2024 Northeast Conference women's soccer tournament

2024 Northeast Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Attendance	692
Site	Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions	Howard (1st title)
Winning coach	Brent Leiba (1st title)
MVP	Melea Early (Howard)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Northeast Conference women's soccer tournament «2023  2025»

2024 Northeast Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Howard  ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	1	–	1		.850			11	–	5	–	5		.643
Wagner  ‍‍‍	7	–	1	–	2		.800			8	–	5	–	6		.579
FDU  ‍‍‍	7	–	2	–	1		.750			8	–	6	–	6		.550
Stonehill  ‍‍‍	7	–	2	–	1		.750			8	–	10	–	1		.447
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			5	–	10	–	2		.353
Saint Francis (PA)  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1		.450			6	–	9	–	3		.417
LIU  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1		.450			5	–	10	–	1		.344
Mercyhurst  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3		.450			4	–	11	–	4		.316
Le Moyne  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			2	–	15	–	2		.158
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			1	–	13	–	2		.125
Delaware State  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1		.050			0	–	17	–	1		.028
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 NEC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Northeast Conference

The 2024 Northeast Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Northeast Conference held from November 7 to November 10, 2024. The three-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 four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Central Connecticut Blue Devils.[1] Central Connecticut was unable to defend their title, not qualifying for the tournament after finishing fifth in the regular season standings. Howard went on to win the tournament over Fairleigh Dickinson in the Final, 2–1.[2][3] This was the first Northeast Conference tournament title for the Howard women's soccer program, and first for head coach Brent Leiba.[4] As tournament champions, Howard earned the Northeast Conference's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

The top four teams from regular season play qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine seeds if teams were tied on regular season record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds in the tournament as Fairleigh Dickinson and Stonehill both finished with 7–2–1 regular season conference records. The teams met on October 17 during the regular season, and defeated Stonehill 2–0. Therefore, Fairleigh Dickinson earned the third seed and Stonehill was the fourth seed.[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Howard	8–1–1	25
2	Wagner	7–1–2	23
3	Fairleigh Dickinson	7–2–1	22
4	Stonehill	7–2–1	22

Bracket

	Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
	1	Howard	2
	4	Stonehill	1
						1	Howard	2
						3	Fairleigh Dickinson	1
	2	Wagner	0
	3	Fairleigh Dickinson	3

Schedule

Semifinals

#1 Howard v #4 Stonehill

November 7, 2024	#1 Howard	2–1	#4 Stonehill	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EST	Melea Early 6', 26'	Report	39' Annie Renz  53' Erin Foley  89' Grace Caso	Stadium: Greene Stadium Attendance: 289

#2 Wagner v #3 Fairleigh Dickinson

November 7, 2024	#2 Wagner	0–3	#3 Fairleigh Dickinson	Staten Island, NY
7:00 p.m. EST		Report	31' Marina Burzaco 71' Kiomy Luperon 85' Elena Cvetkovic	Stadium: Wagner College Stadium Attendance: 403

Final

#1 Howard v #3 Fairleigh Dickinson

November 10, 2024	#1 Howard	2–1	#3 Fairleigh Dickinson	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EST	Samantha James 43' Kyra Bolden 53' Laila Cowsette  59'	Report	53' Marina Burzaco  70' Alyssa Moreira	Stadium: Greene Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

2 goals

• Marina Burzaco – Fairleigh Dickinson
• Melea Early – Howard

1 goal

• Kyra Bolden – Howard
• Elena Cvetkovic – Fairleigh Dickinson
• Samantha James – Howard
• Kiomy Luperon – Fairleigh Dickinson
• Annie Renz – Stonehill

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

Player	Team
Marina Burzaco	Fairleigh Dickinson
Laura Martinez
Mona Schlegl
Kyra Bolden	Howard
Melea Early
Savannah Hersh
Trinity Knox
Emma Dumareaq	Stonehill
Yara Fawaz
Kayla Barbosa	Wagner
Kylie McNally

MVP in bold

References

1. Northeast Conference. "2023 Northeast Conference Women's Soccer Tournament". northeastconference.org. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
2. Northeast Conference. "2024 Northeast Conference Women's Soccer Tournament". northeastconference.org. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
3. Bash, Homa (November 11, 2024). "Howard women's soccer wins first NEC championship; set to face Duke in NCAA Tournament". WTTG#News operation. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
4. Northeast Conference. "NEC Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). northeastconference.org. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
5. Northeast Conference (November 7, 2024). "Down To Two! Howard & FDU Book Tickets to #NECWSOC Championship Sunday". northeastconference.org. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
6. "History Made: Howard Claims First NEC Women's Soccer Championship". northeastconference.org. Northeast Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2024.