RICHMOND, Va. (Oct. 17, 2024) – Postseason positioning is on the docket in numerous sports this weekend, while the fall regular season wraps up in others.
Reminder: Full coverage of the upcoming weekend in CAA Football can be found HERE.
Women’s Soccer
The top five teams in the CAA standings are separated by two points entering the penultimate weekend of the regular season, while the following seven teams are all at either six or nine points with three games remaining.
Thursday’s four-game slate will see five teams on their final bye, highlighted by a key matchup in North Carolina. Elon (10-2-1, 5-2), which enters the weekend with a one-point lead, will host one of the teams right on its heels as Hofstra (6-2-6, 4-1-2) visits Rudd Field (7 p.m., FloFC). Monmouth (8-1-5, 4-0-2) is the lone CAA team with four games remaining and will host UNCW (4-6-5, 2-2-3) on the Great Lawn (6 p.m., FloFC). Charleston (9-3-4, 2-2-3) heads to Hampton (3-11-1, 0-7) at noon, and Drexel (3-7-4, 1-3-3) visits William & Mary (7-8, 2-5) at 7 p.m. in a battle of teams in need of three points to climb back into the thick of the race. All games will be on FloFC.
Sunday’s six-game schedule starts at noon when Delaware – two points out of first to begin the week – visits Charleston, and Hofstra continues its road swing at William & Mary. Contests at 1 p.m. include a rematch of last year’s CAA title game when Monmouth heads to Towson, while Campbell is at Northeastern, UNCW visits Stony Brook, and Drexel wraps up its Virginia trip at Hampton. All six contests can be seen on FloFC.
Men’s Soccer
A five-game conference slate is in store this weekend, with No. 21 Hofstra having a bye week. The day kicks off at 1 p.m. as Northeastern and Drexel host Delaware and William & Mary, respectively. Stony Brook heads south to battle UNCW (2 p.m.). Two of the three teams tied for first place square off as Elon travels to Monmouth (7 p.m.), and Campbell hosts Charleston (7 p.m.). All games are streaming on FloFC.
Field Hockey
Six teams take the field on Friday to face off in CAA action as William & Mary, looking to build off its first conference win, travels to Hofstra (2 p.m.), Monmouth hosts Towson (3 p.m.), and second-place Delaware welcomes third-place Northeastern to Newark (5 p.m.). Drexel hosts the lone out-of-conference game against Lafayette (6 p.m.). All games are streaming on FloLive.
Sunday means non-conference matchups, as Drexel travels to No. 6 Saint Joseph’s (12 p.m.), Northeastern hosts Maine (12 p.m., NESN/FloLive), and Towson faces off against Bellarmine (12 p.m.). Hofstra takes a short trip to Connecticut to play Fairfield (1 p.m.), while Delaware heads to Columbia (1 p.m.).
Volleyball
Four teams went 2-0 last weekend and, as scheduling luck would have it, those teams will play in two-match series this weekend.
Charleston (15-5, 7-1), which beat Towson twice last weekend, welcomes in William & Mary (7-10, 3-5), which picked up two pivotal wins over defending CAA champion Delaware. Hofstra (11-6, 7-1) has won seven straight and heads to Wilmington to face UNCW (5-10, 2-6), which grabbed its first two league wins last weekend.
Elsewhere around the league, Elon (11-8, 5-3) visits Stony Brook (11-7, 4-4) in a series that could swing both teams’ postseason standing at the midway point, Northeastern (7-9, 5-3) and Delaware (9-6, 5-3) look to get back on track against each other in Newark, as does Towson (14-4, 5-3) at home against Hampton. The Huskies, Blue Hens, and Tigers all had their 5-1 starts halted last weekend. N.C. A&T (9-7, 4-4) heads to Campbell (3-15, 1-7) looking to improve its positioning.
The Charleston-William & Mary series starts Friday, and the other five begin on Saturday. Ten matches can be seen on FloVolleyball.
Swimming & Diving
Drexel and Monmouth both open their seasons this week, with the Hawks hosting Seton Hall on Friday and the Dragons making the short trip to La Salle on Saturday. Northeastern is also at home on Saturday against Rhode Island.
Golf
Numerous CAA teams close out their fall schedules this weekend with tournaments up and down the East Coast and beyond.
In men’s action, Campbell will play Furman’s event, Delaware and Hofstra are on Long Island for LIU’s tournament, Drexel heads to North Carolina for the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate, Monmouth and William & Mary visit the Lehigh Valley for an event, and UNCW is in Wilmington for the Williams Cup.
On the women’s side, Campbell will be in Knoxville for the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate, Charleston will head to the White Sands Bahamas Invitational, Delaware will host a tournament in Rehoboth Beach, Elon is in South Carolina for Wofford’s event, Hofstra closes out the fall with a one-day event hosted by Wagner, Monmouth will join its men’s team at Saucon Valley for Lehigh’s event, and N.C. A&T will stay local to play UNCG’s tournament.
Cross Country
It’s a busy weekend in cross country as a number of teams do a final regular-season tune-up in preparation for the CAA Cross Country Championships on November 1.
Campbell, Charleston and North Carolina A&T will join host Elon at the Phoenix XC Invitational on Friday. Also on Friday, Monmouth is at the ECAC/IC4A Championships in the Bronx, N.Y., Stony Brook participates at the Princeton Fall Classic and Delaware travels to Texas for the Arturo Barrios Invitational. Three schools will run on Saturday with Northeastern heading to the Pre-Nationals in Madison, Wis., William & Mary competing in the Panorama Farms Invitational in Charlottesville, Va., and Towson going to the Audrey Shenk Invitational in Gettysburg, Pa.
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