Catch up on the CAA women's soccer weekly news, notes and awards.

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Thursday, Sept. 22
Monmouth 1, Towson 0 *
William & Mary 1, Stony Brook 1 *
Hofstra 8, Hampton 0 *
UNCW 1, Delaware 0*
Drexel 3, Charleston 2 *
Elon 2, Northeastern 0 *

Sunday, Sept. 25
Drexel 3, UNCW 2 *
Stony Brook 12, Hampton 0 *
William & Mary 2, Hofstra 0 *
Charleston 2, Delaware 1 *
Elon 1, Monmouth 0 *
Northeastern 0, Towson 0 *

Thursday, Sept. 29
Hampton at Charleston * (FloFC), 11 a.m.
Towson at Drexel * (FloFC), 6 p.m.
Hofstra at Monmouth * (FloFC), 6 p.m.
Stony Brook at Northeastern * (NESN+/FloFC), 6 p.m.
UNCW at William & Mary * (FloFC), 7 p.m.
Elon at Delaware * (FloFC), 7 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 2
Charleston at William & Mary * (FloFC), noon
Stony Brook at Monmouth * (FloFC), 1 p.m.
UNCW at Hampton * ¹  , 1 p.m.
Towson at Delaware * (FloFC), 1 p.m.
Hofstra at Northeastern * (FloFC), 1 p.m.
Elon at Drexel * (FloFC), 1 p.m.

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WEEKLY AWARDS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Ivey Crain, William & Mary

Freshman | Forward | Milton, Georgia / Pinecrest Academy

Crain adds Offensive Player of the Week honors to two rookie nods in 2022 after helping William & Mary earn four points in the first weekend of CAA play. 

The freshman from Georgia scored in W&M’s draw at Stony Brook on Thursday, before a brace on Sunday provided all the offense in a 2-0 win over defending CAA champion Hofstra in Hempstead.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Beky Myers, Elon

Senior | Defender | Fairfax, Virginia / Fairfax

Myers anchored the Elon defense in back-to-back shutout wins to give the Phoenix its first 2-0-0 start in nine seasons in the CAA. 

The senior from Northern Virginia played 169 of 180 minutes on the weekend, including all 90 in a victory over Northeastern, in which she added an assist.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Linn Beck, Stony Brook

Freshman | Forward | Frankfurt, Germany / Heinrich-von-Gagern-Gymnasium

Beck scored three times to lead Stony Brook in a record-setting day for the Seawolves program Sunday. 

The freshman from Germany contributed her offensive output to Stony Brook’s program-record 12-goal afternoon in 47 minutes of action.

2022 CAA WOMEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

Offensive Player of the Week
Aug. 22: Faith Slimmer, Charleston
Aug. 29: Casey Touey, Drexel
Sept. 5: Grace Powell, Charleston
Sept. 12: Madison Henry, UNCW
Sept. 19: Nia Christopher, Towson
Sept. 26: Ivey Crain, William & Mary

Defensive Player of the Week
Aug. 22: Cassie Coster, Monmouth
Aug. 29: Zoe Doughty, William & Mary
Sept. 5: Molly Piso, Drexel; Holland Stam, Northeastern
Sept. 12: Savannah Barron, Charleston
Sept. 19: Emma D’Alesandro, William & Mary
Sept. 26: Beky Myers, Elon

Rookie of the Week
Aug. 22: Ivey Crain, William & Mary
Aug. 29: Summer Reimet, Monmouth
Sept. 5: Ava Nace, Northeastern
Sept. 12: Vivian Akyirem, Northeastern
Sept. 19: Ivey Crain, William & Mary
Sept. 26: Linn Beck, Stony Brook

NEWS AND NOTES

TWO IN THE BOOKS, TWO IN THE LEAD

The first two-game week of CAA play concluded with Drexel and Elon atop the table after 2-0-0 starts, while Stony Brook and William & Mary also emerged without a defeat.

Drexel is 7-0-3 on the year after a pair of 3-2 wins in the first weekend of the conference schedule and is one of 12 remaining unbeaten teams nationally entering the week.

Elon shut out Northeastern and Monmouth to begin league action, while Stony Brook and William & Mary earned a draw against each other, before the Seawolves blanked Hampton in a record-setting performance and the Tribe earned a 2-0 win at Hofstra.

NATIONAL TREASURE

CAA women’s soccer players collected four national honors from Top Drawer Soccer for their performances last week.

Stony Brook’s Linn Beck, William & Mary’s Ivey Crain and Elaina Longjohn, and Elon’s Beky Myers collected honorable mention Team of the Week recognition.

It marked the third straight week at least two CAA women’s players, and a minimum of four players across men’s and women’s soccer, were recognized.

MAMA SAID SHUT YOU OUT

The CAA features six goalkeepers with at least five shutouts this season.

Monmouth’s Cassie Coster and Towson’s Riley Melendez are tied for fifth in the nation with seven shutouts each, while Elon’s McKenna Dalfonso, William & Mary’s Zoe Doughty, Hofstra’s Skylar Kuzmich, and Northeastern’s Holland Stam each have five on the year.

HIGH FIVE!

Towson’s Nia Christopher scored five times in the Tigers’ win over Delaware State, breaking a program record and tallying two more goals than any other player in the nation in a single game this season.

Christopher’s five goals were the most by a CAA player in the 21st Century and one shy of the conference record set in 1996.

TEAM NOTES

CHARLESTON

•   Charleston has scored multiple goals in all seven victories and shut out its opponent in five of seven.

•   Grace Powell has doubled her career goals total in 2022 with six this season.

DELAWARE

•   The Blue Hens’ three draws in their first six games this season were more than their entire amount from 2019-21 (2).

• Izzy Lane assisted on three of Delaware’s four goals in the opening 1-0-1 weekend.

DREXEL

•   Drexel’s 7-0-3 start is the best in program history.

•   The Dragons are one of 10 remaining unbeaten teams entering the week.

ELON

•   Elon is 2-0-0 in conference play for the first time since joining the CAA in 2014.

•   The four-goal effort against UNC Asheville was Elon’s highest since scoring eight on Sept. 15, 2019.

HAMPTON

•   Hampton enters conference play with multiple victories for the first time in the program’s young history. The Sept. 13 win at South Carolina State marked the Pirates’ earliest date reaching its second win of the year.

•   The Pirates picked up their first win of the year with a 10-0 rout of USCAA member Regent. Maya Martir factored into five goals in 21 minutes of play, scoring three times and adding two assists.

HOFSTRA

• Three Hofstra players - Dagny Run Petursdottir, Matilda Liljefors, and Leah Iglesias - scored their first career goals in the victory over Hampton.

•   Ellen Halseth tallied three goals and an assist in the victory over the Pirates.

MONMOUTH

•   Monmouth’s .800 winning percentage ranks 26th nationally.

•   Cassie Coster has seven shutouts this season, tied for the league lead and fifth nationally.

UNCW

•   Madison Henry is tied for second in the conference with five assists and third with 15 points.

•   The Seahawks will play five of their final seven games away from Wilmington after playing seven straight in North Carolina.

NORTHEASTERN

•   Vivian Akyirem is second among CAA freshmen with five goals this season.

•   All three of Northeastern’s victories this fall have been by 1-0 margins.

STONY BROOK

•   Stony Brook’s 29 goals lead the CAA and rank 15th nationally.

•   Reilly Rich ranks second in the league in goals (7) and points (16).

TOWSON

•   Nia Christopher’s five goals vs. Delaware State were two more than any other player nationally this season and one shy of the CAA record set in 1996.

•   Riley Melendez has seven shutouts this season, tied for the league lead and fifth nationally.

WILLIAM & MARY

•   All five of W&M’s victories this year have been shutouts.

•   Ivey Crain leads all CAA freshmen with six goals this season.