CAA Announces Dates And Sites For 2021-22 Conference Championships
Rob Washburn
2021-22 CAA CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
RICHMOND, Va. (August 31, 2021) – The Colonial Athletic Association has announced the dates and sites of conference championships during the 2021-22 season.
The championship schedule gets started on Saturday, October 30 as Northeastern hosts the men’s and women’s cross country championships at Franklin Park in Boston.
The conference will crown champions in women’s soccer and field hockey during the first week of November. The four-team CAA Women’s Soccer Championship will be held at Elon for the first time on November 4 and 7, while the CAA Field Hockey Championship returns to the University of Delaware on November 5 and 7.
The four-team CAA Men’s Soccer Championship will be hosted by three-time defending champion James Madison on November 11 and 14. Towson will once again be the site of the six-team CAA Volleyball Championship, which will be conducted from November 18-20.
The winter championship season begins February 16-19 as the CAA men’s and women’s Swimming and Diving Championships return to the Christiansburg Aquatic Center in Christiansburg, Va. for the sixth year in a row.
After a one-year hiatus, the CAA Men’s Basketball Championship will be back at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. on March 5-8. The CAA Women’s Basketball Championship follows from March 9-12, with the Atlantic Union Bank Center on the campus of James Madison serving as the host site for the first time.
Women’s golf starts the spring championship season and the tournament will be conducted at the St. James Plantation Reserve Club in Southport, N.C. for the eighth time in the past decade from April 15-17. The CAA Men’s Golf Championship makes a return to the Dataw Island Club in St. Helena, S.C. from April 24-26.
Elon will be the site of both the CAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships, with the men’s event from April 22-24 and the women’s tournament from April 28-May 1.
The first week in May will see multiple champions crowned. Drexel will host the four-team CAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship on May 5 and 7. The four-team CAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship will be played on May 6 and 8 at James Madison. Rounding out the busy weekend, the CAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championships will be held for for the first time at Northeastern on May 6-7.
James Madison, coming off its remarkable run to the Women’s College World Series in 2021, will host the CAA Softball Championship from May 11-13. The CAA will conduct its rowing championship on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, N.J. for the fifth time on Sunday, May 15.
The 2021-22 slate comes to a close as Elon is the site of the CAA Baseball Championship for the first time from May 25-29.