2017 Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2017 Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference held from October 28 through November 5, 2017. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond, Virginia. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending tournament champions were the Dayton Flyers, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 3–2 quarterfinal loss to the La Salle Explorers.[1][2] La Salle won the tournament, their third Atlantic 10 tournament championship in program history, all of which have come under the direction of head coach Paul Royal,[3][4] and all three of which were decided in overtime periods.

2017 Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Site	Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, Virginia
Champions	La Salle (3rd title)
Winning coach	Paul Royal (3rd title)
Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament «2016  2018»

2017 Atlantic 10 Conference women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
La Salle  ‍†‍‡‍^y	9	–	0	–	1		.950			17	–	4	–	2		.783
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍	7	–	2	–	1		.750			15	–	3	–	2		.800
George Mason  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2		.700			9	–	9	–	2		.500
Duquesne  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	1		.650			11	–	6	–	3		.625
George Washington  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	3		.650			10	–	5	–	4		.632
VCU  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	2		.600			11	–	6	–	3		.625
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	2		.600			11	–	6	–	3		.625
Dayton  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			9	–	9	–	2		.500
UMass  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1		.450			7	–	9	–	2		.444
Fordham  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			6	–	8	–	5		.447
Richmond  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			2	–	13	–	2		.176
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			2	–	14	–	3		.184
Davidson  ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	3		.150			2	–	14	–	3		.184
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	0	–	10	–	0		.000			3	–	15	–	0		.167
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2017 Atlantic 10 Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 11, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:A10 Conference

Megan Dell, who finished the regular season for VCU with two goals, had all three of VCU's goals in the tournament, helping the host team advance to its second A10 final.

Maci Bower's decisive goal in the final, assisted by her sister Madison Bower, was in the ESPN SCTop10 plays of the day nationwide. It was Maci Bower's seventh game winner out of ten goals for the season.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals October 28–29					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 3					Final Sunday, Nov. 5
	1	La Salle	3
	8	Dayton	2
						1	La Salle	2^OT
						4	Duquesne	1
	4	Duquesne	1^2OT
	5	George Washington	0
											1	La Salle	1^2OT
											6	VCU	0
	2	Saint Louis	0
	7	Saint Joseph's	1
						7	Saint Joseph's	0
						6	VCU	1
	3	George Mason	1
	6	VCU	2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 28, 2017	#1 La Salle	3–2	#8 Dayton	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m. EDT	Maci Bower  3' Kristin Haugstad  33' Jess Shanahan  83'	Report	56' Alexis Kiehl  85' Kaitlynn Kiehl	Stadium: McCarthy Stadium Attendance: 586

October 28, 2017	#4 Duquesne	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#5 George Washington	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m. EDT	Olivia Di Cristofaro  105'  (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Rooney Field Attendance: 115 Referee: John Farner Assistant referees: Paul Deverse Assistant referees: Sanjin Vidakovic Fourth official: Salem Bensasi

October 28, 2017	#2 Saint Louis	0–1	#7 Saint Joseph's	St. Louis, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT		Report	30' Olivia Petit	Stadium: Hermann Stadium Attendance: 846 Referee: Justin Tomicich Assistant referees: Colin Pressy Assistant referees: Don Tebeau Fourth official: Mark Boyko

October 29, 2017	#3 George Mason	1–2	#6 VCU	Fairfax, Virginia
1:00 p.m. EDT	Shannon Lee  20'	Report	49', 89' Megan Dell	Stadium: George Mason Stadium Attendance: 247 Referee: Michael Donovan Assistant referees: William Aten Assistant referees: Brendan Orino Fourth official: Dan Marlowe

Semifinals

November 3, 2017	#1 La Salle	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#4 Duquesne	Richmond, Virginia
2:00 p.m. EDT	Katherine Hennessey  89' Madison Bower  97'	Report	71' Katie O'Connor	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Referee: Katie Mitchell Assistant referees: Nick Furnish Assistant referees: JC Griggs Fourth official: Roberto Furnish

November 3, 2017	#7 Saint Joseph's	0–1	#6 VCU	Richmond, Virginia
4:30 p.m. EDT		Report	71' (pen.) Megan Dell	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 838 Referee: Ben Wooten Assistant referees: Jim Conley Assistant referees: Andrew Hutton Fourth official: JC Griggs

Final

November 5, 2017	#1 La Salle	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#6 VCU	Richmond, Virginia
12:00 p.m. EST	Maci Bower  108'	Report		Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 336 Referee: Karl Kummer Assistant referees: Ben Wooten Assistant referees: Katie Mitchell Fourth official: JC Griggs

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 Goals

• Megan Dell - VCU

2 Goals

• Maci Bower - La Salle

1 Goal

• Madison Bower - La Salle
• Olivia Di Cristofaro - Duquesne
• Kristin Haugstad - La Salle
• Katherine Hennessey - La Salle
• Alexis Kiehl - Dayton
• Kaitlynn Kiehl - Dayton
• Shannon Lee - George Mason
• Katie O'Connor - Duquesne
• Olivia Petit - Saint Joseph's
• Jess Shanahan - La Salle

See also

• 2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament

References

1. "2016 Women's Soccer Championship Central". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
2. "2017 A-10 Women's Soccer Championship". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
3. "Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Record Book Through 2016 Season" (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
4. "La Salle University Women's Soccer 2017 Record Book" (PDF). La Salle University Athletics. Retrieved 5 November 2017.