2023 MAAC women's soccer tournament

2023 MAAC women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,399
SiteCampus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
ChampionsQuinnipiac (2nd title)
Winning coachDave Clarke (2nd title)
MVPCourtney Chochol (Quinnipiac)
BroadcastESPN+
MAAC women's soccer tournament
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2023 MAAC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Quinnipiac  ‍†‍‡‍y 9 – 0 – 1   .950 13 – 4 – 1   .750
Fairfield  ‍‍‍ 7 – 2 – 1   .750 10 – 6 – 4   .600
Canisius  ‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 2   .700 9 – 4 – 5   .639
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 1   .550 7 – 9 – 3   .447
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 2   .500 5 – 10 – 3   .361
Rider  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 1   .450 7 – 9 – 2   .444
Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 3 – 4 – 3   .450 4 – 7 – 4   .400
Siena  ‍‍‍ 3 – 4 – 3   .450 4 – 9 – 4   .353
Marist  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5 – 3   .350 2 – 9 – 5   .281
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8 – 0   .200 4 – 11 – 0   .267
Iona  ‍‍‍ 0 – 7 – 3   .150 1 – 15 – 3   .132
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 MAAC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: MAAC

The 2023 MAAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference held from October 29 through November 5, 2023. 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 Quinnipiac Bobcats were the defending champions.[1] They successfully defended their title as the first seed and defeated second seed Fairfield 1–0 in the final.[2][3] This was Quinnipiac's second MAAC tournament win in program history, both of which have come under head coach Dave Clarke.[4] As tournament champions, Quinnipiac earned the MAAC's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six MAAC schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. No tiebreakers were required to determine which teams made the tournament as the top six teams finished with unique conference records.[5]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Quinnipiac 9–0–1 28
2 Fairfield 7–2–1 22
3 Canisius 6–2–2 20
4 Mount St. Mary's 5–4–1 16
5 Niagara 4–4–2 14
6 Rider 4–5–1 13

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.[6]

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct. 29 		Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 2 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
1 Quinnipiac 1
3 Canisius 0 6 Rider 0
6 Rider 1 1 Quinnipiac 1
2 Fairfield 0
2 Fairfield 3
4 Mount St. Mary's (pen.) 0 (3) 4 Mount St. Mary's 0
5 Niagara 0 (1)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 29 #3 Canisius 0–1 #6 Rider Buffalo, NY
12:00 p.m. ET
  • Sophia Konstantinou Yellow card 87'
 Report
  • 20', Yellow card 87' Chloe Fisher
 Stadium: Demske Sports Complex
Attendance: 327
Referee: Shane Magaris
Assistant referees: Ankur Singh
Assistant referees: Joseph Zwack
Fourth official: Michael Bloom
October 29 #4 Mount St. Mary's 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		 #5 Niagara Emmitsburg, MD
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Alexa Dragisics Yellow card 85'
 Report
  • Yellow card 54' Maia MacLean
  • Yellow card 85' Agnes Stenlund
 Stadium: Waldron Family Stadium
Attendance: 505
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
Assistant referees: William Robinson
Assistant referees: Mark Reichart
Fourth official: Kyle Pfeiffer
Penalties
  • Nathalie Mejia soccer ball with check mark
  • Taylor Carter soccer ball with red X
  • Madison Bee soccer ball with check mark
  • Luisangely Navas soccer ball with check mark
  • soccer ball with red X Isabella Mazzaferro
  • soccer ball with check mark Emma Bough
  • soccer ball with red X Caitlyn Grady
  • soccer ball with red X Emily Hähnel

Semifinals

November 2 #1 Quinnipiac 1–0 #6 Rider Hamden, CT
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Courtney Chochol 46' (pen.)
  • Olivia Scott Yellow card 47'
  • Emely van der Vliet Yellow card 63'
 Report
  • Yellow card 13' Chloe Fisher
 Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 280
November 2 #2 Fairfield 3–0 #4 Mount St. Mary's Fairfield, CT
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Allie Kirby 59'
  • Maddy Theriault 63', 68'
 Report
  • Yellow card 39' Kayla Pennington
  • Yellow card 83' Madison bee
 Stadium: Lessing Field
Attendance: 467

Final

November 5 #1 Quinnipiac 1–0 #2 Fairfield Hamden, CT
12:00 p.m. ET
  • Courtney Chochol 1', Yellow card 39'
  • Kayla Mingachos Yellow card 49'
  • Ella Gagno Yellow card 78'
 Report
  • Yellow card 39' Sydney Corbett
 Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 820
Referee: Nathaniel Hirschman
Assistant referees: Bryan Conetta
Assistant referees: William Ferris
Fourth official: Victor Matheson

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 6 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.2 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

2 goals

  • Maddy Theriault – Fairfield
  • Courtney Chochol – Quinnipiac

1 goal

  • Allie Kirby – Fairfield
  • Chloe Fisher – Rider

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

Player Team
Elle Scott Fairfield
Maddy Theriault
Katie Wright
Amani Green Mount St. Mary's
Kayla Pennington
Madison Alves Quinnipiac
Courtney Chochol
Ella Gagno
Olivia Scott
Genevieve Ryan Rider
Ellie Sciancalepore

MVP in bold

References

  1. ^ "2022 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Brown Women's Soccer to Host Quinnipiac in First Round of NCAA Tournament". golocalprov.com. November 6, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "Women's Soccer Championship History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship Action Kicks-Off on Sunday with Opening Round". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. October 26, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Quinnipiac Wins Back-to-Back MAAC Women's Soccer Championship Titles". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. November 5, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.