Northeast Conference women's soccer tournament

The Northeast Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Northeast Conference. In the current format, six teams compete in the single-elimination tournament, with all games being played at the home field of the higher seed. Seeding is based on regular season conference records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

The tournament consisted of six teams from 1997 to 2023, but it shrunk to four teams in 2024.

Champions

Key

By Year Source:

Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue / city MVP Ref. 1997 Central Connecticut 4–0 Monmouth CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, Connecticut Jane McFarlane, Central Connecticut 1998 Central Connecticut 3–2 UMBC Lynn Lang, Central Connecticut 1999 LIU 1–0 Monmouth Hesse Field • West Long Branch, New Jersey Larissa Swartzlander, LIU 2000 Quinnipiac 1–0 Monmouth Retriever Soccer Park • Catonsville, Maryland Elisa Goncalves, Quinnipiac 2001 Sacred Heart 1–0 UMBC Emmitt Field • Loretto, Pennsylvania Leslie Konsig, Sacred Heart 2002 Central Connecticut 1–1 Monmouth CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, Connecticut Kelly Shimmin, Central Connecticut 2003 Central Connecticut 0–0 Sacred Heart North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, Pennsylvania Sabrina Mariani, Central Connecticut 2004 Central Connecticut 1–1 Sacred Heart University Stadium • Teaneck, New Jersey Ashley Ferra, Central Connecticut 2005 Central Connecticut 1–0 LIU CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, Connecticut Jess McCavanagh, Central Connecticut 2006 LIU 2–0 Monmouth LIU Soccer Park • Brooklyn, New York Christine Gans, LIU 2007 Monmouth 1–0 Sacred Heart Hesse Field • West Long Branch, New Jersey Lia Fierro, Monmouth 2008 Central Connecticut 1–0 LIU LIU Soccer Park • Brooklyn, New York Erin Herd, Central Connecticut 2009 Monmouth 1–0 Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, Connecticut Mary Wilks, Monmouth 2010 Saint Francis (PA) 1–0 LIU University Stadium • Teaneck, New Jersey Chelsea Traurig, Saint Francis (PA) 2011 LIU 1–1 Saint Francis (PA) Emmitt Field • Loretto, Pennsylvania Jennifer Bannon, LIU 2012 LIU 1–0 Saint Francis (PA) Jessica Sexton, LIU 2013 Saint Francis (PA) 1–0 LIU Alecia McNiff, Saint Francis (PA) 2014 Central Connecticut 2–0 Fairleigh Dickinson CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, Connecticut Charlie Branch, Central Connecticut 2015 Fairleigh Dickinson 1–0 Robert Morris University Stadium • Teaneck, New Jersey Rachel Hoekstra, Fairleigh Dickinson 2016 Saint Francis (PA) 2–0 Central Connecticut Emmitt Field • Loretto, Pennsylvania Sara Suler, Saint Francis (PA) 2017 Saint Francis (PA) 0–0 Fairleigh Dickinson University Stadium • Teaneck, New Jersey Gabi Morales, Saint Francis (PA) 2018 Central Connecticut 2–1 Saint Francis (PA) CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, Connecticut Danielle Pearse, Central Connecticut 2019 Central Connecticut 1–0 Fairleigh Dickinson Yo Tachibana, Central Connecticut 2020 Central Connecticut 4–0 LIU Roma McLaughlin, Central Connecticut 2021 Central Connecticut 3–0 Fairleigh Dickinson Zoe McGlynn, Central Connecticut 2022 Fairleigh Dickinson 2–2 Sacred Heart Park Avenue Field • Fairfield, Connecticut Lea Egner, Fairleigh Dickinson 2023 Central Connecticut 1–1 Wagner CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, Connecticut Melina Ford, Central Connecticut 2024 Howard 2–1 Fairleigh Dickinson Greene Stadium • Washington, D.C. Melea Early, Howard 2025 Wagner 2–1 Central Connecticut Hameline Field • Staten Island, NY Riley Frederick, Wagner Wagner Breaks Through, Captures First NEC Women’s Soccer Title in 2OT Thriller on necspoprts.com. 9 Nov 2025

By School

Source:

SchoolWLTPct.FinalsTitlesWinning years Bryant 0 4 0 0 0 — Central Connecticut 23 10 3 16 13 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008,2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 Chicago State 0 0 0 0 0 — Delaware State 0 0 0 0 0 — Fairleigh Dickinson 9 12 2 7 2 2015, 2022 Howard 3 3 0 1 1 2024 Le Moyne 0 0 0 0 0 — LIU 11 10 1 9 4 1999, 2006, 2011, 2012 Mercyhurst 0 0 0 0 0 — Merrimack 0 1 1 0 0 — Monmouth 9 10 1 7 2 2007, 2009 Mount St. Mary's 0 2 0 0 0 — New Haven 0 0 0 0 0 — Quinnipiac 2 5 1 1 1 2000 Robert Morris 1 1 0 1 0 — Sacred Heart 7 9 4 5 1 2001 Saint Francis (PA) 8 7 4 7 4 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017 Stonehill 0 1 0 0 0 — UMBC 2 2 0 2 0 — Wagner 3 3 2 2 1 2025

Teams in Italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the NEC.

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