WILLIAMSBURG, Va.—The William & Mary men's soccer team continues its season with a pair of home matches, welcoming Elon and Old Dominion to Martin Family Stadium on Saturday and Tuesday respectively.
Saturday's match will be at 7 p.m. and Tuesday's at 6 p.m. The match against ODU will be broadcast on FloCollege.
Clear Bag Policy and Metal Detectors
Furthering its commitment to a first class and secure environment at home athletic events, William & Mary will implement the use of walk-through metal detectors at the entrances to athletic venues (both ticketed and non-ticketed events) beginning in the fall of 2025. This enhanced security method mirrors standard practice at most major professional and intercollegiate athletic events throughout the country and compliments the
Clear Bag Policy already in place. Fans will proceed through metal detectors prior to having their tickets scanned or entering a venue for non-tickets events. Entrants will not need to remove items such as belts, cell phones, coins, jackets, jewelry, watches, wallets, shoes or other small objects. If additional screening is necessary, security staff will ask the individual to proceed to a secondary screening area, where they will be asked to divest themselves of certain items and pass through again until clear.
TRIBE NOTES
Last Time Out
The Tribe was bested by No. 2 NC State in its last match out, falling to the Wolfpack 7-0.
Spreading the Wealth
With the goal by
Sam Delgado against UMBC, the Tribe has had four different goal scorers in four different matches this season. Five different players have also collected assists in 2025 for W&M, with Delgado being the only player with both a goal and an assist this season.
Tribe Ties on Staff
Chris Norris heads into his 22
nd year as the head coach of the Tribe in 2025 and 35
th season involved with the William & Mary men's soccer as either a player or a coach. Norris made 81 starts in 84 games with W&M before graduating in 1995 and was a two-time All-CAA First Team Selection before immediately joining the staff as an assistant coach. He took the reins of the program in 2004 and has led the Tribe to four NCAA Tournaments and a 164-161-58 record.
Jeff Dominguez is back on staff as an assistant for the second time beginning this season. Dominguez, a 1999 grad, made the NCAA Tournament all four years during his playing career and won two CAA titles before going on to play professional soccer. He was an assistant under Norris in 2004-05.
History with Elon
The Tribe will not only be looking to hand Elon its first loss of the season but its first win against the Phoenix since 2019. Last year the two sides played a tight contest at Elon with the Phoenix taking a 2-1 decision. All-time the Tribe holds a 7-5-3 advantage in the series.
History with ODU
W&M and the Monarchs will play for the 60
th time in a 757-rivalry series with ODU holding a 26-24-9 advantage all-time. W&M in searching for its first victory in the series since 2013, dropping last year's game in Norfolk 2-0.
