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1 minute ago, TigerNation said:

The ladies just clinched the regular season title and the #1 seed in the tournament. Congratulations ladies. Looks like a small possibility of cracking the top 25.

Wild that at 25-1 the last match of the regular season decided the title.  4 straight?  Hopefully we can keep it going in the tourney with another rematch  on the horizon

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Two statement wins to close out the regular season. The Tigers showed their quality in Match 1 on Saturday, absolutely steamrolling the Pride to set up the title showdown on the final day. Match 2 was a topsy-turvy affair, with Towson again breezing through the first two sets before Hofstra completely flipped the script and dominated sets 3 and 4. Not to be deterred, the Tigers raced out to a big lead early in set 5, and held on down the stretch to clinch the #1 seed. Worth noting: I had talked up the animosity between the two programs before the weekend. While Saturday was relatively tepid (as Hofstra had nothing to boast about all match), Sunday was extremely heated, as heated a match as I have ever seen between the Pride and the Tigers. The lingering bad blood from this weekend could be setting us up for a delightfully hostile rematch should the teams meet in the Championship. 

Speaking of the tournament, here are the matchups for round one, beginning Thursday:

  • #1 Towson vs. #8 Stony Brook, 11AM
  • #4 Northeastern vs. #5 Elon, 1:30PM
  • #2 Hofstra vs. #7 William & Mary, 4:30PM
  • #3 Delaware vs. #6 Charleston, 7PM
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It was another big season for Towson in the end-of-season individual awards! A big congratulations to Don on being named CAA Coach of the Year for the 4th time. Nina Cajic, Victoria Barrett, and Lydia Wiers made the First Team, while Aayinde Smith made the Second Team and Sarah Jordan made the All-Rookie Team.

As expected, Delaware's Lani Mason was selected as POTY. She is not the best player in the conference, but she is definitely the most indispensable to her team, and their reliance on her led to some crazy statistical output this season.

Hofstra's Chiara Cucco and Beatriz Alves won Libero and Setter of the Year, respectively. Both were deserved, especially Alves (who was likely in the running for POTY as well). They are Hofstra's two best players, and both can seriously ball. 

Kali Moore of Stony Brook earned ROTY, which was slightly surprising. She just edged out Hofstra's Izadora Stedile, likely because she was more consistent over the course of the season, while Stedile ran very hot and cold.

Tournament starts tomorrow morning. Now for the fun part!

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13 minutes ago, TigerFan54 said:

Shocker in the opening round: No. 7 seed W&M beats Hofstra, 3-2, after the pride led 2-0. 

Huge upset. I guess the Towson weekend messed with the good vibes/confidence Hofstra had built up to that point. Had the field remained in its traditional 6-team format, the Tribe wouldn't have even been in the tournament. They have been the cellar dwellers of the conference for the last 15 years. But, they took their opportunity and pulled off the stunning reverse sweep, grabbing their first tournament win in 21 years in the process.

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15 minutes ago, TuTigers2012 said:

NE tomorrow. Did we play them this year?

Nope. They are old and definitely dangerous, but they don't have good depth of talent and there are some obvious weak points in their starting lineup. Basically, their 5 best players are all really good but after that they don't really have anybody who scares me. They are capable of being great, and this stage is never easy. But Towson is the better team, and should expect nothing less than to win. 

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Incredible third set -- NE kept fending off match point, with Towson finally prevailing at 30-28. The Huskies were a tough out, and Delaware might be too. The Hens beat W&M 3-2 after gutting out a 3-2 win over Charleston. Despite a less-than-stellar record, they have to be pumped up. Even if we lose, we ought to get into the NCAAs with only two losses. And we beat Pitt, which is in the top 10 nationally at 25-3.

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