BOSTON – After a thrilling America East women’s soccer regular season, it’s time to crown a champion. The 2024 America East Women’s Soccer Championship bracket is set as the final seeds and matchups were finalized on Thursday after Maine captured its first-ever regular-season title.
The championship commences on Sunday with quarterfinal action. All games of the 2024 America East Women’s Soccer Championship will air on ESPN+ domestically and AmericaEast.TV internationally. The final seeds for the 2024 America East Women’s Soccer Championship are:
1. Maine – First-ever regular-season title and No. 1 seed
2. New Hampshire – Seeded 2nd for second time in 3 years; most wins since 2017
3. Binghamton – Been seeded 3rd or better three-straight years
4. UMass Lowell – Fifth-straight season hosting an #AEChamps contest
5. Bryant – Back in the championship after missing out in 2023
6. Vermont – Reached semifinals as #6 seed a year ago
Maine earned its first ever regular-season crown with a 1-0 win at second-place New Hampshire on Abby Kraemer’s goal in the 23rd minute. Both the Black Bears and Wildcats will enjoy a quarterfinal round bye. Binghamton earned the No. 3 seed with a 4-0 victory over UAlbany, while UMass Lowell beat Bryant 1-0 on Marissa Saucedo’s late score in the 85th minute to earn the No. 4 seed. Bryant earned the No. 5 seed over Vermont based on goal differential in conference games.
No. 3 Binghamton will host No. 6 Vermont in the first quarterfinal on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 1 p.m. while No. 4 UMass Lowell will host No. 5 Bryant again in the other quarterfinal at 3 p.m.
The winner of UMass Lowell-Bryant will visit #1 Maine in the semifinals on Thursday, Nov. 7 and the Binghamton-Vermont winner will square off against #2 New Hampshire in Durham. Both semifinals will start shortly after 6 p.m.
The semifinal winners will face off for the 2024 conference title at the higher remaining seed on Sunday, Nov. 10.
Stay up-to-date on the tournament by visiting Championship Central for streaming and live stats links as well as box scores, highlights and recaps following each round in addition to team information, tournament history and more.
Follow @AmericaEast on X (Formerly Twitter) to get the real-time championship updates. Use the #AEChamps and #AEWSOC hashtags to join the conversation.
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