James Madison, Hofstra to Meet for CAA Women's Soccer Title
RICHMOND, Va. (October 28, 2018) – After wins in the CAA Women’s Soccer Championship semifinals, James Madison and Hofstra will meet for the conference title. The top-seeded Dukes defeated Charleston, 2-1, while the third-seeded Pride knocked off No. 2 Northeastern, 1-0, in Boston.
The highest-remaining seed, James Madison will host the championship match, which will be played at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 3. JMU and Hofstra will be meeting for the CAA women’s soccer title for the first time since 2010. No team has repeated as CAA women’s soccer champion since Northeastern in 2013-14.
(1) James Madison 2, (4) Charleston 1
James Madison advanced to its first CAA women’s soccer championship since 2015, using a late goal to defeat Charleston, 2-1.
The No. 1 seed, James Madison (11-7-1) converted the game-winning goal with just under 11 minutes to play in regulation, as Haley Crawford put the Dukes ahead with her ninth goal of the year. Morgan Sherman’s left-footed shot from the top of the box caught the crossbar and landed at Crawford’s feet, where she converted the rebound from six yards out.
The Dukes struck first in the 12
th minute on Stephanie Hendrie’s first goal of the season. After Genevieve Henderson turned aside Ginger Deel’s shot, Hendrie knocked home the rebound to give the Dukes an early 1-0 lead.
Charleston responded with the equalizer just over four minutes later, as Raymara Barreto knocked home a header off a free kick. Laura Ortega’s strike from 35 yards out found the head of Barreto, who flick found the back of the net.
Henderson made three saves in the first half for CofC, while Meredith Holton had one second-half save. Hannah McShea turned in two saves for James Madison.
Charleston saw its season end at 11-8-1.
(3) Hofstra 1, (2) Northeastern 0
Hofstra advanced to its second consecutive women’s soccer championship match, collecting a 1-0 road win against Northeastern.
For the second straight match, Hofstra (14-5-1) made an early goal stand up, striking first in the ninth minute when Lucy Porter skied for a header to net her ninth goal of the year.
From there, the Hofstra defense withstood a potent Northeastern attack, allowing eight shots on goal – three in the second half. Jenna Borresen collected five saves in the first half before turning the net over to Ashley Wilson in the second half as the pair collaborated on its eighth shutout of the season.
Northeastern took 20 shots in the match, led by five apiece by Chelsea Domond and Hannah Rosenblatt.
Across its first two CAA Championship matches, the Pride did not allow a goal and just three shots on goal in the second half.
Northeastern’s season comes to a close with a 10-9-1 record.