CAA Women's Soccer

CAA Women's Soccer Report - Oct. 11

CAA Women's Soccer Report - Oct. 11

Catch up on the CAA women’s soccer weekly news, notes and awards.

Oct 11, 2023 by Nicole Beckelman
CAA Women's Soccer Report - Oct. 11

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Thursday, October 5

Hofstra 4, Hampton 1 *

Northeastern 2, Charleston 0 *

Towson 0, Monmouth 0 *

UNCW 1, Stony Brook 0 *

Campbell 3, Drexel 2 *

Delaware 1, Elon 0 *

Bye: William & Mary

Sunday, October 8

Delaware 1, Campbell 1 *

Drexel 1, Elon 1 *

Northeastern 1, Monmouth 0 *

William & Mary 7, Hampton 0 *

Stony Brook 1, Charleston 1 *

Towson 3, UNCW 0 *

Bye: Hofstra

Thursday, October 12

Drexel at Stony Brook * (FloFC).............................. 6:31 p.m.

William & Mary at UNCW * (FloFC)............................. 7 p.m.

Elon at Hofstra * (FloFC).................................................. 7 p.m.

Monmouth at Charleston * (FloFC).............................. 7 p.m.

Bye: Campbell, Delaware, Hampton, Northeastern, Towson

Sunday, October 15

William & Mary at Charleston * (FloFC)................... 12 p.m.

Elon at Stony Brook * (FloFC)...................................... 12 p.m.

Towson at Northeastern * (FloFC)............................. 12 p.m.

Delaware at Hofstra * (FloFC)........................................ 1 p.m.

Monmouth at UNCW * (FloFC)..................................... 1 p.m.

Campbell at Hampton * (None)..................................... 1 p.m.

Bye: Drexel

WEEKLY AWARDS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Jessie Hunt, Northeastern

Senior | Midfield | Edina, Minn. / Edina

Hunt posted game-winning goals in both matches for Northeastern in a 2-0-0 week. The senior from Minnesota tallied the game’s first score in the 53rd minute of Thursday’s 2-0 win over Charleston and struck for the lone goal of the Huskies’ 1-0 win at Monmouth on Sunday. Hunt’s goal was the first surrendered by Monmouth since September 3.

CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Kyla Burns, Delaware

Senior | Goalkeeper | Ruby, N.Y. / Kingston

Burns made 13 saves against one goal allowed in a four-point weekend for Delaware. The senior from the Catskills turned aside seven Elon shots in a 1-0 win on Thursday and made six stops in a 1-1 draw against Campbell on Sunday.

CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Holland Stam, Northeastern

Graduate Student | Goalkeeper | Ipswich, Mass. / Pingree School

Stam posted a pair of shutout victories in a massive six-point stretch for Northeastern. The grad student from Massachusetts made four saves in Thursday’s 2-0 win over Charleston and six in Sunday’s 1-0 victory at Monmouth for her second and third shutouts of the year.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Alyssa Tucker, Campbell

Freshman | Forward | Raleigh, N.C. / Grace Christian School

Tucker’s late-game heroics turned a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 victory for Campbell on Thursday. The freshman from Raleigh scored in the 81st and 89th minute to propel the Camels to their first league win in the CAA – a pivotal match in the standings against visiting Drexel. Tucker is Rookie of the Week for the second time this year.

2023 CAA WOMEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Aug. 21: Olivia Pearse, Hofstra

Aug. 28: Annalena O’Reilly, Drexel

Sept. 4: Jasmine Hamid, Towson

Sept. 11: Vivian Akyirem, Northeastern

Sept. 18: Nia Christopher, Towson

Sept. 25: Maggie Cochran, Northeastern; Jasmine Hamid, Towson

Oct. 2: Nia Christopher, Towson

Oct. 9: Jessie Hunt, Northeastern

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Aug. 21: Nora Green-Orset, William & Mary

Aug. 28: Lily Dunbar, Drexel; Riley Melendez, Towson

Sept. 4: Joella Chase, Drexel

Sept. 11: Kerry Pearson, Stony Brook

Sept. 18: Cassie Coster, Monmouth

Sept. 25: Shae Yocum, Charleston

Oct. 2: Cassie Coster, Monmouth

Oct. 9: Kyla Burns, Delaware; Holland Stam, Northeastern

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Aug. 21: Gabby Hoschek, Elon

Aug. 28: Alyssa Tucker, Campbell

Sept. 4: Lindsay Wilson, William & Mary

Sept. 11: Bella Antonio, Charleston

Sept. 18: Loren Gehret, Monmouth

Sept. 25: Liza Suydam, Monmouth

Oct. 2: Grace Gelhaus, Elon

Oct. 9: Alyssa Tucker, Campbell

NEWS AND NOTES

GOH-ING WELL, THANK YOU

Towson has put together a 11-1-2 start to 2023 and is undefeated through its first nine matches of CAA play.

The Tigers are ninth nationally in won-lost-tied percentage (.857), sixth in assists (41), 12th in points (98), and 13th in goal differential (+25). Towson’s 23 points in the CAA are the most in a season since joining the league.

Nia Christopher is ninth nationally with 27 points this fall, while Jasmine Hamid is 12th with 25.

ARE YOU IN?

Towson is into the CAA Championship field for the second-consecutive year, while Hofstra - the league’s inevitable force of the last half-dozen years - returns for its seventh-consecutive postseason.

Hofstra has won the last two CAA titles and five of the last six, making a run from the No. 8 seed to capture last year’s crown on a 109th-minute game-winner.

POWERING UP

CAA teams picked up a pair of wins over Power 5 opponents in the opening week. Delaware blanked Syracuse, 1-0, in Newark with Raychel Speicher scoring the game-winner. Hofstra followed with a 1-0 win at Rutgers thanks to a late goal by Olivia Pearse.

The win over an ACC opponent was the CAA’s first since Hofstra over Boston College in 2020-21, while the victory over the Big Ten was the league’s first since Drexel beat Maryland in 2018.

MS. WORLDWIDE

CAA programs were well-represented at this summer’s FIFA World Cup. 

UNCW alum Katrina Guillou was part of the Philippines’ first team to play in the World Cup, fellow Seahawk Sydney Schneider suited up as a goalkeeper for Jamaica, and Hofstra’s Diane Caldwell represented Ireland.

TEAM NOTES

Alyssa Tucker scored in the 81st and 89th minute of Campbell’s comeback win Thursday; she is the first two-time Rookie of the Week in the CAA this year.

Delaney Dawes’ game-tying goal on Sunday was the 12th of her Charleston career.

Delaware’s Kyla Burns leads the nation with a .936 save percentage.

Elise Duffy scored her first goal of the season in Drexel’s 1-1 draw Sunday.

Ashlee Brehio’s goal to earn a draw vs. Drexel was the ninth in her two seasons at Elon.

Alexis Deveaux has made a nation-leading 144 saves for Hampton this season.

Hofstra has clinched a CAA Championship berth for a seventh-straight season.

Cassie Coster’s eight shutouts for Monmouth lead the CAA and rank fifth nationally.

UNCW took the lead for good 23 seconds into the contest on Thursday on an Issy Bryant goal.

Northeastern’s Jessie Hunt is tied for the league lead with eight assists this fall.

Reilly Rich has put 57.6% of her shot attempts on frame for Stony Brook, a mark that leads the CAA.

Towson ranks in the top 20 nationally in WLT percentage (.857, 9th), assists (41, 6th), points (109, 12th), and goal differential (+25, 13th).

William & Mary’s seven goals on Sunday were their most in a game since 2003.