2021 America East Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2021 America East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from October 31 through November 7, 2021. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Stony Brook Seawolves,^[1] who were unable to defend their title after not qualifying for the tournament. Vermont won their first tournament in program history after a 1–0 victory in the final.^[2][3] It was the first victory for eleventh year head coach Kristi Huizenga.^[4][5] As tournament champions, Vermont earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2021 America East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	3,589
Site	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions	Vermont (1st title)
Winning coach	Kristi Huizenga (1st title)
MVP	Cricket Basa (Vermont)
Broadcast	America East TV
America East Conference women's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 America East Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Vermont  ‍†‍‡‍^y	7	–	2	–	0		.778			12	–	6	–	1		.658
UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	1		.611			8	–	6	–	3		.559
NJIT  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	1		.611			7	–	10	–	2		.421
Binghamton  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	2		.556			8	–	8	–	3		.500
Albany  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	2		.556			6	–	8	–	4		.444
Stony Brook  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	1		.500			7	–	8	–	2		.471
New Hampshire  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	1		.500			6	–	9	–	4		.421
Hartford  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	3		.500			8	–	4	–	4		.625
Maine  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	2		.222			3	–	7	–	4		.357
UMBC  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	1		.167			5	–	9	–	3		.382
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 America East Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:America East Conference

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. UMass Lowell and NJIT finished tied for second in the regular season standings with each team having a record of 5–3–1. UMass Lowell earned the second seed by virtue of their 2–1 regular season win over NJIT on September 19. Binghamton and Albany finished tied for fourth place with each team having a regular season record of 4–3–2. Albany earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 1–0 regular season win over Binghamton on October 28. Stony Brook and New Hampshire tied for the sixth and final place in the tournament with each team having a regular season record of 4–4–1. New Hampshire earned the final spot in the tournament by virtue of their 3–0 regular season win over Stony Brook on October 3.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Vermont	7–2–0	21
2	UMass Lowell	5–3–1	16
3	NJIT	5–3–1	16
4	Albany	4–3–2	14
5	Binghamton	4–3–2	14
6	New Hampshire	4–4–1	13

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Oct. 31					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 4					Final Sunday, Nov. 7
						1	Vermont	3
	4	Albany	2			4	Albany	1
	5	Binghamton	0								1	Vermont	1
											6	New Hampshire	0
						2	UMass Lowell	1 (7)
	3	NJIT	0 (4)			6	New Hampshire (pen.)	1 (8)
	6	New Hampshire (pen.)	0 (5)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 NJIT v #6 New Hampshire

October 31, 2021	#3 NJIT	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	#6 New Hampshire	Newark, New Jersey
1:00 p.m.	Madison Taibl   34' Christine Conaghy   90'	Report	42' Molly McHugh	Stadium: J. Malcolm Simon Stadium Attendance: 277 Referee: David Breckner Assistant referees: Joe Zawistowski Assistant referees: Ronnie Tamburro Fourth official: Hector Rueda
	Penalties
	Nora O'Connor   Caroline Caputo   Bailey Chant   Whitney Roth   Lauren Chamberlain   Aleesha Deshmukh   Tara Walenczyk		Julie Cane   Casey Peterson   Anna Hewlett   Emily Bini   Cat Sheppard   Keegan Mayer   Megan Guarente

#4 Albany v #5 Binghamton

October 31, 2021	#4 Albany	2–0	#5 Binghamton	Albany, New York
3:00 p.m.	Jada Colbert   61' Brooke Pickett   75'	Report	48' Maya Anand   62' Emma Colling	Stadium: Mary Casey Stadium Attendance: 223

Semifinals

#1 Vermont v #4 Albany

November 4, 2021	#1 Vermont	3–1	#4 Albany	Burlington, Vermont
6:00 p.m.	Karen Wallace   34', 64' Alex West   52'	Report	21' (pen.) Jasmine Colbert   56' Joanna Van Royen	Stadium: Virtue Field Attendance: 797 Referee: Daniel Shenk-Moreno Assistant referees: Marc Pepin Assistant referees: Jaime LaBarge Fourth official: Ben Stuart

#2 UMass Lowell v #6 New Hampshire

November 4, 2021	#2 UMass Lowell	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	#6 New Hampshire	Lowell, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m.	Hailey DuBose   59'	Report	80' Anna Hewlett	Stadium: Cushing Field Complex Attendance: 275 Referee: Carlos Fernandes Assistant referees: Katherine Mitchell-Moreno Assistant referees: Sean Regan Fourth official: Matt Stein
	Penalties
	Halle Anderson   Emily Nelson   Anna Edson   Dunja Mostarac   Ioanna Papatheodorou   Marissa Saucedo   Hailey DuBose   Calliste Brookshire   Allison LeBlanc   Olivia Sandahl		Julie Cane   Anna Hewlett   Emily Bini   Meghan Guarente   Alivia Kelly   Keegan Mayer   Ella Dudley   Shayna Salis   Logan Nicholson   Casey Peterson

Final

#1 Vermont v #6 New Hampshire

November 7, 2021	#1 Vermont	1–0	#6 New Hampshire	Burlington, Vermont
	Bailey Ayer   70' Cricket Basa   80'	Report		Stadium: Virtue Field Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Lorent Varga Assistant referees: Marc Pepin Assistant referees: Jim Meyers Fourth official: Larry Bechard

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.6 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

2 goals

• Karen Wallace – Vermont

1 goal

• Cricket Basa – Vermont
• Jada Colbert – Albany
• Jasmine Colbert – Albany
• Hailey DuBose – UMass Lowell
• Anna Hewlett – New Hampshire
• Brooke Pickett – Albany
• Alex West – Vermont

All-Tournament team

Source:^[4]

Player	Team
Cricket Basa	Vermont
Lydia Kessel
Karen Wallace
Alex West
Cat Sheppard	New Hampshire
Fracesca Picicci
Casey Peterson
Lisa Sjögren	UMass Lowell
Halle Anderson
Devon Scmitt	Albany
Jada Colbert
Haylee Poltorak	Binghamton
Siani Magruder	NJIT

MVP in bold

References

1. "2020 Women's Soccer Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
2. "Women's Soccer Wins First America East Title with 1-0 Win Over UNH". uvmathletics.com. University of Vermont Athleticts. November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
3. Stansell, Jake (November 8, 2021). "UVM women's soccer wins first America East conference title, earns automatic bid to NCAA Tournament". wcax.com. Gray Media Group. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
4. "2021 Women's Soccer Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
5. "America East Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved November 17, 2021.