2022 America East Conference women's soccer tournament

2022 America East Conference women's soccer tournament
2022 America East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,275
Site	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions	New Hampshire (2nd title)
Winning coach	Steve Welham (2nd title)
MVP	Cat Sheppard (New Hampshire)
Broadcast	America East TV
America East Conference women's soccer tournament
«2021	2023»

The 2022 America East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from October 30 through November 6, 2022. 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 Vermont Catamounts,^[1]^[2] who were unable to defend their title after not qualifying for the tournament. New Hampshire won their second tournament in program history after a penalty shoot-out victory in the final.^[3]^[4] It was the second victory for ninth year head coach Steve Welham.^[5]^[6] As tournament champions, New Hampshire earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

2022 America East Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Binghamton ‍†‍‍	6	–	1	–	1	.813	9	–	5	–	5	.605
New Hampshire ‍‍‡‍^y	5	–	1	–	2	.750	9	–	6	–	3	.583
Maine ‍‍‍	4	–	0	–	4	.750	9	–	3	–	5	.676
UMass Lowell ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	2	.625	7	–	7	–	4	.500
Albany ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	3	.563	7	–	8	–	5	.475
NJIT ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	2	.375	5	–	8	–	6	.421
UMBC ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	2	.250	5	–	8	–	4	.412
Vermont ‍‍‍	0	–	5	–	3	.188	4	–	9	–	3	.344
Bryant ‍‍‍	0	–	5	–	3	.188	3	–	10	–	4	.294


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 America East Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:America East Conference

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique regular season record.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Binghamton	6–1–1	19
2	New Hampshire	5–1–2	17
3	Maine	4–0–4	16
4	UMass Lowell	4–2–2	14
5	Albany	3–2–3	12
6	NJIT	2–4–2	8

Bracket

Quarterfinals Sunday, Oct. 30			Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 3			Final Sunday, Nov. 6

			2	New Hampshire	2
3	Maine	4	3	Maine	1
6	NJIT	1				2	New Hampshire (pen.)	4 (3)
						1	Binghamton	4 (2)
			1	Binghamton (pen.)	3 (3)
4	UMass Lowell	1	5	Albany	3 (2)
5	Albany	3

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 30	#4 UMass Lowell	1–3	#5 Albany	Lowell, MA
4:00 p.m.	Chloe Layne 55'	Report	35', 78', 87' Olivia Piranino 74' (pen.) Marisa Tava	Stadium: Cushing Field Attendance: 307 Referee: Daniel Shenk-Moreno Assistant referees: Katherin Mitchell-Moreno Assistant referees: Miguel Lara Fourth official: John Jordan

October 30	#3 Maine	4–1	#6 NJIT	Orono, ME
5:00 p.m.	Emma Donovan 11' Saylor Clark 24' Julie Lossius 69' Abby Kraemer 85'	Report	34' Siani Magruder 68' Briana Andreoli	Stadium: Mahaney Diamond Attendance: 357 Referee: Leah Hayes Assistant referees: Jeffery Davis Assistant referees: Andrew Porada Fourth official: Charles Brown

Semifinals

November 3	#1 Binghamton	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	#5 Albany	Vestal, NY
6:00 p.m.	Olivia McKnight 9', 80' Lexi Vegoda 51' Maya Anand 72', 94'	Report	48', 99' Joanna Van Royen 58' Selma Elverum	Stadium: Bearcats Sports Complex Attendance: 407 Referee: Mike DeFelice Assistant referees: Joseph Cimino Assistant referees: Ryan Clauss Fourth official: Yale Wale
	Penalties
	Olivia McKnight Lexi Vegoda Molly McClelland Samiya Reid		Marisa Tava Carly Binn Joanna Van Royen Olivia Piraino Sahara Zingano

November 3	#2 New Hampshire	2–1	#3 Maine	Durham, NH
6:00 p.m.	Abbi Maier 21', 86'	Report	38' Julie Lossius	Stadium: Wildcat Stadium Attendance: 483 Referee: Yevgeniy Mednikov Assistant referees: Ernesto Rodriguez Assistant referees: John Luk Fourth official: Erik Rossetti

Final

November 6	#1 Binghamton	4–4 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	#2 New Hampshire	Vestal, NY
2:00 p.m.	Maya Anand 11', 76' Lexi Vegoda 51', 54' (pen.), 76' Samiya Reid 84'	Report	9', 26' Meghan Guarente 18', 81' Emily Bini 30' Gudrun Haralz 56' Logan Nicholson 64' Keegan Mayer	Stadium: Bearcats Sports Complex Attendance: 721 Referee: Tony Russo Assistant referees: Cody Hack Assistant referees: Chris Scalza Fourth official: Mike Cronin
	Penalties
	Molly McClelland Lexi Vegoda Victoria McKnight Samiya Reid Nicole Rago		Meghan Guarente Maddy Warren Keegan Mayer Whitney Wiley Abbi Maier

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 5.2 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).

2 goals

Maya Anand – Binghamton
Olivia McKnight – Binghamton
Lexi Vegoda – Binghamton
Julie Lossius – Maine
Megan Guarente – New Hampshire
Abbi Maier – New Hampshire
Olivia Piranino – UAlbany
Joanna Van Royen – UAlbany

1 goal

Samiya Reid – Binghamton
Saylor Clark – Maine
Emma Donovan – Maine
Abby Kraemer – Maine
Emily Bini – New Hampshire
Gudrun Harlaz – New Hampshire
Briana Andreoli – NJIT
Selma Elverum – UAlbany
Marisa Tava – UAlbany
Chole Layne – UMass Lowell

All-Tournament team

Source:^[7]

Player	Team
Emily Bini	New Hampshire
Meghan Guarantee
Abbi Maier
Cat Sheppard
Maya Anand	Binghamton
Olivia McKnight
Nicole Scott
Hannah Bamford	Maine
Saylor Clark	Maine
Megan Hart	Albany
Olivia Piraino	Albany
Lily Fabian	UMass Lowell
Ciara Adams	NJIT

MVP in bold

References

^ "Women's Soccer Wins First America East Title with 1-0 Win Over UNH". uvmathletics.com. University of Vermont Athleticts. November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
^ 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.
^ "Wildcats Win America East Championship in Penalty Kicks Versus Binghamton". unhwildcats.com. University of New Hampshire Athleticts. November 6, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
^ 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.
^ "2022 Women's Soccer Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
^ "America East Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
^ "UNH Claims First #AEWSOC Crown in Eight Seasons". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 6, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

[1] "Women's Soccer Wins First America East Title with 1-0 Win Over UNH". uvmathletics.com. University of Vermont Athleticts. November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.

[2] 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.

[3] "Wildcats Win America East Championship in Penalty Kicks Versus Binghamton". unhwildcats.com. University of New Hampshire Athleticts. November 6, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

[4] 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.

[2022t-5] "2022 Women's Soccer Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

[6] "America East Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

[7] "UNH Claims First #AEWSOC Crown in Eight Seasons". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 6, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

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