STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Stony Brook women's soccer topped Vermont, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon in the 2017 America East Women's Soccer Championship, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history. Alyssa Francese (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) and Manuela Corcho (Norwalk, Conn.) both scored in the victory for the Seawolves - who improve to 11-10-0 (4-4-0 AEC) in 2017.

Kimmy Chavkin (Franklin, N.J.), Sydney Vaughn (Ballwin, MO.), Manuela Corcho (Norwalk, Conn.) and Franki Priore (Merrick, N.Y.) were all named to the America East All-Championship Team. Vaughn earned the tournament's Most Outstanding Player Award.
 
Quoting Head Coach Brendan Faherty
"I'm just super excited for our student-athletes, that they get to continue playing and represent Stony Brook University in the NCAA Tournament... It's quite an honor for all of us. We have a great staff here, great people behind the scenes. This win is for all of us, it's for the entire athletic department and the university. I thought Vermont played a great game, in the second half they were really good. This game showed a lot about our character, it wasn't our best performance - but I'm happy that we get to continue playing. It's an incredible feeling."
 
Final: Stony Brook 2, Vermont 1

• Francese gave the Seawolves an early lead, finding the back of the net in the 18^th minute to make it 1-0 Stony Brook. The freshman collected a pass from Kaitlin Loughren (Huntington, N.Y.), pushed the ball up field and blasted it into the back of the net for her ninth goal of the year. Fanny Gotesson (Varnamo, Sweden) was also credited with an assist on the goal.
• Corcho then made it 2-0 in the 33^rd minute, collecting a pass from Rachel Florenz (East Islip, N.Y.) and finishing an open look on goal to extend the lead to two goals. The goal is Corcho's third in 2017. 
• Freshman goalkeeper Sofia Manner (Helsinki, Finland) recorded five saves in the win, earning her 10th victory of the year. Manner now a 0.84 goals allowed average, and an .826 save percentage so far this year.
• Stony Brook recorded four shots on the afternoon, attempting five corner kicks in the win. 
• Stony Brook women's soccer has now played in five America East Championship contests in program history (2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017), winning and advancing to the NCAA Tournament twice (2012, 2017).
• Head Coach Brendan Faherty now has a 20-18-3 record in his first two seasons at the helm of the Seawolves' program. Faherty won his 100th career game as a collegiate head coach during Stony Brook's victory over Hartford in the conference quarterfinals.

Next Up
With the conference championship win, Stony Brook advances to the 2017 Women's Soccer NCAA Tournament.  The 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship bracket will be announced during tomorrow's NCAA Selection Show (4:30 p.m.), which can be seen live on NCAA.com.