Matchup        Towson (9-6, 3-3 CAA) vs. Campbell (5-10, 1-3 CAA)
When             Friday, Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. | Saturday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m.
Where            Gore Arena | Buies Creek, N.C.
Live Stats     TowsonTigers.com
Stream           FloCollege Volleyball
Series            Towson leads the all-time series 3-1
 
TOWSON, Md. – The Tigers are set to visit Buies Creek, N.C. to face the reigning-champion Campbell Camels at Gore Arena on Friday and Saturday. The matches are scheduled for 6 p.m. and 2 p.m. starts, respectively.
 
Both matches will stream live on FloCollege. Live stats can be found at TowsonTigers.com.
 
Last Time Out
Towson faced William & Mary last Friday and Saturday at SECU Arena in its third week of league play.
 
After dropping the opening set in Friday's match, the Tigers matched or paced the Tribe in kills over the final three to win three sets to one.
 
Saturday's result was diametrically opposed to Friday's match, as the Tigers won the opening frame before surrendering three straight set wins to the Tribe.
 
Scouting the Tribe
The reigning Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) champion Camels enter the weekend series at 5-10 overall and 1-3 in CAA play through Thursday. Junior outside hitter Emma McCartney, who received a preseason All-CAA honorable mention, leads the team with 177 kills in 48 sets, averaging 3.69 per set.
 
Other Camels earning preseason all-league recognition are middle blockers Hailey Heyvelt (1.35 kills/set) and Maddie Lambers (1.27 kills/set). Campbell stands third in the league in opponent kills (12.02) and digs per set (14.76).
 
CAA Weekly Awards
Middle blocker Clara Vorel was named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Sept. 28 after posting a team-best 10 blocks in the Tigers' two wins over Northeastern, adding 12 kills on a .367 hitting percentage, one assists and two digs.
 
The Rincon, Ga. native posted eight kills on a .571 hitting mark in Friday's conference opener, supplementing five blocks. She closed the weekend with another five stops at the net and added four kills on Saturday.
 
Vorel is the Tigers' first weekly award winner of the season and their first rookie of the week recipient since Malinah Purcell-Telefoni earned a nod on Oct. 6, 2025.
 
League Leaders
The Tigers are first among Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) statistical leaders on a per set basis in points (17.96), kills (14.12) and assists (13.33).
 
Other top three league marks include a .241 hitting percentage (3rd) and 14.77 digs per set (2nd).
 
Record-Setting Crowd
On Sept. 11 at SECU Arena, Towson volleyball announced a record-setting crowd of 1,161 fans at its match against Arkansas, topping the previous high of 1,012 against Rutgers on Sept. 3, 2022.
 
Metil Detector
Towson Head Coach Don Metil is the all-time winningest coach in program history with a 299-101 (.748) record dating back to 2013. Now in his 25th season as an NCAA head coach, Metil is 529-231 (.696). Metil was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coach of the Year in 2019 after finishing the season 29-3 and winning Towson's first-ever NCAA Tournament game vs. American. He boasts four CAA Coach of the Year awards during his tenure at TU: 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2022.
Record breakdown
- Metil is 529-231 all-time (.696) as a head coach.
- Metil's records by school: Notre Dame College: 40-30 | Lees-McRae: 30-9 | Coppin State: 15-46 | Maryland Eastern Shore: 145-45 | Towson: 299-101
- Metil passed Cathy Cain as Towson's all-time wins leader after knocking off No. 7 Pittsburgh on Sept. 10th, 2022.
- Metil surpassed 500 career NCAA wins vs. Old Dominion on Aug. 30, 2025.
 
A League of Their Own
Since 2015, Towson has been one of the top teams in the CAA. The Tigers have recorded a 134-38 (.779) record in CAA regular season play since then, including a record-setting 16-0 mark in 2019.
 
2026: 3-3 | 2025: 12-4 | 2024: 14-4 | 2023: 16-2 | 2022: 15-1 | 2021: 12-4 | 2020(Spring '21): 2-0 | 2019: 16-0 | 2018: 10-6 | 2017: 12-4 | 2016: 10-6 | 2015: 12-4 | Total: 134-38 (.779)
 
2025 Recap
After dropping the first two matches of the 2025 season, Towson followed with 18 consecutive match wins and finished the regular season at 21-6. The Tigers finished the league slate at 12-4, earning the No. 3 seed in the CAA Championship. They faced No. 6 Stony Brook in their opening match of the tournament, falling three sets to one at SECU Arena.