2021 MAAC women's soccer tournament

The 2021 MAAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference held from October 31 through November 7, 2021. The seven-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting matches. The host for the matches was determined by seeding from regular season play. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Siena Saints were the defending champions and were unable to defend their title, losing to the Quinnipiac Bobcats on pentalties in the semifinal.^[1] The Monmouth Hawks won the title by defeating Quinnipiac 4–0 in the final.^[2] This is Monmouth's sixth overall tournament win and fifth in the last six years. The title is also the sixth for head coach Krissy Turner.^[3] As tournament champions, Monmouth earned the MAAC's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2021 MAAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	2,013
Site	Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions	Monmouth (6th title)
Winning coach	Krissy Turner (6th title)
MVP	Lauren Karabin (Monmouth)
Broadcast	ESPN+
MAAC women's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 MAAC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Monmouth  ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	1	–	1		.850			15	–	4	–	1		.775
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	0		.700			13	–	4	–	1		.750
Niagara  ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	0		.700			13	–	4	–	1		.750
Siena  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0		.600			9	–	9	–	1		.500
Iona  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0		.600			11	–	8	–	0		.579
Fairfield  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			9	–	6	–	4		.579
Marist  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			5	–	7	–	3		.433
Rider  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			5	–	10	–	2		.353
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			7	–	7	–	1		.500
St. Peter's  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0		.300			3	–	13	–	0		.188
Canisius  ‍‍‍	0	–	10	–	0		.000			0	–	15	–	2		.059
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 MAAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:MAAC

Seeding

The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Three tiebreakers were required to finalize the seeding for the tournament. Quinnipiac and Niagara tied for second place in the regular season standings, with identical 7–3–0 records. Quinnipiac won the tiebreaker, and was awarded the second seed based on their 1–0 victory over Niagara on October 2 during the regular season. Siena and Iona tied for fourth place in the regular season standings with identical 6–4–0 records. The teams would play each other in the tournament, but a tiebreaker was used to determine the home team in the matchup. Siena was awarded home field advantage based on their 3–2 victory over Iona on October 2 during the regular season. Finally, Rider and Manhattan tied for eight place in the regular season standings and the final tournament berth. Both teams finished with a 3–6–1 regular season record. Rider earned the final tournament berth by virtue of their 1–0 win over Manhattan on October 9 during the regular season.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Monmouth	8–1–1	25
2	Quinnipiac	7–3–0	21
3	Niagara	7–3–0	21
4	Siena	6–4–0	18
5	Iona	6–4–0	18
6	Fairfield	5–4–1	16
7	Marist	4–4–2	14
8	Rider	3–6–1	10

Bracket

Source:^[5]

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Oct. 31					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 4					Final Sunday, Nov. 7
	1	Monmouth	3
	8	Rider	1
						1	Monmouth	4
						6	Fairfield	0
	4	Siena	2
	5	Iona	0
											1	Monmouth	4
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											2	Quinnipiac	0
	2	Quinnipiac	1
	7	Marist	0
						2	Quinnipiac (pen.)	1 (5)
						4	Siena	1 (3)
	3	Niagara	1 (4)
	6	Fairfield (pen.)	1 (5)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#2 Quinnipiac v #7 Marist

October 31, 2021	#2 Quinnipiac	1–0	#7 Marist	Hamden, CT
12:00 p.m. ET	Anna Costello   27' Gretchen Kron   67' Courtney Chochol   89'	Report	38' Britt Van Lenten   40' Kaylin Sperley	Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium Attendance: 370 Referee: Patrick Violette Assistant referees: Daniel Aloi Assistant referees: Daniel Rego Fourth official: Angelo Napolitano

#3 Niagara v #6 Fairfield

October 31, 2021	#3 Niagara	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	#6 Fairfield	Lewiston, NY
1:00 p.m. ET	Raelyn Stranc   51' Ida Miceli   75'	Report	41' Elle Scott   90' (pen.) Gabby Diodati	Stadium: Niagara Field Attendance: 183 Referee: Jefferson Dargout Assistant referees: Ankur Singh Assistant referees: Stephanie Serrano Fourth official: Nikola Zdjelar
	Penalties
	Alexis Horwedel   Florence Vaillancourt   Mackenzie Mix   Maia MacLean   Emma Bough		Hanley Courter   Gabby Diodati   Reagan Klarmann   Maddie Kiely   Gena Pike

#4 Siena v #5 Iona

October 31, 2021	#4 Siena	2–0	#5 Iona	Loudonville, NY
1:00 p.m. ET	Carrie Krohn   10', 43',   83'	Report		Stadium: Hickey Field Attendance: 468 Referee: Matt Mercier Assistant referees: Ben Russell Assistant referees: Jose Quintero Fourth official: Kirk Harbinger

#1 Monmouth v #8 Rider

October 31, 2021	#1 Monmouth	3–1	#8 Rider	West Long Branch, NJ
3:00 p.m. ET	Alexis Marino   39' Lauren Karabin   53', 62' Jazlyn Oviedo   80'	Report	78' Cameron Santers   80' Niamh Cashin   85' Chole Fisher	Stadium: Hesse Field Attendance: 175

Semifinals

#2 Quinnipiac v #4 Siena

November 4, 2021	#2 Quinnipiac	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	#4 Siena	Hamden, CT
2:00 p.m. ET	Olivia Kudrikow   73' Rebecca Cooke   84' Lauren Wendland   109'	Report	42',   84' Emily McNelis	Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium Attendance: 343 Referee: Lorant Varga Assistant referees: Gregory Muhs Assistant referees: Joe Zawistowski Fourth official: Angelo Napolitano
	Penalties
	Lauren Wendland   Rebecca Cooke   Courtney Chochol   Selena Salas   Lauren Triglione		Darby D'Angelo   Brianna Montinard   Ashleigh Sarafin   Emily McNelis

#1 Monmouth v #6 Fairfield

November 4, 2021	#1 Monmouth	4–0	#6 Fairfield	West Long Branch, NJ
6:00 p.m. ET	Jill Conklin   5' Lauren Karabin   40' Alexis Marino   48' Erin Dailey   56'	Report	19' Josie Horosky   70' Elle Scott   74' Reagan Klarmann	Stadium: Hesse Field Attendance: 215

Final

#1 Monmouth v #2 Quinnipiac

November 7, 2021	#1 Monmouth	4–0	#2 Quinnipiac	West Long Branch, NJ
1:00 p.m. ET	Lauren Bruno   9' Jesi Rossman   28' Jill Conklin   38' Alexis Marino   57' Gabby Allen   62' Lauren Karabin   82'	Report	32' Markela Bejleri   40' Gretchen Kron	Stadium: Hesse Field Attendance: 259

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

4 goals

• Lauren Karabin – Monmouth

3 goals

• Alexis Marino – Monmouth

2 goals

• Carrie Krohn – Siena

1 goal

• Gabby Diodati – Fairfield
• Lauren Bruno – Monmouth
• Jill Conklin – Monmouth
• Erin Dailey – Monmouth
• Jessi Rossman – Monmouth
• Ida Miceli – Niagara
• Rebecca Cooke – Quinnipiac
• Gretchen Kron – Quinnipiac
• Cameron Santers – Rider
• Emily McNelis – Siena

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Lauren Karabin	Monmouth
Lauren Bruno
Jesi Rossman
Rebecca Winslow
Kayla Mingachos	Quinnipiac
Olivia Scott
Lauren Triglione
Carrie Krohn	Siena
Emily McNelis
Josie Horosky	Fairfield
Gena Pike

MVP in bold

References

1. "2020-21 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
2. "2021 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
3. "Women's Soccer Championship History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
4. "2021 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship Quarterfinals Kicks Off on Sunday". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. October 28, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
5. "2021 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
6. "Monmouth Captures 2021 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. November 7, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.