2022 CAA women's soccer tournament

2022 CAA women's soccer tournament
2022 CAA women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	2,390
Site	Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions	Hofstra (8th title)
Winning coach	Simon Riddiough (7th title)
MVP	Anja Suttner (Hofstra)
Broadcast	FloSports
CAA women's soccer tournament
«2021	2023»

2022 Colonial Athletic Association women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Monmouth ‍†‍‍	6	–	1	–	2	.778	13	–	2	–	3	.806
Drexel ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	2	.667	11	–	3	–	5	.711
Northeastern ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	2	.667	10	–	6	–	4	.600
Elon ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	1	.611	9	–	6	–	3	.583
Towson ‍‍‍	4	–	1	–	4	.667	12	–	3	–	5	.725
Stony Brook ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	3	.611	7	–	8	–	4	.474
William & Mary ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	3	.500	7	–	8	–	4	.474
Hofstra ‍‍‡‍^y	3	–	4	–	2	.444	10	–	8	–	4	.545
UNC Wilmington ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	2	.444	7	–	7	–	3	.500
Charleston ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	3	.389	8	–	7	–	3	.528
Delaware ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	2	.222	2	–	11	–	5	.250
Hampton ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	0	.000	2	–	14	–	1	.147


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

The 2022 CAA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association held from October 27 through November 5, 2022. The Quarterfinals and Semifinals of the tournament were hosted by the first and second seed and the final was hosted by the highest remaining seed. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Hofstra Pride,^[1] who successfully defendeded their title, despite being the eighth and final team to qualify for the tournament. Hofstra won the tournament by defeating Northeastern 2–1 in overtime the final.^[2] The conference tournament title was the eighth overall for the Hofstra women's soccer program and the seventh overall for head coach Simon Riddiough. Both Hofstra and Riddiough have won five of the last six CAA Tournaments.^[3] As tournament champions, Hofstra earned the CAA's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Eight Colonial Athletic Association schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. Multiple tiebreakers were required to determine seedings. The first tiebreaker was for the second and third seeds between Drexel and Northeastern who finished the regular season with identical 5–2–2 records. Drexel won the tiebreaker and was awarded hosting rights for two Quarterfinals and a Semifinal game as the second seed. Elon and Towson both finished the season with sixteen points and Elon won the tiebreaker to be the fourth seed. Finally there was a tiebreaker for the eighth and final seed between Hofstra and UNC Wilmington who both finished with 3–4–2 regular season records. Hofstra won the regular season matchup between the two teams 2–1 on October 13, and qualified for the tournament as the eighth seed.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Monmouth	6–1–2	20
2	Drexel	5–2–2	17
3	Northeastern	5–2–2	17
4	Elon	5–3–1	16
5	Towson	4–1–4	16
6	Stony Brook	4–2–3	15
7	William & Mary	3–3–3	12
8	Hofstra	3–4–2	8

Bracket

Source:^[5]

Quarterfinals October 27			Semifinals October 30			Championship November 5

1	Monmouth	1 (4)

8	Hofstra (pen.)	1 (5)
			8	Hofstra	2

			5	Towson	0
4	Elon	1

5	Towson	2
						8	Hofstra (a.e.t.)	2

						3	Northeastern	1
2	Drexel	2

7	William & Mary	1
			2	Drexel	0

			3	Northeastern	2
3	Northeastern	2

6	Stony Brook	1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 27	#2 Drexel	2–1	#7 William & Mary	Philadelphia, PA
2:00 p.m. ET	Delaney Lappin 50', 60' Tori Yost 68'	Report	42' Cricket Basa	Stadium: Vidas Field Attendance: 506 Referee: David Breckner Assistant referees: Hector Rueda Assistant referees: Stefan Borota Fourth official: Michael Weber

October 27	#1 Monmouth	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	#8 Hofstra	West Long Branch, NJ
3:00 p.m. ET	Jesi Rossman 9' Summer Reimet 62'	Report	10' Anja Suttner	Stadium: Hesse Field Attendance: 219 Referee: Greg DaMello Assistant referees: DaQing Song Assistant referees: Ryan Clauss Fourth official: Jan Halaska
	Penalties
	Chloe Ferreira Rachel Ludwick Maddison Perna Lauren Karabin Summer Reimet Alexa Correa Lauren Bruno		Anja Suttner Gabriella Marte Aimee Hodgson Millie Davies Allison Mendes Matilda Liljefors Krista Agostinello

October 27	#3 Northeastern	2–1	#6 Stony Brook	Philadelphia, PA
5:30 p.m. ET	Vivian Akyirem 14', 59'	Report	31' Gabby Daniels 71' (pen.) Reilly Rich 89' Morayo Adenegan	Stadium: Vidas Field Attendance: 158 Referee: Nickrod Fateh Assistant referees: Larry Urwiler Assistant referees: Timmothy Bramble Fourth official: Dustin Nguyen

October 27	#4 Elon	1–2	#5 Towson	West Long Branch, NJ
7:00 p.m. ET	Kennedy Jones 82' Katie Lowe 88'	Report	22' Nia Christopher 75' Phoebe Canoles 88' Krista Louro	Stadium: Hesse Field Attendance: 92 Referee: Mike DeFelice Assistant referees: Brendan Quinn Assistant referees: Andrew Laplante Fourth official: George Evanego

Semifinals

October 30	#2 Drexel	0–2	#3 Northeastern	Philadelphia, PA
2:00 p.m. ET	Delaney Lappin 61'	Report	22', 51', 86' Vivian Akyirem 33' Megan Putvinski 60' Nina Dooley 74' Team 75' Jessie Hunt	Stadium: Vidas Field Attendance: 427 Referee: Lucas Feathers Assistant referees: Hector Rueda Assistant referees: Jay Hutchinson Fourth official: Andrew Eitel

October 30	#5 Towson	0–2	#8 Hofstra	West Long Branch, NJ
2:00 p.m. ET	Rebecca Grobseibl 68'	Report	11' (pen.) Olivia Pearse 55' Thorhildur Thorhallsdottir	Stadium: Hesse Field Attendance: 123 Referee: Franco Somma Assistant referees: Frank Severo Assistant referees: Wilmer Melendez Fourth official: Jan Halaska

Final

November 5	#3 Northeastern	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#8 Hofstra	Brookline, MA
	Alexis Legowski 80', 83'	Report	61' Ellen Halseth 109' Krista Agostinello	Stadium: Parsons Field Attendance: 865 Referee: Shaun Papperman Assistant referees: Danny Marques Assistant referees: Anthony Pedolzky Fourth official: John Luk

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match (as of November 5, 2022).

4 goals

Vivian Akyirem – Northeastern

2 goals

Delaney Lappin – Drexel

1 goal

Katie Lowe – Elon
Krista Agostinello – Hofstra
Ellen Halseth – Hofstra
Olivia Pearse – Hofstra
Anja Suttner – Hofstra
Thorhildur Thorhallsdottir – Hofstra
Summer Reimet – Monmouth
Alexis Legowski – Northeastern
Reilly Rich – Stony Brook
Phoebe Canoles – Towson
Nia Christopher – Towson
Cricket Basa – William & Mary

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Anja Suttner	Hofstra
Krista Agostinello
Annabel Hoffman
Cailey Welch
Vivian Akyirem	Northeastern
Porter Dooley
Alexis Legowski
Delaney Lappin	Drexel
Madison Maxwell	Drexel
Nia Christopher	Towson
Riley Melendez	Towson

MVP in bold

References

^ Colonial Athletic Association. "2021 CAA Women's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
^ Colonial Athletic Association. "2022 CAA Women's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
^ "CAA Women's Record Book" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
^ McQuiggan, Miles. "CAA Women's Soccer Championship presented by Primis Begins Thursday in New Jersey, Philadelphia". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
^ "2022 CAA Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
^ McQuiggan, Miles (November 5, 2022). "Hofstra's Late Double-Overtime Strike Lifts Pride to Fifth CAA Women's Soccer Championship in Last Six Seasons". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

[1] Colonial Athletic Association. "2021 CAA Women's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved December 14, 2021.

[2] Colonial Athletic Association. "2022 CAA Women's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

[3] "CAA Women's Record Book" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

[4] McQuiggan, Miles. "CAA Women's Soccer Championship presented by Primis Begins Thursday in New Jersey, Philadelphia". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

[5] "2022 CAA Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

[6] McQuiggan, Miles (November 5, 2022). "Hofstra's Late Double-Overtime Strike Lifts Pride to Fifth CAA Women's Soccer Championship in Last Six Seasons". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

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