WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's soccer team continues its season-long five match road trip this weekend with a pair of matches. The Tribe travels to Towson on Friday, Oct. 23, before heading to James Madison on Sunday, Oct. 25. Kickoffs are set for 2 p.m., and 1 p.m., respectively.

TribeAthletics.com caught up with head coach John Daly to discuss the team's victories last weekend, the defense, and the upcoming matches at Towson and James Madison. The video feature is available through the link on the picture, or by clicking here.

Game Day Information - Game 16 & 17 - Towson | James Madison
When	Friday, Oct. 23 - 2 p.m. | Sunday, Oct. 25 - 1 p.m.
Where	Towson, Md. | Harrisonburg, Va.
Venue	Tiger Soccer Complex | University Park
How to Follow	Live Stats (Friday) Live Stats (Sunday) | Live Video (Sunday)
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Stats	William & Mary | Towson | James Madison | CAA
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Scouting the Tribe
William & Mary (11-3-1, 5-1-0 CAA) continues its season long road trip at Towson and James Madison this weekend. The Tribe is looking to move its winning streak to six matches after winning a pair of matches by a score of 2-0 over Drexel and Delaware last weekend, W&M has outscored opponents by a mark of 30-9. The attack has been balanced as well, as 11 different players have netted a goal. Senior Samantha Cordum leads the team with 16 points on seven goals and two assists. Classmate Katie Johnston is second on the team with six goals, an assist and 13 points, while sophomore Sami Grasso has scored four goals, has two assists and 10 points. Senior Caroline Casey has started every match in goal for this season for the Tribe, while sophomore Samantha Johnson has also seen time. Casey boasts a 0.59 goal-against-average with 66 saves, and eight shutouts.

Scouting the Tigers
Towson (6-7-4, 0-5-2 CAA) is looking for its first win in seven tries when they welcome W&M on Friday night. Last weekend the Tigers went 0-1-1 on its trip to Charleston and UNCW. Natalla Pinkney leads the Tiger attack with seven goals, one assist, and 15 points. Vasthy Delgado is second on the team with two goals, two assists, and six points. Delgado, Maddie Bove, and Katie Fullerton have all scored twice for TU. Emma Burnett and Taylor Sebolao have each seen action in goal this season. Sebolao has started all 17 matches, posting a 1.20 goals-against-average, with 109 saves, and six shutouts. Burnett has appeared in three matches with a save, and a 3.91 goals-against-average.

Scouting the Dukes
James Madison (10-6-1, 4-2-1 CAA) enters this weekend looking for its second consecutive win, but will host Elon on Friday night. The Dukes fell at UNCW (3-0) before picking up a 1-0 victory at College of Charleston on Sunday afternoon last weekend. Ashley Herndon leads the attack with 10 goals, six assists, and 26 points. Allie Bunner is just off of the pace with seven goals, one assist, and 15 points, while Kelly Kerrigan leads the team with six assists. Ellen Forrest has played every minute in goal for the Dukes this season. She owns a 1.04 goals-against-average, 67 saves, and seven shutouts.

Series History
The Tribe and Towson meet for the 13 time in program history on Friday night. W&M leads the all-time series 10-1-2, but the Tigers won last year's match. A pair of first half goals were enough to get the Tigers their first victory over the Tribe.
W&M will then head to James Madison on Sunday afternoon for the 36th meeting in program history. The Tribe leads the all-time series 20-12-3, but the Dukes won last year's match by a final score of 1-0. The Dukes took advantage of an own goal in the 68th minute and held onto win.

All They Do is Win
William & Mary clinched its NCAA record 35th straight winning season with a 2-0 victory at Drexel on Friday, Oct. 16. The 35-winning season account for every year of the Tribe women's soccer program.

Five for Fighting
The Tribe has won five straight matches dating back to the Northeastern match on Sunday, Sept. 27. It also marks the fifth straight season that the Tribe has posted, at least, a five match winning streak during a single season.

Tip of the Cap
Senior Samantha Cordum netted her first career hat trick against Northeastern on Sunday afternoon. She scored goals in the 15th, 60th, and 87th minutes to help the Tribe to a 3-1 victory.

D, D, Defense
The Tribe has done a very good job of team defending this season, and it has shown as the Green and Gold has only allowed nine goals this season, and haven't allowed a goal since the match against Sept. 27 against Northeastern. The stretch also extends 390 minutes of game time. The Tribe has fours team saves, which were credited to Ashley Booth, Leci Irvin, Sami Grasso, and Meghan Musgrove.  

Nothing But CLASS
Senior Caroline Casey was named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award. Casey has shined on and off of the field during her time with the Tribe. She is involved in multiple community-based activities and also made a medical relief trip to Nicaragua in the winter of 2014. The Chesapeake, Virginia native thrives in the classroom, while also being a two-time captain and All-CAA player.

Balanced Attack
Eleven different players have already netted goals this season for the Green and Gold, which matches last year's total of 11 different players to score.

National Recognition
Senior Nicole Baxter was named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week for the week of Aug. 24.Baxter started in played all 90 minutes in the Tribe's season opening 5-1 victory over Seton Hall on Friday afternoon. On Sunday as the Tribe knocked off its first ranked team since 2011, Baxter played a hand in all three goals. She assisted on sophomore Rachel Moore's game-winning goal in the ninth minute, scored on a penalty kick in the 45th minute, and assisted on senior Samantha Cordum's goal in the 79th minute.

Weekly Awards
Caroline Casey was named CAA Player of the week for the second time this season earlier this week. She recorded a pair of shutouts in the Tribe's two conference victories over Charleston and UNCW. She recorded eight saves for the weekend, and faced 15 shots in Sunday's victory.
For the second straight week, W&M had a player of the week earn CAA Player of the Week honor for Sept. 14. This time senior goalkeeper Caroline Casey was earned the honor. The senior recorded five saves and helped preserve her shutout in the final moments of the Old Dominion match on Friday night. However, her best match came on Sunday as she turned away a season-high tying seven shots. She helped the Tribe defense withstand a final minute stretch of three shots and two corner kicks in the final minute.
Senior Katie Johnston was named the CAA Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 7. played 58 minutes and fired three shots, one on goal, in the Tribe's 1-1 draw against Wake Forest on Friday night. Johnston saved her best for Sunday afternoon, scoring a pair of goals in W&M's 3-0 win at N.C. State. She scored the game-winning goal in the 22nd minute. The forward added the exclamation point in the 71st minute when she registered her second tally of the match. She finished the day with a match-high five shots.
Johnston is the second Tribe player to earn a weekly award as freshman Mackenzie Kober was named the CAA Rookie of the Week after she scored a goal and had an assist in her first collegiate weekend scoring a goal and registering an assist in the Tribe's 5-1 victory over Seton Hall.

Movin' on Up
Senior goalkeeper Caroline Casey has started every game in goal of her Tribe career, and she is beginning to climb up the W&M record book. She is now fourth all-time with 26 career shutouts after her two last weekend. Casey is currently in third place all-time with 283 saves. She needs five saves to move into second place. Her career goals against-average of 0.88 place her sixth all-time. With her eight shutouts this season, she is also in seventh place all-time in single-season history.  The eight shutouts this season are a career-high for Casey.

Connect Four
The Tribe was selected to finish fourth in annual CAA Preseason Poll voted on by the league's 10 head coaches. Back-to-back defending champion Northeastern was selected to repeat as champion, while Hofstra (second) and James Madison third were picked ahead of the Tribe. Despite the fourth place prediction, the voting was very close, and W&M was just 12 points behind first-place Hofstra.

Preseason Praise
W&M had a league high five players selected to CAA Preseason Honors this year. Leading the way were seniors Leci Irvin and Caroline Casey, who received All-CAA Preseason honors. Senior Samantha Cordum, and sophomores Rachel Moore and Elysse Branton garnered honorable mention accolades.

What's Ahead
The Tribe concludes its five-match road trip and its regular season when they travel to Elon for a makeup match on Tuesday, Oct. 27. It will be the Tribe's first mid-week match of the season, and will kickoff at 7 p.m.