Head Coach: Dave Lombardo, 22nd JMU season, 271-169-32; 29th career season, 349-204-40
This Season: 8-7-3 overall, 5-4-1 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:
JMU wrapped up its home schedule with a split against CAA teams. The Dukes lost
3-2 to league-leading and 20th-ranked William
and Mary on Oct. 21 before holding off Old
Dominion for a 3-2 win on Oct.
23.
This Week:
JMU concludes regular-season play at Virginia
Commonwealth on Oct. 28 (7 p.m.) | Live Stats | Live Subscriber
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Did
You Know? Four of the Dukes'
seven losses have come to teams that have been ranked in the Top 25 this season
(Virginia Tech, Georgetown, Penn, William and Mary.
Scouting Virginia Commonwealth: The Rams have a 7-7-4 overall
record and are 5-2-3 in league play. VCU
enters Friday's game riding an eight-game (5-0-3) unbeaten streak that includes
a 1-0 win over league-leading William and Mary in the Rams' last outing on Oct.
23.
VCU has outscored its opponents 12-2
during its eight-match unbeaten streak.
The Rams opened CAA play with a 1-0
defeat at Hofstra but have not lost since.
VCU owns wins over Towson (4-0), UNC Wilmington (1-0), Georgia State
(1-0), Old Dominion (4-1) and William and Mary (1-0). The Rams have tied George Mason (0-0),
Delaware (1-1) and Drexel (0-0).
VCU was picked by the CAA coaches to
finish tied for eighth in the 12-team league.
The
Series with Virginia Commonwealth: JMU leads the all-time series
against the Rams 12-7-2, but VCU has won five of the last nine contests. However, JMU has won the last two meetings,
2-1 in 2010 at JMU and 4-0 in 2009 at VCU.
JMU vs. VCU All-Time
JMU leads the
series 12-7-2.
Home: 7-3-0
Away: 5-4-2
Neutral: 0-0-0
Date, Result, Score, Site, Postseason Note
9/20/95, W, 6-1, A
11/2/95, W, 4-0, H, CAA Quarters
10/5/96, W, 3-0, H
10/12/97, T, 0-0, 2 OT, A
10/21/98, L, 0-1, H
10/5/99, W, 5-1, A
10/24/00, W, 3-0, H
10/31/01, W, 4-2, A
10/1/02, L, 0-2, H
11/5/02, W, 1-0, H, CAA 1st Rd
10/16/03, T, 1-1, 2 OT, A
10/22/04, W, 2-1, H
11/5/04, L, 1-2, OT, A, CAA Semis
9/24/05, L, 1-2, A
11/4/05, L, 2-3, A, CAA Semis
10/28/06, W, 3-1, H
10/30/06, W, 5-0, A, CAA 1st Rd
11/1/07, L, 0-3, A
10/30/08, L, 1-2, 2 OT, H
10/31/09, W, 4-0, A
10/29/10, W, 2-1, H
CAA Standings: With seven total games left in the CAA
schedule, 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.
VCU (5-2-3, 18 points) is second and
has secured a berth in the six-team CAA Tournament.
Only four points separate the number
three through nine teams in the league standings. Those seven teams are vying for the other
four tournament berths.
Tied for third are JMU (5-4-1, 16
points) and Northeastern, which also has a 5-4-1 record.
In a two-way tie for fifth are
George Mason and Hofstra (15 points). In
a two-way tie for seventh are Delaware and Drexel (14 points), and in ninth is
Towson (12 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. 24/25)
School, Game Date, Site (Result), Ranking*
Virginia Tech, Aug. 21, home (L 1-3), votes | 25
Maryland, Sept. 11, home (T 0-0, 2 OT), 16 | 16
William and Mary, Oct. 21, home (L 1-3), votes | 23
*NSCAA | Soccer
America
In the Region: Four of the Dukes' opponents are ranked or
receiving votes in the Oct. 25 Mid-Atlantic
Region Top 10 (NSCAA). Ranked are William and Mary (tied #2), Richmond (#4), Penn (#6) and VCU (#8).
JMU opponents ranked in other
regions include Georgetown (#5 in
Northeast), Maryland (#5 in
Southeast) and Virginia Tech (#7 in
Southeast).
Earlier Notes
Aug.
17
Aug.
24
Aug.
31
Sept.
7
Sept.
14
Sept.
21
Sept.
27
Oct.
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11
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