christen Veach, Fairfield
1994Loyola (MD) (1)2–1 Canisius Betsy Given, Loyola (MD)
1995Fairfield (2)0–0†
(3–0 pen.)
Loyola (MD)Christen Veach, Fairfield
1996Loyola (MD) (2)2–0 Siena Cara Mooney, Loyola (MD)
1997Fairfield (3)1–0*(OT)Loyola (MD)Anne Lyons, Fairfield
1998Fairfield (4)1–0*(OT)Loyola (MD)Pam Cluff, Fairfield
1999Fairfield (5)1–1†
(4–3 pen.)
Loyola (MD)Patrice Bourke, Fairfield
2000Loyola (MD) (3)2–1FairfieldKathleen Shields, Loyola (MD)
2001Loyola (MD) (4)1–0 Marist Katie Elliot, Loyola (MD)
2002Loyola (MD) (5)3–0 Rider Audra Garuccio, Loyola (MD)
2003Loyola (MD) (6)2–0 Niagara Carolyn Kennington, Loyola (MD)
2004Loyola (MD) (7)2–0RiderLindsey Tracey, Loyola (MD)
2005Fairfield (6)2–1NiagaraAlex Caram, Fairfield
2006Niagara (1)2–1SienaBrittany Bisnott, Niagara
2007Loyola (MD) (8)2–0MaristTenney Stadium • Poughkeepsie, New York Brittany Henderson, Loyola (MD) [3]
2008Fairfield (7)3–0Loyola (MD)Siena Field • Loudonville, New York Ahna Johnson, Fairfield [4]
2009Loyola (MD) (9)3–2Niagara ESPN Wide World of Sports ComplexLake Buena Vista, Florida Gianna Mangione, Loyola (MD) [5]
2010Siena (1)1–0*(OT)CanisiusDemske Sports Complex • Buffalo, New York Tabitha Tice, Siena [6]
2011Marist(1)1–0Loyola (MD) Ridley Athletic ComplexBaltimore, Maryland Amanda Epstein, Marist [7]
2012Loyola (MD) (10)2–1MaristTenney Stadium • Poughkeepsie, New YorkGigi Mangione, Loyola (MD) [8]
2013 Monmouth (1)2–0FairfieldESPN Wide World of Sports Complex • Lake Buena Vista, FloridaAshley Lewis, Monmouth [9]
2014Rider (1)1–1†
(5–4 pen.)
FairfieldHesse Field • West Long Branch, New Jersey Bethany-May Howard, Rider [10]
2015Siena (2)5–2 Manhattan Allison Clark, Siena [11]
2016 Monmouth(2)5–2 Quinnipiac Miranda Konstantinides, Monmouth [12]
2017 Monmouth(3)5–1ManhattanESPN Wide World of Sports Complex • Lake Buena Vista, FloridaAllie Girardi, Monmouth [13]
2018 Monmouth(4)7–1SienaHesse Field • West Long Branch, New JerseyMadie Gibson, Monmouth [14]
2019 Monmouth(5)6–0FairfieldSarina Jones, Monmouth [15]
2020Siena(3)0–0†
(4–2 pen.)
MonmouthTenney Stadium • Poughkeepsie, New YorkEmily McNelis, Siena [16]
2021 Monmouth(6)4–0QuinnipiacHesse Field • West Long Branch, New JerseyLauren Karabin, Monmouth [17]
2022 Quinnipiac(1)4–0Niagara Quinnipiac Soccer StadiumHamden, Connecticut Rebecca Cooke, Quinnipiac [18]
2023 Quinnipiac(2)1–0FairfieldCourtney Chochol, Quinnipiac [19] [20]

Championships by school

Source: [2]

TeamFinalsChampionshipsTitle Years
Canisius 20
Fairfield 1271993, 1995, 1997, 1998,
1999, 2005, 2008
Iona 111992
Loyola (MD) 18101994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012
Manhattan 20
Marist 412011
Monmouth 762013, 2016, 2017,
2018, 2019, 2021
Mount St. Mary's 00
Niagara 512006
Quinnipiac 422022, 2023
Rider 312014
Saint Peter's 00
Siena 632010, 2015, 2020

Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the MAAC.

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