2024 America East Conference women's soccer tournament

2024 America East Conference women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,173
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
ChampionsMaine (2nd title)
Winning coachScott Atherley (2nd title)
MVPLara Kirby (Maine)
BroadcastESPN+
America East Conference women's soccer tournament
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2024 America East Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Maine  ‍†‍‡‍y 7 – 0 – 1   .938 13 – 2 – 3   .806
New Hampshire  ‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 12 – 5 – 1   .694
Binghamton  ‍‍‍ 4 – 2 – 2   .625 7 – 6 – 5   .528
UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 1   .563 6 – 10 – 3   .395
Bryant  ‍‍‍ 3 – 4 – 1   .438 5 – 9 – 4   .389
Vermont  ‍‍‍ 3 – 4 – 1   .438 8 – 5 – 5   .583
Albany  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5 – 1   .313 3 – 12 – 1   .219
NJIT  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5 – 2   .250 4 – 10 – 3   .324
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 1   .188 5 – 12 – 1   .306
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 America East Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:America East Conference

The 2024 America East Conference women's soccer tournament was be the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American East Conference that was held from November 3rd through 10th. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Maine Black Bears,[1] The Black Bears successfully defended their title, defeating New Hampshire 3–0 in the Final.[2][3] It was the second victory in program history for Maine and the second for twenty-third year head coach Scott Atherly.[4][5] As tournament champions, Maine earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as UMass Lowell and Vermont both finished with 3–4–1 regular season records. UMass Lowell earned the fifth seed by virtue of their 2–0 win over Vermont on October 13.[6]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Maine 7–0–1 22
2 New Hampshire 6–2–0 18
3 Binghamton 4–2–2 14
4 UMass Lowell 4–3–1 13
5 Bryant 3–4–1 10
6 Vermont 3–4–1 10

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Monday, Oct. 30 		Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 2 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
1 Maine 2
5 Bryant 1 4 UMass Lowell 0
4 UMass Lowell 2 1 Maine 3
2 New Hampshire 0
2 New Hampshire 3
6 Vermont 0 (2) 3 Binghamton 1
3 Binghamton (pen.) 0 (3)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 3, 2024 #3 Binghamton 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		#6 VermontVestal, NY
1:00 p.m. EST
  • Brooke Herber Yellow card 7'
  • Alexus Worrell Yellow card 82'
 Report
  • Yellow card 4' Torie Snyder
  • Yellow card 76' Lauren DeGroot
 Stadium: Bearcats Sports Complex
Attendance: 306
Referee: Nathaniel Hirschman
Assistant referees: Chris Borncamp
Assistant referees: Edin Hadzovic
Fourth official: Mindy Malia
Penalties
  • Megan Baker soccer ball with red X
  • Allison Falvo soccer ball with check mark
  • Anna Buckwalter soccer ball with check mark
  • Bella Brown soccer ball with red X
  • Sophia Garofalo soccer ball with red X
  • Hannah Mimas soccer ball with check mark
  • soccer ball with check mark Jill Brody
  • soccer ball with red X Torie Snyder
  • soccer ball with red X Sydney Remington
  • soccer ball with red X Emma Warren
  • soccer ball with check mark Vanessa Smith
  • soccer ball with red X Kate Bossert
November 3, 2024 #4 UMass Lowell 2–1#5 BryantLowell, MA
3:00 p.m. EST
  • Hope Santaniello 3'
  • Mia Eva Girgis 67'
 Report
  • 36' Caitlin Forshay
 Stadium: Cushing Field
Attendance: 304
Referee: Patrick Violette
Assistant referees: John Lazaro
Assistant referees: Adam Cook
Fourth official: Andrew Brownsword

Semifinals

November 7, 2024 #1 Maine 2–0#4 UMass LowellOrono, ME
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Kayla Kraemer 5'
  • Abbey Thornton 69'
 Report Stadium: Mahaney Diamond
Attendance: 445
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
Assistant referees: Johnathan Luk
Assistant referees: Shaye Lane
Fourth official: Andrew Porada
November 7, 2024 #2 New Hampshire 3–1#3 BinghamtonDurham, NH
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Elizabeth Finn 32', 66'
  • Abbi Maier 44'
 Report
  • 10' Mackenzie Ryder
 Stadium: Bremner Field
Attendance: 392
Referee: Katherine Mitchell
Assistant referees: Nicola Vesia
Assistant referees: Sandro Araujo
Fourth official: John Jordan

Final

November 10, 2024 #1 Maine 3–0#2 New HampshireOrono, ME
3:00 p.m. EST
  • Jordane Pinette 3'
  • Abby Kraemer 12'
  • Rebecca Grisdale Yellow card 17' Yellow-red card 80'
  • Kristina Kelly Yellow card 46'
  • Lara Kirkby 68'
 Report
  • Yellow card 46' Elizabeth Finn
 Stadium: Mahaney Diamond
Attendance: 726
Referee: Daniel Shenk Moreno
Assistant referees: Douglas Scaffidi
Assistant referees: Matt Stein
Fourth official: Reindole Bantul

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

2 goals

  • Elizabeth Finn – New Hampshire
  • Kayla Kraemer – Maine

1 goal

  • Caitlin Forshay – Bryant
  • Mia Eva Girgis – UMass Lowell
  • Lara Kirkby – Maine
  • Abbi Maier – New Hampshire
  • Jordane Pinette – Maine
  • Mackenzie Ryder – Binghamton
  • Hope Santaniello – UMass Lowell
  • Abbey Thornton – Maine

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

Player Team
Lara Kirby Maine
Abby Kraemer
Emma Scheider
Myla Schneider
Elizabeth Finn New Hampshire
Megan Logue
Abbi Maier
Megan Banzi UMass Lowell
Emma Mitchell
Brooke Herber Binghamton
MacKenzie Ryder
Laney Ross Bryant

MVP in bold

References

  1. ^ Neill, Jackson (November 7, 2022). "Binghamton women's soccer loses America East Championship in penalty kicks to New Hampshire". wbng.com. Gray Media Group. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  2. ^ Bartow, Adam (November 11, 2024). "Going to the dance! UMaine women's soccer wins another conference title". WMTW (TV). Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  3. ^ Barr, Ben (November 11, 2024). "Maine women's soccer team finds out NCAA Tournament spot". WABI-TV. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Women's Soccer Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  5. ^ "America East Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Maine Captures #AEWSOC Regular-Season Title, Championship Bracket Announced". americaeast.com. America East Conference. October 31, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  7. ^ "Back To Back! Maine Claims Second-Straight #AEWSOC Crown". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.