Northeastern and William & Mary clinched postseason berths on the regular season’s final day to join Elon, UNCW, Hofstra, and Drexel in the six-team field for the 2022 CAA Men’s Soccer Championship. Elon and UNCW earned first-round byes as the top two seeds and will host the opening weekend of play Thursday, Nov. 3, and Sunday, Nov. 6 in Elon and Wilmington. 

Elon’s 20 points earned the Phoenix its first outright CAA regular season title after sharing the honor in 2015. The Phoenix went 6-1-2 in CAA play and posted 10 shutouts in total in the regular season. Elon is 6-1-3 in its last 10 overall contests, which includes a victory over North Carolina. The Phoenix, which is in the tournament in back-to-back years, will face the winner of Northeastern and Drexel in a game Sunday at Rudd Field (1 p.m., FloFC). 

UNCW bounced back from having a run of nine straight CAA Championship appearances snapped last season by surging to the No. 2 seed in this year’s tournament. The Seahawks went 5-1-3 in league play and have earned a win or draw in 11 of their last 13 contests dating back to the start of September with eight of their nine shutouts on the year. UNCW will face the winner of Hofstra and William & Mary on Sunday at the UNCW Soccer Stadium (2 p.m., FloFC). 

Hofstra and William & Mary will meet Thursday in Wilmington (6 p.m., FloFC) after a scoreless draw in their regular season meeting. The Pride is in for the 11^th straight season; the Tribe, which qualified with a late goal on the season’s final day to get past Monmouth, returns to postseason play after a stretch of four straight CAA Championship appearances from 2016-19. 

Northeastern’s 3-0 win at Delaware on Saturday leapfrogged the Huskies into the No. 4 seed at 13 points, where the Huskies will face Drexel in the 4/5 game Thursday at Elon (7 p.m, FloFC). The teams played to a 1-1 draw in September in Brookline. The Huskies are in the tournament field for the fourth time in the last five years; the Dragons have qualified in three straight seasons for the first time since joining the CAA.

The two teams left standing after semifinal play will meet for the CAA title on either November 12 or 13 at the highest remaining seed. All five games of the Championship can be seen on FloFC. 

CAA Men’s Soccer Championship 

Thursday, Nov. 3 – Wilmington, N.C.

No. 6 William & Mary vs. No. 3 Hofstra – 6 p.m., FloFC

Thursday, Nov. 3 – Elon, N.C.

No. 5 Drexel vs. No. 4 Northeastern – 7 p.m., FloFC

Sunday, Nov. 6 – Elon, N.C.

Northeastern/Drexel at No. 1 Elon – 1 p.m., FloFC

Sunday, Nov. 6 – Wilmington, N.C.

Hofstra/William & Mary at No. 2 UNCW – 2 p.m., FloFC 

Saturday, Nov. 12 or Sunday, Nov. 13 – Highest Remaining Seed

Championship Final – Time TBD, FloFC