The Weekend Preview – March 17, 2023

3/17/2023 11:41:26 AM

Miles McQuiggan, Hunter Peters, Rob Washburn

RICHMOND, Va. (March 17, 2023) – Convention play heats up within the CAA as lacrosse league matchups get absolutely underway Saturday, becoming a member of baseball and softball convention sequence and tennis league clashes. Outside monitor & subject season begins up for almost all of applications and rowing and golf competitors continues.
 
Baseball
It’s one other full weekend of convention play in CAA baseball. Northeastern, which is off to its greatest general begin since 1942, hosts North Carolina A&T. After recording victories over nationally ranked foes on Tuesday, Elon and UNCW look to proceed the momentum because the Phoenix go to Monmouth and the Seahawks journey to Towson. Stony Brook makes its CAA debut at preseason favourite Charleston and Hofstra hosts William & Mary. Delaware entertains UMass Lowell for a three-game sequence in non-conference motion.| Weekend Schedule
 
Softball
We now have a full weekend of CAA Softball awaiting as 5 convention sequence are on the docket. The highest two groups within the preseason ballot, UNCW and Delaware, will face off in Newark. The Seahawks enter the matchup on a four-game successful streak after sweeping its opening CAA sequence and a midweek victory over North Carolina, as they earned their first Energy 5 win since 2019. Two groups that received their first CAA sequence this spring will go head-to-head in West Lengthy Department. Monmouth took two of three from Hampton in its opening CAA sequence and can host Elon, who earned a sweep over Stony Brook final weekend. Moreover, Charleston ends a 22-game dwelling stand, hitting the highway for simply the second time this season when the Cougars head to Towson. 
 
Three groups will probably be opening CAA play this weekend, together with newcomer North Carolina A&T internet hosting Drexel, with each groups beginning their convention schedules. The ultimate sequence incorporates a Lengthy Island rivalry as Hofstra’s first CAA sequence this spring has the Delight heading to Stony Brook. | Weekend Schedule 

Girls’s Lacrosse
After a 3-2 displaying within the midweek, CAA play begins for all eight groups. League newcomer Monmouth begins the day internet hosting Elon (11 a.m., FloLive), adopted by Hofstra visiting William & Mary (1 p.m., FloLive). A pair of video games on LacrosseTV comply with with No. 5 Stony Brook internet hosting Delaware (3 p.m., LacrosseTV 2) and a rematch of final yr’s CAA title sport as Towson hosts Drexel (4 p.m., LacrosseTV). | Weekend Schedule
 
Males’s Lacrosse
CAA play will get into full swing in Males’s Lacrosse with three convention matchups on Saturday. At midday (FloLive), newcomers Hampton and Stony Brook start their tenure in CAA Lacrosse enjoying at Armstrong Stadium. Concurrently, Towson will host Drexel (FloLive) because the Dragons look to trip the momentum from a ranked win their final day trip, and the Tigers try and snap a five-game skid. Within the nightcap, Hofstra will host Fairfield at 7 p.m. (FloLive). 
 
In non-conference motion, Delaware and Monmouth, who went head-to-head final weekend, will face top-20 competitors. The Hawks host No. 10/9 Villanova at 2 p.m. on Saturday (FloLive), whereas the Blue Hens journey to No. 9/10 Johns Hopkins at 7 p.m. on Sunday (ESPN+). | Weekend Schedule

 
Golf
A lightweight week on the schedule may have three ladies’s applications in motion. Delaware and Towson head to Arizona for the Pink Rocks Invitational and Elon will play in Hilton Head.
 
Rowing
Three CAA Rowing crews – Delaware, Jap Michigan and Villanova – have opened their spring seasons, and two extra hit the water this weekend. On Friday, UConn opens its season in Orlando on Lake Pickett in opposition to UCF, Miami and Jacksonville. On Saturday, UC San Diego heads to Lake Natoma for the Hornet Invitational hosted by Sacramento State.  
 
Tennis
The CAA tennis slate is highlighted by an enormous convention matchup in Williamsburg on Sunday because the Delaware males’s and ladies’s groups face William & Mary. In different CAA ladies’s motion, Hofstra hosts Towson in league motion, Charleston welcomes Rhode Island and UTSA, Monmouth heads to Military, North Carolina A&T entertains Norfolk State and Stony Brook takes on Villanova. On the boys’s aspect, UNCW hosts Illinois State, DePaul and Youngstown State in a round-robin match. Drexel is at Military and North Carolina A&T is dwelling in opposition to Norfolk State.
 
Monitor & Subject
After a short layoff, CAA Monitor & Subject heads outside for the spring. Ten groups will compete this weekend, together with seven opening their out of doors seasons. The ladies’s CAA Indoor Monitor & Subject champions start their quest for the triple crown as Elon sends athletes to Charlotte for the 49er Traditional and Excessive Level for the Bob Davidson Invitational. North Carolina A&T and UNCW will be part of the Phoenix at Excessive Level, with the Aggies opening their season and the Seahawks competing of their second meet this spring. The boys’s CAA Indoor Monitor & Subject champion head south as Northeastern opens the yr in Orlando for the UCF Black and Gold Invite. Stony Brook and Hofstra will start the season on Lengthy Island, whereas Hampton heads to Coastal Carolina to begin the spring. Charleston and Delaware are competing of their second meets this season, with the Cougars collaborating within the CSU Buccaneer Invitational and the Blue Hens touring to Richmond for the Fred Hardy Invitational, the place they are going to be joined by William & Mary opening its spring. 

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