Year: | 2022 |
Conference: | Northeast Conference |
Gender: | women's |
Teams: | 6 |
Matches: | 5 |
Attendance: | 2,081 |
Venue: | Higher Seeds |
Champions: | Fairleigh Dickinson |
Titlecount: | 2nd |
Coach: | Eric Teepe |
Coachcount: | 2nd |
Broadcast: | NEC Front Row |
Mvp: | Lea Egner |
Mvpteam: | Fairleigh Dickinson |
The 2022 Northeast Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Northeast Conference held from October 30 to November 6, 2022. The three-match tournament took place at the higher seeded team in each match-up. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils.[1] Central Connecticut State was unable to defend their title, losing to the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 2–1 in the Semifinal. Fairleigh Dickinson went on to win the tournament over Sacred Heart in penalties in the Final.[2] This was the second Northeast Conference tournament title for the Fairleigh Dickinson women's soccer program, both of which have come under the direction of head coach Eric Teepe.[3] As tournament champions, Fairleigh Dickinson earned the Northeast Conference's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.
The top six teams from regular season play qualified for the 2022 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine seeds if teams were tied on regular season record. No tiebreakers were required as all top six teams finished with unique regular season conference records. Stonehill finished sixth in the standings, but were ineligible for post season competition due to their transition from NCAA D-II to D-I.[4]
Seed | School | Conference Record | Points | |
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1 | Central Connecticut | 7–0–2 | 23 | |
2 | Merrimack | 6–2–1 | 19 | |
3 | Sacred Heart | 5–1–3 | 18 | |
4 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 5–2–2 | 17 | |
5 | Saint Francis (PA) | 5–3–1 | 16 | |
6 | LIU | 2–5–2 | 8 |
Source:[5]
Player | Team |
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Lea Egner | Fairleigh Dickinson |
Aitana Martinez-Montoya | |
Madelyn Robbins | |
Paula Ruess | |
Morgan Bovardi | Sacred Heart |
Laurene Jordan | |
Grace O'Hara | |
Erin Tyldesley | Merrimack |
Hallie Shiers | |
Charley Simmons | Central Connecticut |
Victoria Violette |