Northeast Conference women's soccer tournament

Last updated
Northeast Conference
women's soccer tournament
Northeast Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Northeast Conference
Number of teams4
Format Single-elimination
Current stadiumCampus sites
Played1997–present
Last contest 2024
Current champion Howard
Most championships Central Connecticut (13)
Official website northeastconference.org/wsoc

The Northeast Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Northeast Conference. In the current format, six teams compete in the single-elimination tournament, with all games being played at the home field of the higher seed. Seeding is based on regular season conference records. [1] The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Contents

The tournament consisted of six teams from 1997 to 2023, but it shrunk to four teams in 2024.

Champions

Key

Key
  • (1) — Title number
  • a.e.t. — Match went to extra time
  • p – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team also won regular season

By Year

Source: [2]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenue / cityMVPRef.
1997 Central Connecticut (1)4–0 Monmouth CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, Connecticut Jane McFarlane, Central Connecticut [3]
1998Central Connecticut(2)3–2 ( a.e.t. ) UMBC Lynn Lang, Central Connecticut [4]
1999 LIU [a] (1)1–0MonmouthHesse Field • West Long Branch, New Jersey Larissa Swartzlander, LIU [5]
2000 Quinnipiac (1)1–0MonmouthRetriever Soccer Park • Catonsville, Maryland Elisa Goncalves, Quinnipiac [6]
2001 Sacred Heart (1)1–0UMBCEmmitt Field • Loretto, Pennsylvania Leslie Konsig, Sacred Heart [7]
2002Central Connecticut(3)1–1 (5–3 p)MonmouthCCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, ConnecticutKelly Shimmin, Central Connecticut [8]
2003Central Connecticut(4)0–0 (6–5 p)Sacred HeartNorth Athletic Complex • Moon Township, Pennsylvania Sabrina Mariani, Central Connecticut [9]
2004Central Connecticut(5)1–1 (4–1 p)Sacred HeartUniversity Stadium • Teaneck, New Jersey Ashley Ferra, Central Connecticut [10]
2005Central Connecticut(6)1–0LIUCCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, ConnecticutJess McCavanagh, Central Connecticut [11]
2006LIU(2)2–0MonmouthLIU Soccer Park • Brooklyn, New York Christine Gans, LIU [12]
2007Monmouth(1)1–0Sacred HeartHesse Field • West Long Branch, New JerseyLia Fierro, Monmouth [13]
2008Central Connecticut(7)1–0LIULIU Soccer Park • Brooklyn, New YorkErin Herd, Central Connecticut [14]
2009Monmouth(2)1–0 ( a.e.t. )Central ConnecticutCCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, ConnecticutMary Wilks, Monmouth [15]
2010 Saint Francis (PA) (1)1–0LIUUniversity Stadium • Teaneck, New JerseyChelsea Traurig, Saint Francis (PA) [16]
2011LIU(3)1–1 (4–3 p)Saint Francis (PA)Emmitt Field • Loretto, PennsylvaniaJennifer Bannon, LIU [17]
2012LIU(4)1–0Saint Francis (PA)Jessica Sexton, LIU [18]
2013Saint Francis (PA)(2)1–0LIUAlecia McNiff, Saint Francis (PA) [19]
2014Central Connecticut(8)2–0 Fairleigh Dickinson CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, ConnecticutCharlie Branch, Central Connecticut [20]
2015Fairleigh Dickinson(1)1–0 Robert Morris University Stadium • Teaneck, New JerseyRachel Hoekstra, Fairleigh Dickinson [21]
2016 Saint Francis (PA)(3)2–0Central ConnecticutEmmitt Field • Loretto, PennsylvaniaSara Suler, Saint Francis (PA) [22]
2017 Saint Francis (PA)(4)0–0 (3–2 p)Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity Stadium • Teaneck, New JerseyGabi Morales, Saint Francis (PA) [23]
2018 Central Connecticut(9)2–1Saint Francis (PA)CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, ConnecticutDanielle Pearse, Central Connecticut [24]
2019 Central Connecticut(10)1–0Fairleigh DickinsonYo Tachibana, Central Connecticut [25]
2020Central Connecticut(11)4–0LIURoma McLaughlin, Central Connecticut [26]
2021 Central Connecticut(12)3–0Fairleigh DickinsonZoe McGlynn, Central Connecticut [27]
2022 Fairleigh Dickinson(2)2–2 (5–4 p) Sacred Heart Park Avenue Field • Fairfield, Connecticut Lea Egner, Fairleigh Dickinson [28]
2023 Central Connecticut(13)1–1 (4–3 p) Wagner CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, ConnecticutMelina Ford, Central Connecticut [29]
2024 Howard (1)2–1Fairleigh Dickinson Greene StadiumWashington, D.C. Melea Early, Howard [30] [31]
2025Wagner(1)2–1 ( a.e.t. )Central Connecticut Hameline FieldStaten Island, NY Riley Frederick, Wagner [32]
  1. Includes the LIU Brooklyn program, which was merged with the Division II program of the university's Post campus in July 2019, creating the current LIU program. The unified program inherited Brooklyn's Division I and NEC memberships.

By School

Source: [2]

As of November 2025
SchoolWLTPct.FinalsTitlesWinning years
Bryant 040.00000
Central Connecticut 2293.69115131997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008,
2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
Chicago State 00000
Delaware State 00000
Fairleigh Dickinson 9112.455722015, 2022
Howard 320.600112024
Le Moyne 00000
LIU [a] 11101.523941999, 2006, 2011, 2012
Mercyhurst 00000
Merrimack 011.25000
Monmouth 9101.475722007, 2009
Mount St. Mary's 020.00000
Quinnipiac 251.313112000
Robert Morris 110.50010
Sacred Heart 794.450512001
Saint Francis (PA) 874.526742010, 2013, 2016, 2017
Stonehill 010.00000
UMBC 220.50020
Wagner 132.333212025
  1. Includes championships from the LIU Brooklyn program, which was merged with the Division II program of the university's Post campus in July 2019, creating the current LIU program. The unified program inherited Brooklyn's Division I and NEC memberships.

Teams in Italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the NEC.

References

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