CAA Men's Soccer

CAA Men's Soccer Report - Oct.17

CAA Men's Soccer Report - Oct.17

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

Oct 18, 2023 by Nicole Beckelman
CAA Men's Soccer Report - Oct.17

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Tuesday, October 10

Drexel 4, Lehigh 0

Bryant 1, Northeastern 0

William & Mary 1, Virginia Tech 1

18/17 Hofstra 1, Fordham 1

UNCW 2, UNCG 0

15/13 Duke 3, Elon 0

Charleston 5, Georgia Southern 1

Delaware 2, NJIT 1

Monmouth 1, Penn 1

Wednesday, October 11

Stony Brook 3, Le Moyne 3

Saturday, October 14

Drexel 2, UNCW 0 *

Charleston 3, William & Mary 2 *

Elon 3, Campbell 2 *

Monmouth 2, Northeastern 1 *

Delaware 2, 18/17 Hofstra 1 *

Tuesday, October 17

Northeastern at Boston University (ESPN+)... 4 p.m.

Drexel at Army (ESPN+).................................. 5 p.m.

RV/-- Hofstra at 19/-- New Hampshire (ESPN+).. 6 p.m.

Temple at Stony Brook (FloFC)....................... 7 p.m.

USC Upstate at Charleston (FloFC)................ 7 p.m.

William & Mary at 11/13 North Carolina (ACCNX) 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 18

Elon at Charlotte (ESPN+)............................... 7 p.m.

Friday, October 20

Monmouth at Stony Brook * (FloFC).............. 1 p.m.

Saturday, October 21

Elon at Charleston * (FloFC)............................ 1 p.m.

Rutgers at Northeastern (NESN+, FloFC)....... 2 p.m.

Delaware at UNCW * (FloFC)......................... 2 p.m.

Drexel at RV/-- Hofstra * (FloFC)....................... 7 p.m.

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

WEEKLY AWARDS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Richard Monath, Delaware

Freshman | Midfield | Essex, Md. / Calvert Hall

Monath played all 180 minutes and collected six points in a 2-0-0 week for Delaware that included a win over a ranked opponent. The freshman from Maryland had a goal and an assist in both of the Blue Hens’ 2-1 wins on the week – a Tuesday victory over NJIT and Saturday triumph against No. 18 Hofstra.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Youri Senden, Drexel

Junior | Defense | Voerendaal, Netherlands / Sintermeerten College

Senden secured a pair of clean sheets in Drexel’s 2-0-0 performance last week. The junior from The Netherlands played all 180 minutes in shutout wins over Lehigh and UNCW to help the Dragons clinch a CAA Championship berth for the fourth-consecutive year.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Peter Thomas, Charleston

Freshman | Forward | Gorton, Manchester, England / Wright Robinson

Thomas’ seven-point eruption in a pair of wins helped strengthen Charleston’s positioning with two Saturdays remaining. The English freshman notched a goal and an assist in the Cougars’ 5-1 win over Georgia Southern and scored twice in the victory over William & Mary.

2023 CAA MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Aug. 28: Sam Donnellan, Delaware

Sept. 4: Amit Magoz, Stony Brook; Ben Zakowski, Monmouth

Sept. 11: Carlos Fernandez, Delaware

Sept. 18: Eliot Goldthorp, Hofstra

Sept. 25: Ryan Carmichael, Hofstra

Oct. 2: Eliot Goldthorp, Hofstra

Oct. 9: Victor Stromsten, Elon

Oct. 16: Richard Monath, Delaware

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Aug. 28: Wessel Speel, Hofstra

Sept. 4: Ethan Garvey, Charleston

Sept. 11: Jacob Randolph, UNCW

Sept. 18: Eryk Dymora, Monmouth

Sept. 25: Wessel Speel, Hofstra

Oct. 2: Wessel Speel, Hofstra

Oct. 9: Edmond Kaiser, Stony Brook

Oct. 16: Youri Senden, Drexel

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Aug. 28: Bryan Miralrio, UNCW

Sept. 4: Julian Jordheim, Drexel

Sept. 11: Thomas Vold, Northeastern

Sept. 18: Arturo McConnochie, Monmouth

Sept. 25: Arturo McConnochie, Monmouth

Oct. 2: TJ Hastings, Delaware

Oct. 9: TJ Hastings, Delaware

Oct. 16: Peter Thomas, Charleston

NEWS AND NOTES

TWO TICKETS TO NOVEMBER

Stony Brook and Drexel earned spots in the six-team CAA Championship with Saturday’s results. The Seawolves, who were idle, clinched a berth in the conference tournament, while the Dragons won their way in with a 2-0 victory over UNCW.

Stony Brook, in its second year in the league, is atop the table at 14 points with a 4-0-2 start to CAA play; the Seawolves were picked to finish 11th out of 11 in the preseason coaches’ poll.

Drexel is into the tournament for the fourth-straight year and has lost just once in 2023, leading the CAA with a .750 overall WLT percentage.

O, YES

Two of the nation’s top scorers this season hail from CAA teams.

Hofstra’s Ryan Carmichael and Monmouth’s Ben Zakowski are tied for seventh nationally with 10 goals each.

YES, 0

A pair of CAA goalkeepers rank in the top 10 nationally in shutouts this fall.

Hofstra’s Wessel Speel is second in the nation with seven clean sheets, while UNCW’s Jacob Randolph ranks eighth with six.

FAB FIVE

Five CAA rookies were named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 100 Freshmen midseason list on Tuesday with all five in the top 50.

Delaware’s TJ Hastings came in at No. 15, followed by Charleston’s Peter Thomas (34), Drexel’s Julian Jordheim (43), Delaware’s Richard Monath (46), and William & Mary’s Aidan Morrison (48).

LET US CHECK OUR SCHEDULE

CAA programs have put together ambitious slates with the goal of placing multiple teams in the NCAA Tournament - something the league has done in nine of the last 13 seasons.

Elon, Hofstra, UNCW, and Northeastern will each play five games against teams that played in last year’s NCAA Tournament, while Campbell and William & Mary will take on four opponents that qualified a year ago.

CAA teams have six of this week’s United Soccer Coaches Top 25 on their non-conference schedules: No. 3 Wake Forest, No. 8 Georgetown, No. 9 Duke, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 19 New Hampshire, and No. 24 Bryant.

TEAM NOTES

Tai-Reece Chisholm scored the second and third goals of his Campbell career on Saturday.

Peter Thomas leads Charleston with six goals and 15 points this fall; Thomas was named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 100 Freshmen midseason list Tuesday.

Delaware’s 29 goals this fall rank 10th in the nation.

Drexel’s Carles Alberich and Isaiah Whittaker-Francis were selected for Philadelphia Soccer 6 honors on Monday.

Scott Vatne and Victor Stromsten lead Elon with three goals each; Stromsten three goals have come in his last three games.

Ryan Carmichael and Eliot Goldthorp have combined for 17 of Hofstra’s 24 goals this year and 15 of their last 18.

Ben Zakowski’s 10 goals for Monmouth this fall are tied for seventh nationally.

Jacob Randolph is eighth nationally with six shutouts for UNCW this fall.

Northeastern’s Federico Tellez is tied for fifth nationally with eight assists this season.

Stony Brook ranks 10th nationally with 88 total points this fall.

William & Mary has played two teams to have been ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll this fall (New Hampshire, Hofstra) wth a third Tuesday at No. 11 North Carolina.