WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's soccer team will play in the 2015 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Finals, which is their first title match appearance since the 2011 season. The Tribe will square off against the No. 4-seed James Madison Dukes on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2:30 p.m. in Hempstead, N.Y. The match will be televised on the American Sports Network , and stream live on CAA.TV.
 

Game Day Information - Game 20 - vs. No. 4 James Madison
When	Sunday, Nov. 8 - 2:30 p.m.
Where	Hempstead, N.Y.
Venue	Hofstra Soccer Stadium
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Scouting the Tribe
William & Mary (14-3-2) moved its winning streak to two matches, and its unbeaten streak to nine matches as they defeated the No. 3-seed UNCW on Friday night in the semifinals. Senior Katie Johnston scored the match's lone goal in the 47th minute. The Tribe earned a share of the CAA regular season title, but are the No. 2 seed in the CAA Tournament due to tie breakers. 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 seven goals, an assist and 15 points, while sophomore Sami Grasso has scored five goals, has two assists and 12 points. The final player in double figures is Baxter, who has scored two goal, dished out a team-high eight assists, and has 12 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 0.62 goal-against-average with 75 saves, and 10 shutouts.

Scouting the Dukes
James Madison (13-6-2) advanced to Sunday's championship match with back-to-back overtime victories in the quarterfinals and semifinals. Last Sunday, Ashley Herndon scored in the 99th minute on a penalty kick, before she struck again with a header goal in the 104th minute to defeat top-seeded Hofstra on Friday night. The Dukes are unbeaten in their last five matches, and have won two matches in a row. Ashley Herndon leads the attack with 12 goals, six assists, and 30 points. The only other Duke in double figures is Allie Burner, who has scored seven goals, one assist and 15 points. Kelly Kerrigan leads the team with six assists this season. Ellen Forrest has played every minute in goal this season for James Madison. She owns a 0.87 goals-against-average, 103 saves, and 10 shutouts.

Series History
W&M will meet James Madison meet for the 37th time in series history in Sunday's CAA Championship match. W&M leads the all-time series by 20-12-4 mark. The two teams battled to a 1-1 double overtime draw exactly two weeks ago in Harrisonburg. Senior Barbara Platenberg scored the equalizer in the 68th minute, but neither team could find the winner.  

To the Nines
The Colonial Athletic Association announced its end of season awards on Wednesday night and the William & Mary women's soccer team was well represented, have nine student-athletes receive 11 different awards.
 
Senior Caroline Casey highlighted the Tribe's honors by being named the Defensive Player of the Year. Joining Casey on the All-CAA First-Team was classmate Nicole Baxter and junior Clara Logsdon. Sophomore Rachel Moore earned second team honors, while seniors Samantha Cordum, Leci Irvin, and Katie Johnston along with sophomore Sami Grasso earned third team citations. Freshman Mackenzie Kober earned an all-rookie team nod, while Cordum was also named to the league's all-academic squad.
 
The Tribe's nine players were the most of any team in the CAA to be honored, while the 11 different awards were also the most in the CAA. The trio of first teamers was tied for the most in the league. Additionally, Casey becomes the Tribe's first CAA Defensive Player of the Year since 2009 when Diana Weigel won the award.
 
Hello, Again
Since the CAA regular season schedule is a true round robin, the W&M women's soccer team squared off of against all six teams that qualified for the 2015 CAA Women's Soccer Team. The Tribe posted a 4-1-1 record against the entire field in the regular season. The Tribe holds a 1-1-1  regular season mark against the other three teams that qualified for the CAA Semifinals.

Stuck in Neutral
Sunday afternoon's match against the Dukes will be the fifth time the Tribe has played on a neutral field this season. W&M has posted a 3-0-1 record in its previous four neutral site matches this season. The Tribe won the Fairfield Inn JMU Invite by beating Seton Hall and No. 25 Georgetown, before tying Wake Forest at the N.C. State Tournament. On Friday, the Tribe beat UNCW 1-0 in the CAA Semifinals.

Nothing But CLASS
Senior Caroline Casey was named one of 10 finalist for the Senior CLASS Award on Oct. 26. 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 has earned four All-CAA awards.

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 won six straight games from Sept. 27 to Oct. 25, which accounted for its longest winning streak of the season. 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 12 goals this season. The Tribe has four team saves, which were credited to Ashley Booth, Leci Irvin, Sami Grasso, and Meghan Musgrove.  

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. Her 10 shutouts this season rank her tied for second in single-season school history. The Chesapeake, Virginia native, who is also a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, ranks third in school history with 28 career shutouts, and has 292 career saves, which rank her second all-time.

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 winner of Sunday's match will advance to the 2015 NCAA Women's Soccer College Cup. The selection show for the women's soccer tournament is slated for Monday, Nov. 9 at 4:30 p.m. The show will stream live on NCAA.com.