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.
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.