Year: | 2017 |
Conference: | Northeast Conference |
Gender: | women's |
Teams: | 4 |
Matches: | 3 |
Attendance: | 588 |
Venue: | University Stadium |
City: | Teaneck, New Jersey |
Champions: | Saint Francis |
Titlecount: | 4th |
Coach: | Brenda van Stralen |
Coachcount: | 4th |
The 2017 Northeast Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Northeast Conference held on November 3 and 5, 2017. The three-match tournament took place at University Stadium in Teaneck, New Jersey, home of the regular season co-champions and tournament #1 seed Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Saint Francis Red Flash and they successfully defended their title, winning the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with Fairleigh Dickinson in the final.[1] [2] This was the fourth Northeast Conference tournament title for the Saint Francis women's soccer program, all of which have come under the direction of head coach Brenda van Stralen.[3] [4]