New for the 2011-2012 seasons, the America East Daily Word, a collaboration between AmericaEast.com and AExtra, will recap the previous day's games and on goings on our nine campuses and provide links to recaps, previews, features and exclusive coverage.

Cross country teams will hit the trails on Oct. 29 in Albany to kick off the championship season.

But there is still a whole lot to be decided in all five fall championship sports in the next two weeks. Two teams are still undefeated in women’s soccer and field hockey conference play. The top three seeds in men’s soccer are still jockeying for position and the parody in volleyball is out of control.

Let’s take a look at some action from over the weekend, starting first with some women’s soccer. It looks like the regular season title will belong to either Boston University or Hartford, although they could share the crown. Both teams earned wins this weekend and have not lost in conference. Hartford, in fact, hasn’t lost all year and is currently riding a 15-game unbeaten streak. The Hawks disposed of a pesky Vermont squad, 2-0, on Sunday, while Boston U. put the hurt on UMBC, 8-0. Albany defeated Maine, 3-1, to gain sole possession of third place in the conference standings because of Vermont’s loss to Hartford. New Hampshire battled Binghamton, coming up with a huge win, 2-1.

If the playoffs started today, Boston U. and Hartford would have first-round byes as the top two seeds. Albany would host a first-round playoff game against New Hampshire, while Vermont and Stony Brook would duke it out in the 4-5 game.

Men’s soccer hit the national spotlight this weekend when UMBC hosted New Hampshire. Friday night live on the Fox Soccer Channel, first-half action looked similar to the two teams’ conference title game last year. A second-half own goal, however, and a strike from UMBC’s Andrew Bulls gave the Retrievers a 2-0 win in Baltimore. UMBC is riding a five-game unbeaten streak and is undefeated is 4-0-0 in conference for the first time in its nine seasons in the league.

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