New for the 2011-2012 seasons, the America East Daily Word, a collaboration between AmericaEast.com and AEXtra, will recap the previous day's games and on goings on our nine campuses and provide links to recaps, previews, features and exclusive coverage.
The
America East regular season championship in women’s soccer came down to the
final day of conference play – No. 16 Boston University and unbeaten Hartford.
The final two playoff spots came down to the final day, as well. Who would join
the Terriers, the Hawks, Albany and Vermont? Would it be Binghamton, Stony
Brook, New Hampshire or Maine?
Boston
U. left little doubt that it is the premiere team in the league dealing
Hartford its first loss of the season, a 3-0 defeat at Nickerson Field.
Hartford battled with the Terriers, however, toe-to-toe in a physical and
emotional game. Boston U is the No. 1 seed in the conference tourney with
Hartford getting the No. 2. Albany, having already locked up the three-seed,
defeated Stony Brook, 2-1 on Long Island. UNH shutout Maine, 2-0 in Durham, to
earn the No. 4 seed while Binghamton upended of UMBC by the same score to grab the
fifth seed. Vermont rounds out the field as No. 6 with the way things shook out
yesterday.
Here’s
the schedule for the conference tourney:
Quarterfinals - Thursday, October 27
No. 5 Binghamton at No. 4 New Hampshire, 1 p.m.
No. 6 Vermont at No. 3 Albany, 2 p.m.
Semifinals - Sunday, October 30
New Hampshire/Binghamton winner at No. 1 Boston University, 1 p.m.
Albany/Vermont winner at No. 2 Hartford, 2 p.m.
Final - Saturday,
November 5/Sunday, November 6
Semifinal Winners at Highest Remaining Seed, TBD
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