HAMDEN, CT and NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY –– A late winner and a six-goal outburst sent No. 1 seed Quinnipiac and No. 3 seed Fairfield into the 2026 Metro Women's Soccer Championship final Thursday, setting up a rematch of the 2024 title match. Morgan Cupo's 88th-minute goal lifted the regular-season champion Bobcats past No. 4 seed Siena, 1-0, and Kelly O'Connor had two goals and two assists as the Stags beat No. 2 seed Niagara, 6-2. Quinnipiac hosts Fairfield for the championship at 1 PM ET on Sunday, Nov. 15, with the winner earning the Metro's automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.

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(1) Quinnipiac 1, (4) Siena 0
Morgan Cupo scored in the 88th minute on Quinnipiac's only shot on goal of the match, sending the top-seeded Bobcats past (4) Siena, 1-0, in Thursday's Metro Women's Soccer Championship semifinal at the Quinnipiac Soccer & Lacrosse Turf Complex in Hamden, CT. The championship final will be its sixth appearance and its fifth in the last six seasons.

The semifinal matched two of the Metro's stingiest defenses. Quinnipiac and Siena tied for second in the conference in goals allowed, conceding eight apiece in 12 conference matches. Keepers Olivia Jarvis and Cate Burns shared the conference lead with six shutouts against conference opponents, along with Manhattan's Margaret Brunk and Marist's Samantha Graf.

For most of the afternoon, Siena's defense dictated play. The Saints held 56% of possession in the first half, and All-Metro Second Team defenders Lindsey Harrington and Grace Crowley anchored a back line that kept the regular-season champions without a shot before halftime. All-Metro First Team selection Catherine Rogers produced the match's first shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but Jarvis punched it away. Jarvis stopped Anna Swyers in the 39th minute and Rogers again in the 55th.

Quinnipiac's first shot didn't come until the 61st minute, when Audrey Lefebvre sent one over the bar. A burst of heavy rain midway through the second half left players slipping, and Siena had back-to-back chances in the 77th and 78th minutes: Megan Goyette's shot was blocked, and Jarvis saved Olivia Covello's attempt.

Then, with just over two minutes left in regulation, Addyson Earl and Tatum O'Brien combined to set up Cupo, whose right-footed shot slid past Burns' left for the match's only goal. Jarvis finished with four saves. Quinnipiac's back line, led by Metro Defensive Player of the Year Anna Bean, kept Siena off the board despite the Saints' 7-2 edge in shots and 4-1 edge in shots on goal.

(3) Fairfield 6, (2) Niagara 2
Kelly O'Connor had two goals and two assists as (3) Fairfield scored three times in each half to beat (2) Niagara, 6-2, in Thursday night's Metro Women's Soccer Championship semifinal at Niagara Field in Niagara University, NY. The Stags advance to Saturday's championship final at (1) Quinnipiac, a rematch of the 2024 final that Fairfield won 1-0. It will be Fairfield's 14th appearance in the championship final, its third in four seasons.

The win also avenged a 2-1 loss at Niagara on Oct. 17. On a windy night, Fairfield struck first in the 20th minute when Brooke Kennedy scored her sixth goal of the season, from Payton Zaun. Niagara answered less than two minutes later. The Metro's leading scorer, Caitlyn Gratton, broke in alone and finished from the edge of the area past a diving Marilyn Dixon for her 16th goal of the season, from Naiya Johnston, to level the match at 1-1.

Fairfield took control with two goals in the final two minutes of the half. Amelie Stewart scored her 10th of the season, from O'Connor, and Bella Bingham added an unassisted goal 111 seconds later for a 3-1 halftime lead. O'Connor made it 4-1 in the 60th minute, finishing a rebound off Niagara keeper Julia Poissant with her left foot.

Gratton pulled the Purple Eagles within 4-2 in the 77th minute with her second goal of the night and 17th of the season, from Angelina Kristic and Lucy Trinder. Fairfield answered less than four minutes later when O'Connor scored again, from Charlyse Berry. Anya Moser added her first goal of the season in the 87th minute, from Bingham and O'Connor.

Niagara held 61% of possession, but Fairfield outshot the Purple Eagles 20-14 and 13-6 on target. Poissant made seven saves, all in the first half. Dixon made four saves for Fairfield.