Monmouth Top Seed in 2013 Women's Soccer Championship
MAAC Sports
EDISON, NJ – The seeds are set for the 2013 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Championship, to be held Oct. 31-Nov. 4 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, FL.
Monmouth University finished its first regular season in the MAAC with a 0-0 double overtime tie at Quinnipiac on Saturday, and won the league’s regular season championship, and the top seed in the upcoming championship, with an 8-0-2 mark in league play. The Hawks are 14-1-2 overall, and begin play in the MAAC Championship on Friday, Nov. 1, in the quarterfinal round playing the winner of the No. 8 Niagara vs. No. 9 Canisius opening round match.
All 11 teams in the MAAC will participate in the 2013 women’s soccer championship, a single-elimination tournament, with the top five seeds receiving an opening round round bye. In addition to top-seeded Monmouth, also receiving a first-round bye will be No. 2 seed Fairfield, No. 3 seed Iona, No. 4 seed Marist and No. 5 seed Rider.
The opening round begins Oct. 31 at 11 a.m., when No. 6 seed Siena faces No. 11 Saint Peter’s at 11:00 a.m. The second opening round game, at 12:30 p.m., features No. 7 Quinnipiac vs. No. 10 Manhattan. The third and final opening round match has No. 8 Niagara facing No. 9 Canisius at 2:00 p.m.
Fairfield, which fell 1-0 at Rider in its final match of the regular season, took second place with a 7-2-1 league record. The Stags will face the winner of the Quinnipiac-Manhattan match in the second quarterfinal round match on Nov. 1 at 11:15 a.m.
Iona defeated Niagara 2-1 in its regular season finale today to improve to 6-2-2 in league play and move past idle Marist into third place. The Gaels will face the winner of the Siena-Saint Peter’s match in the first quarterfinal round match on Nov. 1 at 11 a.m.
Marist finished the regular season with a 6-4 record and in fourth place. The No. 4 seeded Red Foxes play No. 5 seed Rider in the third quarterfinal round match at 2:00 p.m. on Nov. 1.
Both Rider and Siena finished with 5-4-1 regular season records to finish in a tie for fifth place, but the Broncs took the No. 5 seed in the championship by winning the tie-breaker with Siena, having defeated the Saints 1-0 in head-to-head competition earlier this season. Rider moved past Siena on the final day of the regular season with its 1-0 win over Fairfield.
Following a practice round day on Nov. 2, the four quarterfinal round winners will advance to the semifinals at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Nov. 3. The MAAC championship game will Nov. 4 at 12:00 p.m. The winner of that match will receive the MAAC’s automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship.
The second (Fairfield vs. Quinnipiac-Manhattan winner) and fourth (Monmouth vs. Niagara-Canisius winner) quarterfinal round matches will be broadcast live on ESPN3, as will both semifinal round matchups, and the championship game.
Be sure to visit MAACsports.com for information regarding the 2013 MAAC Women’s Soccer Championship.