Head Coach:
Dave Lombardo, 22nd JMU
season, 270-168-32; 29th career season, 348-203-40
This Season: 7-6-3 overall, 4-3-1 in Colonial Athletic
Association
Last Season (2010): 15-7-1 overall,
9-2-0 (second place regular-season) in CAA; CAA Tournament champion; NCAA
second round (round of 32); 10th NCAA Tournament appearance in last 16 years
Last Week:
In road games the Dukes twice went to overtime. The results?
A 1-0
loss at Drexel on Oct. 14 and a 2-2
tie at Delaware on Oct. 16.
This Week:
JMU wraps up its home schedule against league-leading William and Mary on Oct. 21 (7 p.m.) followed by Senior Day vs. Old Dominion on Oct. 23 (1 p.m.) | Live Stats (both games) | Free Live
Internet Audio (W&M, ODU) | Delayed
Subscriber Internet Video (W&M)
Fans, Take Note: The Oct.
21 William and Mary game will be
part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and donations for the fight against
breast cancer will be accepted at the game.
Admission is free for fans wearing pink.
The Oct. 23 Old Dominion
game is Fan Appreciation Day, and the first 150 fans will receive a free pair
of JMU-branded sunglasses. In addition,
all fans in attendance may enter a raffle to win an iPod shuffle.
Free
Live Internet Audio, Delayed Internet Video Coverage for Oct. 21 W&M
Game: MadiZONE, the Internet audio and video
source of JMU Sports, will provide free live audio coverage and delayed
subscriber video coverage of the Dukes' match against William and Mary.
Free Live
Internet Audio Coverage for Oct. 23 ODU Game: MadiZONE, the Internet audio and video source
of JMU Sports, will provide free live audio coverage of the Dukes' match
against Old Dominion.
Did You Know? JMU's next opponent is league-leading and
nationally-ranked William and Mary, a team that features the CAA's top scorer
in junior midfielder Mallory Schaeffer (14 goals, 33 points). Schaeffer has a tie to the JMU program --
she's the younger sister of former JMU midfielder Melanie Schaeffer ('08), who
was a three-year starter for the Dukes.
Seniors
Recognized: Four JMU seniors
will be honored prior to kickoff of the Oct. 23 game vs. ODU. The senior class includes Yolie Anderson-Golhor, Jessica Barndt and Ariana Ruela,
all of whom have been a part of the program for the past four seasons. Also recognized will be redshirt senior Laura Trevillian, a JMU graduate
student and former Loyola (Ill.) player who is completing her eligibility this
season with the Dukes.
Scouting William
and Mary:
The 20th-ranked Tribe has a 13-1-2 overall record and is unbeaten and
untied (8-0-0) in league play. W&M,
which has already locked up the top seed and the right to host the upcoming CAA
Tournament, brings an eight-game winning streak and nine-game (8-0-1) unbeaten
streak to Harrisonburg.
W&M is coming off a 3-1 win at
Northeastern and has also posted league wins at home over Towson (5-0), George
Mason (3-1), Georgia State (3-0), Drexel (2-0) and Delaware (2-1) and on the
road at UNC Wilmington (3-0) and Hofstra (1-0).
W&M was picked by the CAA coaches to
finish third in the 12-team league.
The
Series with William and Mary: William and Mary leads the all-time
series against JMU 15-10-2, but the Dukes have won the last four meetings, all
by 1-0 scores.
JMU vs. William and Mary All-Time
W&M leads the
series 15-11-2.
Home: 6-3-1
Away: 4-8-1
Neutral: 1-4-0
Date, Result, Score, Site, Postseason Note
10/24/90, L, 1-3, A
11/2/91, L, 0-2, H (16)
10/28/92, L, 0-2, A (9)
10/12/93, L, 0-4, H (11)
10/29/94, L, 0-2, H (4/5)
10/28/95, L, 1-4, OT, A (14/14)
11/5/95, W, 2-0, H (12/14), CAA
Final
11/3/96, W, 4-3, H
11/8/96, L, 0-6, +N, CAA Semis
11/7/97, L, 2-3, OT, ++N (12/12t/14),
CAA Semis
10/31/98, W, 5-2, H
11/1/97, L, 1-5, A (12/14/16)
10/30/99, L, 0-3, A (12/16)
10/27/00, W, 3-2, OT, H (nr/19)
11/3/00, L, 0-2, Virginia Beach, Va. (nr/23),
CAA Semis
11/4/01, W, 2-1, 2 OT, A
11/11/01, L, 1-2, Virginia Beach, Va., CAA Final
11/2/02, W, 2-0, A
11/8/02, W, 2-1, Virginia Beach, Va., CAA Semis
9/28/03, L, 1-4, H
11/4/03, L, 0-3, A, CAA 1st Rd
10/3/04, T, 0-0, 2 OT, A
10/21/05, T, 1-1, 2 OT, H
10/10/06, L, 1-3, A
10/12/07, W, 1-0, H
10/19/08, W, 1-0, 2 OT, A
10/18/09, W, 1-0, H
10/22/10, W, 1-0, A
Scouting Old
Dominion: The Monarchs take a 6-8-2 overall
record and a 3-4-1 league record into a game at Virginia Commonwealth on Oct.
21.
In CAA competition ODU has beaten
Towson (2-1), UNC Wilmington (3-2) and Drexel (1-0), has tied George Mason
(4-4) and has lost to Georgia State (4-0), Delaware (3-1), Northeastern (4-0)
and Hofstra (2-1).
Old Dominion was picked by the CAA coaches
to finish tied for eighth in the 12-team league.
The Series with Old Dominion: JMU leads the all-time series
against the Monarchs 13-6-1, but over the last six meetings the series is tied
at 3-3. The Dukes have never lost to ODU
at home (9-0-0).
JMU vs. Old Dominion All-Time
JMU leads the
series 13-6-1.
Home: 9-0-0
Away: 4-5-1
Neutral: 0-1-0
Date, Result, Score, Site, Postseason Note
9/17/94, W, 9-0, H
10/30/95, L, 1-3, A
11/3/95, W, 3-2, H, CAA Semis
9/21/96, W, 6-1, A
10/5/97, L, 1-2, OT, A
10/2/98, W, 5-3, H
10/2/99, W, 1-0, A
9/29/00, W, 2-0, H
9/23/01, W, 1-0, A
9/28/02, T, 0-0, 2 OT, A
9/26/03, W, 5-1, H
10/1/04, L, 0-1, A
10/23/05, W, 1-0, H
11/1/05, W, 5-0, H, CAA 1st Rd
10/8/06, L, 1-2, A
11/4/06, L, 2-3, OT, Virginia Beach, Va., CAA Final
10/14/07, W, 4-2, H
10/17/08, L, 1-2, OT, A
10/16/09, W, 2-0, H
10/24/10, W, 5-1, A
CAA Standings: With three games left in the 11-game CAA
schedule, unbeaten (8-0-0, 24 points) William and Mary has clinched first place
in the CAA
Standings. As the top seed the Tribe
will host the CAA Tournament on Nov. 3, 4 and 6.
JMU (4-3-1, 13 points) is tied for
second place with Northeastern, which also has a 4-3-1 record.
Only four points separate the number
two through 11 teams in the league standings.
In a two-way tie for fourth are
George Mason and VCU (12 points). In a
two-way tie for sixth are Delaware and Drexel (11 points), and tied for eighth
are Old Dominion and Georgia State (10 points).
Towson and Hofstra are tied for 10th (9 points).
The top six teams in the
final league standings qualify for the CAA Championship tournament. The number one and two seeds receive
first-round byes, while the three through six seeds play first-round games on
Nov. 3. The semifinals are Nov. 4, and
the final is Nov. 6.
(NOTE: In CAA play three points
are awarded for a win and one point is awarded for a tie.)
National Rankings: Three Dukes' opponents are ranked or
are receiving votes in the latest national polls. JMU's ranked or vote-getting opponents
include Maryland, William and Mary and Virginia Tech.
JMU received votes in the NSCAA
poll for two weeks in September.
JMU Opponents in the National Polls (Oct. 17/18)
School, Game Date, Site (Result), Ranking*
Virginia Tech, Aug. 21, home (L 1-3), votes | nr
Maryland, Sept. 11, home (T 0-0, 2 OT), 15 | 14
William and Mary, Oct. 21, home, 20 | 18
*NSCAA | Soccer
America
In the Region:
Three of the Dukes' opponents are ranked
or receiving votes in the Oct. 17 Mid-Atlantic
Region Top 10 (NSCAA). Ranked are William and Mary (#1), Richmond (tied #3) and Penn (tied #5).
JMU opponents ranked in other
regions include Georgetown (#6 in
Northeast), Maryland (#5 in
Southeast) and Virginia Tech (#8 in
Southeast).
Earlier Notes
Aug.
17
Aug.
24
Aug.
31
Sept.
7
Sept.
14
Sept.
21
Sept.
27
Oct.
4
Oct.
11
