TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's soccer team will face Hofstra on Sunday in what will be a pivotal game to determine the Tigers' fate in the CAA postseason. The Tigers currently sit on four points, tied for second in the North Division of the CAA. Hofstra, who has two points in the CAA after its sixth consecutive draw, sits in fourth place. A Towson loss would guarantee Hofstra to move into the all-important top three within the division. A Towson win or draw would put the Tigers on seven points, at least four points ahead of fourth place.
When: Sunday, September 28
Where: Tiger Field | Towson, Md.
Time: 1 p.m.
Stream: FloCollege ($)
Team Records: Towson (3-2-4) vs. Saint Joseph's (3-1-6)
In their last time out, the Tigers played to a 1-1 draw against William & Mary.
Kale'a Perry continued to be the biggest offensive threat in the CAA, scoring against the Tribe. She has scored in both conference games this season and is the only player in the CAA to have four goals and four assists this season.
2025 OUTLOOK
While head coach
Katherine Vettori will have to replace all-league performers
Riley Melendez,
Maja Hansson and
Demi Pierre, six starters return from the 2024 squad that went undefeated during the month of October – finishing that stretch with four wins and three ties, including three of the top four point producers:
Sophie Thibeault (7 goals, 2 assists),
Malin Bernt Schöps (4g, 1a) and
Kale'a Perry (2g, 3a). Three other starters, midfielder
Emma Levin and defenders
Brooke Birrell and
Sydney Lindeman, also return.
Towson was picked to finish fourth in the 2025 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) North Division in the preseason coaches' poll – behind Stony Brook, Monmouth and Hofstra and ahead of Northeastern and Drexel. Starting this season, CAA women's soccer has been separated into two divisions, North and South. Each team will play all teams in its division plus four matches against the other division. The top three teams in each division will qualify for the 2025 CAA Championship.
FRESH FACES
Towson welcomed nine new players this season, five freshman and four transfers: defenders
Gracen Houck, (Morehead State) and
Emma Kirkpatrick (Rhode Island), forward
Luisa Navas Gonzalez (Mount St. Mary's) and midfielder
Emely Rubio (Campbell). The four bring 181 games of collegiate experience from their previous institutions. Rubio and Houck spent the 2025 spring semester with Towson.
SCOUTING HOFSTRA
Hofstra have drawn their past six games after starting 3-1-0. The Pride have two stars on their team in Millie Davis and Manon Legarby who were on the preseason watch lists for United Soccer Coaches and TopDrawerSoccer.com. Davies has only played in four games this season. Lebargy leads Hofstra in points with two goals and two assists.
NEXT UP
Towson ends their CAA home opening stretch and heads on the road for five of the last six games with the next game against North Division leading Stony Brook in Stony Brook, N.Y. at 6 p.m. on Thursday Oct 2.
