W&M competing today in NCAA Championships

The 12th-ranked William & Mary men’s gymnastics team will compete at the NCAA Championships, hosted by the University of Minnesota this weekend.

W&M will compete in the first session at 2 p.m. today along with Oklahoma, Navy, Illinois, Ohio State and Nebraska. The second session will get underway at 8 p.m. and include Iowa, Michigan, California, Stanford, Penn State and Minnesota.

Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals in each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance from each pre-qualifying session to the final session, which will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Tribe players named All-CAA

William & Mary sophomore midfielder Alexander Levengood made the All-Colonial Athletic Association first team announced Thursday, though the Tribe (2-4, 1-3) did not qualify for the four-team conference soccer tournament that began Thursday.

Tribe sophomore midfielder Alfredo Bozalongo was on the second team. W&M sophomore midfielder Marcos Villeda made the third team. Freshman defender Joe Core also made the third team and was joined on the All-Rookie team by goalkeeper Will Stack.

James Madison took three major honors, with goalkeeper TJ Bush as the Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year Axel Ahlander and Coach of the Year Paul Zazenski. The Dukes (6-0-2) edged tournament host Drexel 8-7 last Friday in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in their semifinal.

Virginia Beach players Ethan Taylor and Clay Obara each scored for JMU in the shootout, helping the Dukes advance to Saturday’s noon final against Hofstra in Philadelphia.

In women’s soccer,

two William & Mary seniors, midfielder Erin Dailey and defender Lauren Kelly, made the All-Colonial Athletic Association second team announced Thursday. The Tribe finished 0-3-3, 0-2-2 in the CAA.

No. 15 VMI needs victory for title, FCS playoff berth

VMI (5-1), which fell one spot to No. 15 in this week’s Stats Perform FCS Top 25 after an off week, awaits one of the biggest games in school history.

The Keydets will gain an automatic playoff bid and their first Southern Conference title since 1977 if they win Saturday at home against The Citadel or Mercer loses at Samford.

The 16-team playoff field will be unveiled Sunday.