The 2023 America East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from October 30 to November 5, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher-seeded team hosting each match. The six-team, single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds, according to their regular-season conference standings. The defending champions were the New Hampshire Wildcats, who were unable to defend their title after falling in the first round to Vermont. Maine won the tournament after an overtime victory in the final over UMass Lowell. It was the first tournament title in Maine’s program history and the first for head coach Scott Atherly in his 23rd year. As tournament champions, Maine earned the America East's automatic berth in the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Seeding The top six teams in the regular season qualified for the tournament. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds for the tournament as NJIT and Vermont both finished with 3–4–1 records during regular season play. NJIT earned the fifth seed by virtue of their 3–2 victory at Vermont on October 22. As a result, Vermont was the sixth seed in the tournament.
SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints 1 Binghamton 5–0–3 18 2 Maine 4–1–3 15 3 New Hampshire 3–1–4 13 4 UMass Lowell 3–2–3 12 5 NJIT 3–4–1 10 6 Vermont 3–4–1 10
Bracket
Schedule
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
All-Tournament team
Source:
Player Team Rebecca Grisdale Maine Kristina Kelly Abby Kraemer Lara Kirkby Calliste Brookshire NJIT Taylor Burgess Julia Edholm Emma Colling Binghamton Oliva McKnight Maddy Cronin Vermont Lauren DeGroot Alivia Kelly New Hampshire Bailey Chant NJIT MVP in bold
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