2023 CAA women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:CAA
Gender:women's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:2,277
Venue:Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions:Towson
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Katherine Vettori
Coachcount:1st
Broadcast:FloFC
Mvp:Riley Melendez
Mvpteam:Towson

The 2023 CAA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Coastal Athletic Association held from October 26 through November 4, 2023. The First Round and Semifinals of the tournament were hosted by the first and second seed and the final was hosted by the highest remaining seed. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Hofstra Pride,[1] who were unable to defend their title, falling to Monmouth in the Semifinals. Towson won the tournament by defeating Monmouth in the Final, 2–1.[2] The conference tournament title was the first overall for the Towson women's soccer program and the first for head coach Katherine Vettori.[3] As tournament champions, Towson earned the CAA's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.[4]

Seeding

Six Coastal Athletic Association schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. No tiebreakers were required as all teams finished with unique regular season conference records. Towson won the regular season title for the first time in program history.[5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Towson9–1–229
2Hofstra9–2–128
3Monmouth8–2–226
4Northeastern6–2–422
5William & Mary6–3–321
6Stony Brook4–4–416

Bracket

Source:[6]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

Player Team
Phoebe CanolesTowson
Nia Christopher
Maja Hansson
Riley Melendez
Lauren BrunoMonmouth
Liza Suydam
Marisa Tava
Millie DaviesHofstra
Dagny Run Petursdottir
Ginny DelacruzWilliam & Mary
Nicole Sellers
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 CAA Women's Soccer Championship. February 14, 2023. caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Association.
  2. Web site: 2023 CAA Women's Soccer Championship. December 19, 2023. caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Association.
  3. Web site: CAA Women's Record Book. Coastal Athletic Association. December 19, 2023. caasports.com.
  4. Web site: Towson women's soccer heading to UNC for first NCAA Tournament appearance. WBFF. Morgan. Adsit. November 6, 2023. December 19, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2023 CAA Women's Soccer Championship Begins Thursday. December 19, 2023. October 25, 2023. Coastal Athletic Association. Miles. McQuiggan.
  6. Web site: 2023 CAA Women's Soccer Championship Bracket. caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Association. December 19, 2023.
  7. Web site: Melendez's Game-Ending PK Save Secures Towson's First CAA Women's Soccer Title. caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Association. November 5, 2023. December 19, 2023. Miles. McQuiggan.