2025 Schedules

[SierraFD3soccer]

York

After a tie against Washington College last season, York decides to load up on Centennial opponents, playing Franklin & Marshall and Gettysburg, in addition to hosting Washington College. Also adds Rochester instead of Carnegie Mellon from the UAA, and St. Mary's (MD) instead of Penn State Abington frmo the United East.  After not qualifying for the NCAA's last season with a 14-2-5 record, they'll have to hope these additions are enough to push them up the ladder if they can't get by Messiah.

Maybe so, definitely more successful teams with F&M, WC and Rochester (WC and R made it to the tournament 2 years ago).  Pretty amazing that they will only have to leave PA twice (play opening weekend in Salisbury, MD and Hood in Fredrick, MD). However, it will still take a lot to make it to the tournament. So much D3 soccer in PA. As to qual and not beating Messiah, looks like for years only the team that wins the MACC Commonwealth makes it. So we will see.

As to playing F&M, they are about 45 min apart and I was surprised that they had not played more often. F&M generally plays Leb Valley and Lancaster Bible every year which are very near. 

[Kuiper]

Ohio Northern

ONU doesn't shy away from a strong schedule and this year is no exception.  Gone from the schedule are Oberlin, Colorado College, UT Dallas, Calvin, Washington (MO), and Greenville, but they add games @Mary Washington (opening game), @Randolph-Macon, @Albion, @Trine, and v. Adrian, while still playing @Hope, @Ohio Wesleyan, and v. Kenyon.  The three game sequence in 7 days of OAC play - 10/18 v. Capital, 10/22 @Otterbein, and 10/25 @Mount Union - could be a preview of the OAC tournament this year.

Tufts

Drops Salem St. in favor of U Mass Boston, which is a decent upgrade, and plays Babson away this year.  In conference, the schedule isn't so front-loaded.  Last year, they played three conference games before their second non-conference game, while this year they alternate between non-conference and conference games for the first few weeks.

Bowdoin

Trades Wheaton (MA) for Endicott, which is probably an upgrade if for no other reason that Endicott is away and Wheaton was at home. They get Bates at home this year, where they will surely be eager to avenge a 1-0 loss from last season.

Wesleyan

Trades Eastern Connecticut for Brandeis, but otherwise plays the same non-conference foes.  Babson is an away game this year.  The double NESCAC weekend is brutal, playing at Tufts and at Middlebury on the last weekend of September.

Bates

I posted a partial schedule for Bates earlier and now they have added their non-conference games.  Only switch was replacing Emerson, which handed Bates their one non-conference loss last season, with Husson.

Husson

Husson is a very popular opponent among NESCAC teams.  They added Bates and Williams and continue to play Bowdoin and Tufts.  Williams even agreed to travel almost 6 hours to Bangor, ME to play them.  I'm sure it's to pay homage to the Paul Bunyon statue on Main Street and not because they (or any of the others) are eager for a win to bolster their record for conference play. 

Moravian

Last year was a decent year for Moravian until late in the season, when they went winless in the last four games, including losing to Elizabethtown in the conference tourney after beating them in the regular season.  This year, they start with games at Stevenson and Washington College (instead of Widener and Swarthmore) and they drop Bryn Athyn (or, more precisely, Bryn Athyn dropped all sports), Penn St. Abington, and Gwynedd Mercy in favor of Eastern, Kean, Ithaca, and Maywood, while still playing Muhlenberg and Montclair St. 

[Kuiper]

Rockford

After a 3-13-1 season, they shed some of the non-conference opponents that beat them - Wisconsin-Whitewater, Knox and Illinois Wesleyan, replacing them with Beloit, Marantha Baptist, Elmhurst, and Olivet.

The College of New Jersey

After a 2-12-5 season, TCNJ also looks for more competitive games.  They drop St. Mary's (MD), Salisbury, Drew, Union, and Muhlenberg, and add Immaculata, Penn State Berks, Keystone, Haverford, and Penn State Harrisburg

[jknezek]

Having an actual soccer coach will probably help TCNJ as much as anything else.

[Kuiper]

St. Scholastica

They start with a an England trip, which sounds fun, and then face an almost entirely new set of non-conference opponents (Loras, Luther, Carroll, Marian, Crown, Central, and Carleton, instead of Edgewood, Coe, Wisconsin-Platteville, Northwestern (MN), Wartburg, Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and Wisconsin-River Falls).  I guess if I went 3-15-1, I might want to try a new set of teams, but they didn't exactly pick easy ones.  This might be a situation where better teams called St. Scholastica looking for a game to beef up their record.

[Kuiper]

Ithaca

Opening at home against Elizabethtown and Elmira.  Replaces Brockport and Fredonia with Geneseo among the SUNYs.  Replaces Kings with Wilkes and Moravian instead of Eastern. Has to travel to Cortland and Hamilton this year, instead of hosting them.

Martin Luther

Drops Dakota Wesleyan and Wisconsin Lutheran in favor of UW-Stout, Lakeland, and Waldorf (an NAIA team from Iowa that went 0-15-1 last season)

Marian

Adds Carthage and St. Scholastica instead of Manchester and Lawrence.  Retains some tough games against UW-PLatteville, UW-Stevens Point, and Carroll.