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.
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.