HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The top-seeded Hofstra University Women's Soccer team (15-3-2) dominated from wire to wire to capture its third-straight Colonial Athletic Association Championship with a 5-1 victory over the sixth-seeded James Madison Dukes on Saturday, November 9 at the Hofstra Soccer Stadium.
 
Following the match, four Hofstra players were named to the CAA Women's Soccer Championship All-Tournament Team, including junior forward Sabrina Bryan, junior midfielder Jordan Littleboy, junior midfielder Bella Richards, and the most outstanding player was junior midfielder, Lucy Porter.
 
Hofstra had four goal-scorers on the day, including Porter, sophomore Megan Fisher, Bryan and junior Lucy Shepherd.
 
It took just three minutes for Hofstra to find the scoreboard, as Porter flicked in a cross by freshman Anja Suttner at the 3:38 mark to take a 1-0 advantage over the Dukes. The Pride extended the advantage to two when Bryan curled in a corner kick from the far corner, catching the head of Fisher who converted on her second goal of the season.
 
Despite the cold temperatures, Hofstra stayed hot out of the locker room as Bryan bent in a beautiful shot to the top-right corner of the mesh from just outside the box to make the score 3-0 in favor of the Pride 2:13 into the second half. The scoring parade continued almost exactly 10 minutes later when Shepherd sent home a rocket with her left foot just outside the six-yard box off a pass by Porter from the right side.
 
JMU's lone goal came in the 69th minute of play, as Iris Rabot converted in a penalty kick after a Hofstra handball inside the box. Hofstra put an exclamation point on the victory during the final two minutes when Porter tapped in her conference-best 16th goal of the season with the help of Fisher who recorded her first assist of the season.
 
With the championship victory, Hofstra earned the CAA Automatic Qualifier to the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship. Hofstra will find out its destination on Monday, Nov. 11, at 4:30 p.m. ET on the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship Selection Show. 
 
NOTES:
-Hofstra extended its unbeaten streak to 15 matches, the longest such streak since Hofstra was on an 18-game winning streak in 2010
-Hofstra becomes the first CAA women's soccer program to win three-straight titles since William & Mary took six consecutive crowns from 1996-2001.
-Hofstra's five goals broke a CAA championship match record
-Porter broke a Hofstra program record for points in a single season. She now has 40 on the year, surpassing Sam Scolarici (2013) and Leah Galton (2014) who had 38 points.
-Porter now has 16 goals this season, which is tied for the third-most by a Pride player in a single season in program history. She needs one more to tie with three other players for second and two more to tie the program record held by Sam Scolarici who had 18 in 2013
-Porter also moves up in the Hofstra career record books and now has 31 career goals, which is fifth all time. She needs five more to tie with Suzanne Newell (1994-97) for fourth. In addition, Porter has 74 points for her career, which is seventh all-time at Hofstra. She needs four more to tie with Jill Mulholland (2012-16).
-Bryan is now up to 30 points this season and has reached that mark for the second-straight season. She becomes the third Pride player in program history to record back-to-back 30 point seasons. The others were Sam Scolarici (38 in 2013 and 37 in 2014) and Leah Galton (38 in 2014 and 30 in 2015)
-Bryan's 25 goals for her career move her into ninth all-time at Hofstra. She needs one more to tie with Elyse Bizzozzaro who had 26 from 2000-04.