COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

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11 Hofstra +122 F +43 326 329 331 986

I hope they don't give schollies for golf.

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RICHMOND, Va. (May 6, 2011) – A pair of record-setting performances highlighted the action on the opening day of the Virginia 529 College Savings Plan CAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championships on Friday at SportsBackers Stadium in Richmond.

Defending champion George Mason is on top after the first day of the men’s competition with 62 points, while William & Mary is close behind with 54 points. Northeastern is in third place with 51.5 points, followed by Delaware (38 points), UNC Wilmington (17.5 points) and VCU (10 points).

After Day 1 of the women’s team competition, Northeastern and three-time defending CAA champion William & Mary are tied for first place with 40 points. James Madison is in third place with 32 points, followed by Towson (24 points), UNC Wilmington (22.5 points), Delaware (20 points), George Mason and Georgia State with 19 points and VCU (17.5 points).

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2011 VCU MEN'S SOCCER RECRUITING CLASS

•Charlie Ahn, M, Vienna, Va./Oakton High School
•Juan Arbelaez, M, Oakwood, Ga./West Hall High School/Georgia Perimeter College
•Jack Bates, D, Chester, Va./Thomas Dale High School
•Kharlton Belmar, F, Salem, Va./Salem High School
•Garrett Cyprus, GK, Northfield Mount Herman (Mass.)
•Devon Fisher, M, Chesapeake, Va./Indian River High School
•Oliver Flood, D/M, Roanoke, Va./Patrick Henry High School
•Cameron Foster, M, Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton High School
•Shawn Gross, M, North Royalton, Ohio/North Royalton High School
•Clark Hankins, GK, Montgomery, Ala./St. James High School/College of Charleston
•Garrett Harvey, D, Richmond, Va./Mills E. Godwin High School/Jacksonville University
•Leo Kowalski, F, Richmond, Va./Deep Run High School
•Ragnar Leosson, M, Akranes, Iceland/Fjolbrantaskoli Vesturlands
•Juan Monge Solano, D, Costa Rica
•Isaac Owusu, D, Sterling, Va./Potomac Falls

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The tournament seeding:
1. James Madison
2. ODU
3. UNCW
4. Georgia State

Thursday's Day 1 games:

(1) JMU vs. (4) GSU - 3 PM
(2) ODU vs. (3) UNCW - 6:30 PM

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[philipsteele]

what offers should get from these association......

[ODUalum11]

News from the CAA Annual Meetings via ODUsports.com...


June 16, 2011

RICHMOND, Va. - An increase in the field size for five conference championships was among the highlights of the five-day Colonial Athletic Association annual meetings last week.

Starting next season, the field sizes for CAA championships in baseball, field hockey, men's soccer, women's soccer and volleyball will return to six teams after being four-team events for the past two years.

In field hockey, soccer and volleyball, all six teams will compete for the CAA title at the site of the regular-season champion. In baseball, a six-team, double-elimination tournament will be played over four days. Bids to host the CAA Baseball Championship in 2012 and 2013 will be solicited this summer.

In CAA Football, it was decided that the University of Massachusetts, which is in the process of transitioning to the FBS level, will not be eligible for the CAA Championship in 2011, but its players will still be eligible to receive pre-season, weekly and post-season awards. The Minutemen's official conference record will be recorded as 0-0 and it will not occupy a spot in the CAA Football standings. However, the game results will be reflected in their opponents' conference record. CAA Football will have 11 members this season with the addition of Old Dominion University. Georgia State University will join CAA Football in 2012.

In addition, CAA Football has decided to sponsor NCAA legislation that would provide five seasons of eligibility for student-athletes in FCS football programs.

John R. Broderick, the president of Old Dominion University, was appointed to a four-year term on the NCAA Board of Directors which will begin in April, 2012. In the interim, Mr. Broderick will serve as the CAA's representative on the NCAA Presidential Advisory Group.

-ODU-


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Full 2011-12 Championships Schedule: (http://www.caasports.com//pdf8/767136.pdf)

RICHMOND, Va. – Most people go to Myrtle Beach for golf and relaxation. That wasn’t the case for some coaches and administrators of Colonial Athletic Association institutions last week.

The group along with members of the CAA staff wrapped up their annual conference meetings with several changes for the upcoming 2011-12 season.

In field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball, all six teams will compete for the CAA title at the site of the regular-season champion.

In baseball, a six-team, double-elimination tournament that will be played over the course of four days. Next year’s site will be Brooks Field in Wilmington, N.C. before bids to host the CAA Baseball Championship in 2012 and 2013 will be solicited this summer.

[ODUalum11]

posted the same thing in my previous post from odusports.com. Either way I'm glad the field is being expanded back to 6 teams for some of the sports. There were some pretty competitive teams left out of the baseball tournament this year.

[ODUalum11]

Karen Barefoot's introductory press conference at ODU to be named the new women's basketball head coach...

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Named the 6th head coach in program history.

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New ODU Baseball head coach....

NORFOLK, VA -- Chris Finwood, the head baseball coach at Western Kentucky the past six years and the 2009 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year has been named Old Dominion's new head baseball coach, as announced today by Director of Athletics Dr. Wood Selig.

In six seasons, the Hilltoppers witnessed unprecedented success under Finwood, a Hampton, Va. (Hampton High) native. Magical postseason runs in 2008 and 2009, both in the Sun Belt and NCAA Tournaments, highlighted the Finwood era, as he compiled a 190-154 record at the Bowling Green, KY. school. His 2009 squad reached the Regional final in Oxford, MS.

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Handy CAA Men's Track Athlete of the Year

Mason junior Lavell Handy was selected as the 2011 CAA Male Athlete of the Year in track and field by a vote of the league’s head coaches.

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FORTUNE NAMED CAA WOMEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

RICHMOND, Va. – If you didn't believe the statement, "what doesn't kill you will make you stronger," you might want to start. Need an example? Just look at senior Quina Fortune of the VCU women's track & field squad.

She's been through Hurricane Katrina and lost the two most influential females in her life, but that hasn't stopped her from dominating on the track.

The New Orleans, La. native reached the NCAA East Preliminary Round and has been the driving force for the Black & Gold's resurgence over the past three years

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2011 VCU MEN'S SOCCER SCHEDULE
Aug. 26 – NAVY, 8 p.m.
Aug. 29 – at Georgetown, 4 p.m.

Sept. 2 – RICHMOND^, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 4 – ELON^, 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 9 – vs. USC-Upstate%, 5 p.m.
Sept. 11 – at Coastal Carolina%, 3 p.m.
Sept. 16 – at UAB#, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 18 – vs. Gardner-Webb#, Noon
Sept. 24 – at Northeastern*, 6 p.m.

Oct. 1 – GEORGE MASON*, 7 p.m.
Oct. 5 – at Old Dominion*, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 – at Hofstra*, 7 p.m.
Oct. 12 – JAMES MADISON*, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15 – WILLIAM & MARY*, 7 p.m.
Oct. 19 – at UNC Wilmington*, 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 – at Drexel*, 4 p.m.
Oct. 28 – at High Point, 7 p.m.
Oct. 30 – TOWSON*, 6 p.m.

Nov. 2 – GEORGIA STATE*, 7 p.m.
Nov. 5 – DELAWARE*, 7 p.m.
Nov. 11-13 – CAA Tournament, TBA

Home games in BOLD CAPS
^-VCU Tournament (SportsBackers Stadium)
%-Coastal Carolina Tournament (Conway, S.C.)
#-UAB Soccer for a Cure Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)
*-Colonial Athletic Association match

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Mason 2011 Men's Soccer


Tue, Aug 16 West Virginia (Exh.) at Morgantown, WV 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Aug 19 Virginia (Exh.) at Charlottesville, Va. 5:00 p.m.
Fri, Aug 26 Boston College at Chestnut Hill, Mass. 4:00 p.m.
D.C. College Cup
Thu, Sep 01 GW vs. American at Fairfax, Va. 5:00 p.m.
Thu, Sep 01 HOWARD Fairfax, Va. 7:30 p.m.
Sat, Sep 03 Howard vs. GW at Fairfax, Va. 5:00 p.m.
Sat, Sep 03 AMERICAN Fairfax, Va. 7:30 p.m.

Brown Tournament
Fri, Sep 09 Holy Cross at Providence, R.I. 12:00 p.m.
Fri, Sep 09 Brown at Providence, R.I. 7:00 p.m.

Fri, Sep 16 CENTRAL FLORIDA Fairfax, Va. 8:00 p.m.
Sun, Sep 18 CAL FULLERTON Fairfax, Va. 4:00 p.m.
Sat, Sep 24 OLD DOMINION * Fairfax, Va. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Oct 01 Va. Commonwealth * at Richmond, Va. 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Oct 05 DREXEL * Fairfax, Va. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Oct 08 William & Mary * at Williamsburg, Va. 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Oct 12 TOWSON * Fairfax, Va. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Oct 15 James Madison * at Harrisonburg, Va. 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Oct 19 Delaware * at Newark, Del. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Oct 22 NORTHEASTERN * Fairfax, Va. 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Oct 26 Hofstra * at Hempstead, N.Y. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Oct 29 GEORGIA STATE * Fairfax, Va. 3:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 05 UNC Wilmington * at Wilmington, N.C. 7:00 p.m.

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MLS Rosters Feature Four Monarchs

Mendes, Joseph, Horst and Newton

The 2011 Major League Soccer season has four former Soccer Monarch standouts on its current rosters. All-CAA goal keeper Evan Newton (Houston Dynamos), veteran Carlos Mendes (Ny/NJ Red Bull), Nane Joseph (Colorado Rapids) and Two-time CAA Defender of the Year David Horst (Portland Timbers).

Click on the video link below to hear coach Dawson's comments on our MLS players and ODU's Spring season recap.
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Carlos Mendes ('01) Mendes joined the league in 2005, and after missing much of the 2009 season due to a severe hip injury, Mendes returned to action in 2010 with perhaps his best season since joining the club. The longest tenured Red Bull took over a starting spot in central defense midway through the season, and helped the New York defense become the stingiest in the Eastern Conference. At ODU Mendes earned All CAA honors in 1999, 2000 and 2001. He was the CAA Rookie of the Year in 1998 and two -time All-Region.

David Horst ('07) Horst, acquired as the ninth overall pick in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft, joins the Timbers after three seasons as a member of Real Salt Lake. The former USL Premier Development League Defender of the Year spent much of the 2010 season on loan with the USSF Division-2 Pro League's Puerto Rico Islanders and was a key piece of the Islanders' run to the league title and performance in the 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League.At ODU, Horst was the CAA's Defensive Player of the Year in 2007 and 2006. He was a second team All-American in 2007.

Nane Joseph ('10) Acquired: Acquired on November 30, 2010 in a trade with Toronto FC in exchange for Colorado's natural third round 2012 MLS SuperDraft pick. A native of Cameroon, Nane appeared in 18 overall competitions for Toronto his rookie season. Appeared in 11 games, with eight starts, playing 614 minutes in his rookie campaign. Made his MLS debut playing 90 minutes at New England (4/10). Played in five of TFC's CONCACAF Champions League matches, starting three vs. Montagua (7/27) and (8/3) and vs. Cruz Azul (9/21) and coming on as a sub vs. Cruz Azul (8/17) and vs. Arabe Unido (8/24). Originally selected with the 53rd overall pick in the fourth round of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC. Joseph earned NSCAA All-American honors, first team All-CAA and All-State honors as a senior. He was also the 20010 ODU Alumni Association's Co-Male Athlete of the Year.

Evan Newton ('11) Collegiate goalkeeper with youth international experience selected in the first round of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft...INTERNATIONAL: Former member of U.S. U-17 residency program in Bradenton, Fla. ... Played with Ofori Sarkodie, older brother of Dynamo defender Kofi Sarkodie. At Old Dominion University he finished as all-time leader in saves and shutouts ... 2010: First team all-Colonial Athletic Association ... Posted six shutouts and a 1.07 GAA ... Made four saves in 1-0 upset of defending national champion Virginia in NCAA tournament first round. Named Premier Development League Goalkeeper of the Year in 2007 after allowing only three goals in 14 games for the Hampton Roads Piranhas ... Three-time NSCAA/adidas Youth All-American...The 2006 CAA Rookie of the Year.

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2011 Old Dominion Men's Soccer Schedule and Results

Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result
08/16/11 vs. Virginia Tech (Exhibition) ODU Soccer Complex 7:00 p.m. ET
08/21/11 at George Washington (Exhibition) Washington, DC 5:00 p.m. ET
08/28/11 vs. Navy ODU Soccer Complex 7:00 p.m. ET

WVU Nike Classic
09/02/11 vs. Houston Baptist Morgantown, WV 4:00 p.m. ET
09/04/11 at West Virginia Morgantown, WVA 5:00 p.m. ET

Stihl Soccer Classic
09/09/11 Monmouth vs. William & Mary ODU Soccer Complex 4:30 p.m. ET
09/09/11 vs. ETSU ODU Soccer Complex 7:00 p.m. ET
09/11/11 ETSU vs. William & Mary ODU Soccer Complex 12:00 p.m. ET
09/11/11 vs. Monmouth N.J. ODU Soccer Complex 2:30 p.m. ET

09/17/11 at Elon Elon, NC. 7:00 p.m. ET
09/24/11 at George Mason* Fairfax, VA. 7:00 p.m. ET
09/27/11 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 7:00 p.m. ET
09/30/11 vs. Delaware* ODU Soccer Complex 7:00 p.m. ET
10/05/11 vs. VCU* ODU Soccer Complex 7:00 p.m. ET
10/08/11 vs. UNC-Wilmington* ODU Soccer Complex 7:00 p.m. ET
10/12/11 at William & Mary* Williamsburg, VA. 7:00 p.m. ET
10/15/11 at Towson* Towson, MD. 1:00 p.m. ET
10/19/11 vs. Georgia State* ODU Soccer Complex 7:00 p.m. ET
10/22/11 vs. Hofstra* ODU Soccer Complex 7:00 p.m. ET
10/26/11 at James Madison* Harrisonburg, VA. 7:00 p.m. ET
10/29/11 at Northeastern* Boston, MA 6:00 p.m. ET
11/04/11 vs. Drexel* ODU Soccer Complex 7:00 p.m. ET

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BOWIE RANKED AMONG NATION’S 25-BEST UNDERCLASSMEN BY TOPDRAWSOCCER.COM


RICHMOND, Va. – In just one season at Virginia Commonwealth University, Romena Bowie has not only got the attention of his coaches, but now the attention of national media.

The sophomore midfielder was recently named to TopDrawerSoccer.com's list of the nation's 25-best underclassmen. Bowie was one of only two CAA players to qualify for the list, joining Hofstra defender Shaun Foster.

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ODU Field Hockey and Men's soccer picked to win CAA Championships this fall.

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Might just be an exhibition match in August and might not mean anything but ODU beats Virginia Tech...AGAIN.

This time in Men's Soccer. Sophomore Gideon Asante scored two goals as the Monarchs defeated the Hokies 2-0.

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CAA PRESEASON MEN'S SOCCER COACHES POLL

2011 CAA Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll
School Points
1.Old Dominion (six first-place votes) 112
2. VCU (one first-place vote) 102
3. William & Mary (four first-place votes) 90
4. George Mason 87
5. UNC Wilmington 80
6. Northeastern (one first-place vote) 79
7. Hofstra 67
8. James Madison 53
9. Drexel 40
10. Towson 37
11. Delaware 30
12. Georgia State 15

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No. 12 ODU Opens Season With 5-2 Win Over No. 8 Penn State
Lady Monarchs outshoot PSU 17-4 in dominate performance

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The No. 12 Old Dominion field hockey team scored the first four goals of the game and cruised to a 5-2 win over No. 8 Penn State Friday afternoon in Charlottesville. The game was the season opener for both squads.

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1-0!!!

[ODUalum11]

According to the ODU Field Hockey twitter...

ODUFieldHockey ODU Field Hockey
The Lady Monarchs move to 2-0 on the year with wins over a pair of Top 10 teams. ODU has two big home games this weekend in Norfolk!

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2-0!!!

[ODUalum11]

ODU Field Hockey just defeated the defending national champion and #1 team in the country Maryland 4-0 today.














Also ODU Men's Soccer defeated Houston Baptist 6-0 today.

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Yannick Smith's Hat Trick Leads No. 25 ODU Over Houston Baptist, 6-0
Hopkinson and Military assist on two goals each

MORGANTOWN, WV. - Junior forward Yannick Smith (Hillsbrorough, NJ.) scored three goals to lead 25th ranked Old Dominion (1-0) to a 6-0 season opening victory over Houston Baptist (0-2) in the first round of the West Virginia Nike Classic. The Monarchs will play 10th ranked West Virginia Sunday at 5 p.m.

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[ODUfanRazor]

Old Dominion is a LEGIT national championship contender in both Women's Field Hockey and Men's Soccer this year.

We will see just exactly how good those chances are Sunday....as the Men's soccer team takes on #10 West Va. in Morgantown and the ODU women's field hockey team plays their 4th top 10 opponent in their first 4 games as they take on number 3 UVA on Sunday as well.

Should be an exciting day, here is to two ODU victories!!!

[ODUalum11]

Old Dominion is a LEGIT national championship contender in both Women's Field Hockey and Men's Soccer this year.

We will see just exactly how good those chances are Sunday....as the Men's soccer team takes on #10 West Va. in Morgantown and the ODU women's field hockey team plays their 4th top 10 opponent in their first 4 games as they take on number 3 UVA on Sunday as well.

Should be an exciting day, here is to two ODU victories!!!

Should be a fun day and I'm sure our women's soccer team will get crushed once again. Thats the only real ODU team right now that is terrible. I'm not sold on the men's soccer team yet in regards to the National Championship contender...don't know what I think about that but there still pretty good and think they can make some noise in the NCAA tournament this year if they make it.