2018 MAAC Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2018 MAAC Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference held from October 29 through November 4, 2018. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites. The host for the matches was determined by seeding from regular season play. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Monmouth Hawks were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.[1] [2]

2018 MAAC Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,567
Site	Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions	Monmouth (4th title)
Winning coach	Krissy Turner (4th title)
MVP	Madie Gibson (Monmouth)
Broadcast	MAAC.TV and ESPN3
MAAC Women's Soccer Tournament «2017  2019»

2018 MAAC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Monmouth  ‍†‍‡‍^y	9	–	1	–	0		.900			16	–	4	–	1		.786
Marist  ‍‍‍	7	–	2	–	1		.750			9	–	8	–	2		.526
Siena  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2		.700			11	–	8	–	3		.568
Niagara  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	2		.600			10	–	7	–	2		.579
Rider  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	3		.550			8	–	6	–	4		.556
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	4		.500			6	–	8	–	4		.444
St. Peter's  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			3	–	12	–	1		.219
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			3	–	8	–	4		.333
Fairfield  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			7	–	9	–	2		.444
Canisius  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	4		.300			4	–	8	–	5		.382
Iona  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			3	–	13	–	2		.222
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 MAAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 14, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:MAAC

Bracket

Source:[3]

	Quarterfinals Monday, Oct. 29					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 1					Final Saturday, Nov. 3
						1	Monmouth	3
	4	Niagara	2			4	Niagara	0
	5	Rider	1								1	Monmouth	7
											3	Siena	1
						2	Marist	0
	3	Siena	2			3	Siena	2
	6	Quinnipiac	1

Schedule

First Round

October 28, 2018	#4 Niagara	2–1	#5 Rider	Niagara Falls, NY
12:00 p.m.	Annie Ibey  9', 28' Breanne Guevara  75' Amelia Gulley  87' Shania van Nuland  88'	Report	Kourtney Cunningham  75' Niamh Cashin  69' Emily Curteis  72'	Stadium: Niagara Field Attendance: 168 Referee: Christopher Trottier Assistant referees: Rabee Naji Assistant referees: Nikola Zdjelar Fourth official: Ian Boyle

October 28, 2018	#3 Siena	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#6 Quinnipiac	Loudonville, NY
1:00 p.m.	Emily McNelis  48'  96'	Report	Kelsey Goldring  2'  59' Ally Grunstein  48' Team  66'	Stadium: Siena Field Attendance: 227 Referee: Patrick Violette Assistant referees: Hao Zhong Assistant referees: Jose Quintero Fourth official: Ron Gescedi

Semifinals

November 1, 2018	#1 Monmouth	3–0	#4 Niagara	West Long Branch, NJ
5:00 p.m.	Madie Gibson  5' Jill Conklin  10' Jazlyn Moya  23'	Report		Stadium: Hesse Field Attendance: 274 Referee: Magda Zwierzchowski Assistant referees: Paul Gryskiewicz Assistant referees: Nabil Alsaidi Fourth official: Vito Rizzi

November 1, 2018	#2 Marist	0–2	#3 Siena	Poughkeepsie, NY
7:00 p.m.	Kristen Prevosto  24'	Report	Darby D'Angelo  23' Meghan Riccardi  62'	Stadium: Tenney Stadium Attendance: 612 Referee: Danny Marques Assistant referees: Sergio Vasile Assistant referees: Thomas Snyder Fourth official: Mark Sutherland

Final

November 4, 2018	#1 Monmouth	7–1	#3 Siena	West Long Branch, NJ
5:00 p.m.	Madie Gibson  16' Jessica Johnson  33' Lexie Palladino  41' Jesi Rossman  46', 48' Alli DeLuca  50' Jazlyn Moya  59' Alexis Marino  73'	Report	Hanna Longendyke  43' Emily McNelis  72'	Stadium: Hesse Field Attendance: 286 Referee: Michael McBride Assistant referees: Nabil Alsaidi Assistant referees: Francesco Rizzi Fourth official: Keith Fisher

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 Goals

• Emily McNelis - Siena

2 Goals

• Madie Gibson - Monmouth
• Annie Ibey - Niagra
• Jazlyn Moya - Monmouth
• Jesi Rossman - Monmouth

1 Goal

• Jill Conklin - Monmouth
• Kourtney Cunningham - Rider
• Darby D'Angelo - Siena
• Alli DeLuca - Monmouth
• Kelsey Goldring - Quinnipiac
• Alexis Marino - Monmouth
• Lexie Pallandino - Monmouth
• Meghan Riccardi - Siena

All-Tournament Team

Source:[4]

Player	Team
Madie Gibson	Monmouth (MVP)
Jillian Colucci	Marist
Victoria Colatosti	Marist
Ida Miceli	Niagara
Hadley Bucken	Niagara
Emily McNelis	Siena
Meghan Riccardi	Siena
Darby D’Angelo	Siena
Lexie Palladino	Monmouth
Dana Scheriff	Monmouth
Jesi Rossman	Monmouth

See also

• 2018 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament

References

1. "2018 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
2. "MAAC Women's Soccer Championship Preview". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. October 26, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
3. "2018 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). maacsports.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
4. "Monmouth Wins Third-Straight MAAC Women's Soccer Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.