America East Conference women's soccer tournament

America East
women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Number of teams9
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1994–present
Last contest2024
Current championMaine
Most championshipsBoston University (9)
TV partner(s)ESPN+
Official websiteamericaeast.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.

Winners

The following is a list of America East tournament winners:

Finals

Source:[2]

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  • Bold – Winning team won regular season
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team also won regular season
Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue MVP Ref.
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
2016
 Albany (2)
2–1
 Hartford Casey Stadium • Albany, NY Catilyn Paltsios, Albany [3]
24
2017
 Stony Brook (1)
2–1
 Vermont LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Sydney Vaughn, Stony Brook [4]
25
2018
 Albany (3)
4–1
 UMass Lowell Casey Stadium • Albany, NY Miariah Williams, Albany [5]
26
2019
 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
2021
 Vermont (1)
1–0
 New Hampshire Virtue Field • Burlington, VT Cricket Basa, Vermont [8]
29
2022
 New Hampshire (2)
4–4 (3–2 p)
 Binghamton Bearcats Complex • Binghamton, NY Cat Sheppard, New Hampshire [9][10]
30
2023
 Maine (1)
3–2 (a.e.t.)
 UMass Lowell Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME Lara Kirkby, Maine [11][12]
31
2024
 Maine (2)
3–0
 New Hampshire Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME Lara Kirkby, Maine [13][14]

By school

Source:[2]

Former members of the AEC, are listed in italics
Through 2024

School W L T PCT Finals Titles Winning years
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

Notes

  1. ^ The tournament was specifically called the "North Atlantic Conference championship" from 1989 until 1996.[1]

References

  1. ^ "2016-17 America East Record Book: Men's Soccer" (PDF). static.americaeast.com. August 15, 2016. pp. 5–6. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "America East Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "2016 Women's Soccer Championship Central". americaeast.com. America East Conference. October 10, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "2017 America East Women's Soccer Championship". America East Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "UAlbany Claims 3rd #AEWSOC Title in 4 Years". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  6. ^ "Stony Brook Captures Second #AEWSOC Title in Three Seasons". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 10, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  7. ^ "2020 Women's Soccer Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  8. ^ Stansell, Jake (November 8, 2021). "UVM women's soccer wins first America East conference title, earns automatic bid to NCAA Tournament". wcax.com. Gray Media Group. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  9. ^ "Wildcats Win America East Championship in Penalty Kicks Versus Binghamton". unhwildcats.com. University of New Hampshire Athleticts. November 6, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
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  12. ^ "Maine Soccer wins America East Championship for the first time in history". wowt.com. WOWT. November 5, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
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  14. ^ Barr, Ben (November 11, 2024). "Maine women's soccer team finds out NCAA Tournament spot". WABI-TV. Retrieved November 13, 2024.