2025 MAAC women's soccer tournament
| 2025 MAAC women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 2,224 | ||||
| Site | Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed | ||||
| Champions | Sacred Heart (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Matt Micros (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Kyran Thievon (Sacred Heart) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield † | 10 | – | 0 | – | 2 | .917 | 15 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .842 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac | 8 | – | 0 | – | 4 | .833 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canisius | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .625 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacred Heart ‡y | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .583 | 11 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Siena | 6 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .625 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 6 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marist | 5 | – | 2 | – | 5 | .625 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 5 | .447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .542 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 5 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iona | 4 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .417 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 3 | .395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 3 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .333 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Peter's | 3 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .292 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merrimack | 3 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .250 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 2 | .278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider | 1 | – | 6 | – | 5 | .292 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 7 | .361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 1 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .167 | 3 | – | 12 | – | 2 | .235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 MAAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:MAAC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 MAAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference held from November 2 through November 9, 2025. The five-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 six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Fairfield Stags were the defending champions.[1][2] They were unable to defend their title as they fell to Sacred Heart in the Semifinals. Sacred Heart would go on to win the tournament over Canisius via penalty shoot-out in the Final.[3][4] This was Sacred Heart's first MAAC tournament win in program history, and first for head coach Matt Micros.[5] As tournament champions, Sacred Heart earned the MAAC's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Seeding
Six MAAC schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required for the fourth and fifth seeds as Sacred Heart and Siena both finished with twenty one regular season conference points. Sacred Heart earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 1–0 road win over Siena on September 6. Siena was the fifth seed.[6]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Fairfield | 10–0–2 | 32 |
| 2 | Quinnipiac | 8–0–4 | 28 |
| 3 | Canisius | 7–4–1 | 22 |
| 4 | Sacred Heart | 7–5–0 | 21 |
| 5 | Siena | 6–3–3 | |
| 6 | Marist | 5–2–5 | 20 |
Bracket
Semifinal matchups were determined by the results of the quarterfinals. The #1 seed would play the lowest-remaining seed, while the #2 seed would play the other quarterfinal winner.[7]
| Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 6 | Final Sunday, Nov. 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Fairfield | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Canisius | 1 | 4 | Sacred Heart | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Marist | 0 | 4 | Sacred Heart (pen.) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 3 | Canisius | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Quinnipiac | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Sacred Heart | 2 | 3 | Canisius (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 5 | Siena | 1 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
First Round
| November 2 | (4) Sacred Heart | 2–1 | (5) Siena | Fairfield, CT |
| 12:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Park Avenue Field Attendance: 210 Referee: Philip Benson Assistant referees: Bryan Conetta Danny Marques Fourth official: Franco Somma |
| November 2 | (3) Canisius | 1–0 | (6) Marist | Buffalo, NY |
| 12:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Demske Sports Complex Attendance: 375 Referee: Ankur Singh Assistant referees: Jim Tomsic Joseph Zwack Fourth official: Shane Magaris |
Semifinals
| November 6 | (2) Quinnipiac | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | (3) Canisius | Hamden, CT |
| 1:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium Attendance: 290 Referee: Luis Reis Assistant referees: Bryan Conetta Adrian Rusu Fourth official: Alex Rusu |
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| November 6 | (1) Fairfield | 0–1 | (4) Sacred Heart | Fairfield, CT |
| 6:00 p.m. EST | Report |
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Stadium: Lessing Field Attendance: 656 Referee: Nathaniel Hirschman Assistant referees: Kevin Cavalcanti Patrick Manga |
Final
| November 9 | (3) Canisius | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | (4) Sacred Heart | Buffalo, NY |
| 12:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Demske Sports Complex Attendance: 693 Referee: Brian Gordon Assistant referees: Srdan Ninkovic Rabee Naji Fourth official: Ashley Cedro | |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 7 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.4 goals per match (as of November 9, 2025).
2 goals
- Riley Pettigrew – Sacred Heart
1 goal
- Maggie Cregan – Canisius
- Azaria Fagan – Canisius
- Corey Anderson – Quinnipiac
- Morgan Bovardi – Sacred Heart
- Briana Neary – Siena
All-Tournament team
Source:[8]
| Player | Team |
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| Maggie Cregan | Canisius |
| Lizzy Harkness | |
| Mya Jones | |
| Sam Kersey | Fairfield |
| Katie Wright | |
| Madison Alves | Quinnipiac |
| Addyson Earle | |
| Morgan Bovardi | Sacred Heart |
| Shea Kelleher | |
| Riley Pettigrew | |
| Kyran Thievon |
MVP in bold
References
- ^ "2024 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ Dronzek, Amanda (November 10, 2024). "Fairfield tops Quinnipiac women's soccer 1-0 in MAAC finals". quchronicle.com. The Quinnipiac Chronicle. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ "2025 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ Walsh, Declan (November 11, 2025). "Watch: Sacred Heart women's soccer team secures NCAA bid with win on penalty kicks in blizzard". CT Insider. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "Women's Soccer Records" (PDF). maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Women's Soccer Championship First Round Preview". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. October 30, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "Sacred Heart Claims 2025 MAAC Women's Soccer Championship Title Powered by Northeast Beef". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. November 9, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
