Tribe Women’s Soccer Announces 2007 Schedule

W&M will take on five teams that made the 2006 NCAA Tournament

07/03/07 9:30AM

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - William and Mary women’s soccer head coach John Daly has announced the team’s schedule for the 2007 season. The challenging slate features 19 regular-season contests with teams from across the country. Highlighting the non-conference portion of the schedule is a match against defending national champion North Carolina. Additionally, the Tribe will take on 2006 NCAA participants Navy, Old Dominion, UNC Greensboro and Virginia.

The Tribe will open its season with a pair of road contests in North Carolina. W&M will square off against UNC Greensboro on Aug. 31 before playing at N.C. State on Sept. 2. The College took on both teams last year in Williamsburg, defeating UNCG, 3-1, and earning a 1-1 draw against the Wolfpack.

The following weekend, the Green and Gold will return home to host the annual Tribe Invitational. This season, the Tribe will welcome Maine, Oklahoma and Virginia Commonwealth to Williamsburg. W&M will open the Invitational against the Sooners on Sept. 7 and then take on the Black Bears on Sept. 9.

A pair of challenging contests await the Tribe the following weekend at the VCU Tournament. The College will play Navy on Sept. 14 and the Tar Heels on Sept. 16. W&M and Navy met in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament last year, as the teams earned a 0-0 draw.

The Tribe will host Albany in a mid-week affair on Sept. 19 before closing out its non-conference slate at Virginia on Sept. 23.

W&M’s home CAA matches include: Drexel (Sept. 28), Delaware (Sept. 30), Towson (Oct. 19), George Mason (Oct. 21) and Georgia State (Oct. 26). Conference road contests include: Hofstra (Oct. 5), Northeastern (Oct. 7), James Madison (Oct. 12), Virginia Commonwealth (Oct. 14), UNC Wilmington (Oct. 28) and Old Dominion (Nov. 1).

The opening round of the CAA Championship is scheduled for Nov. 6 and will be at the higher seeds’ home sites. The semifinals and finals will be held on Nov. 9 and 11 in Virginia Beach.

The College returns eight starters this season from last year’s team that went 16-1-4 and was ranked No. 8 nationally in the final RPI released by the NCAA.

2007 W&M Women's Soccer Schedule