2026 Schedules

Kuiper · March 24, 2026, 08:56:41 PM

Hamline

Hamline had a decent year last season in the MIAC, only losing 1-0 to Augsburg, St. Olaf, Saint John's and Gustavus Adolphus, and starting out the season going 7-0-1. It will take something special to break through given the strength of their opposition, but they are laying the foundation for success. This season, they drop Wisconsin-Platteville (their one non-conference tie), Lakeland, Lawrence and Bethany Lutheran and add St. Norbert, University of Northwestern (MN). Perhaps they decided that 20 games was overkill and left them dragging late in conference play last season.

Kuiper · March 27, 2026, 07:27:01 PM

Johns Hopkins

Hopkins had a down season by their standard last year, finishing 8-7-6, although they did make a run in the Centennial tournament before losing 4-0 to Dickinson in the finals. Two big road trips to Tennessee and Ohio might have gotten the team off on the wrong foot. They went 2-2 on the trip, but were winless for the next 6 games after returning. This season, they mostly stay close to home to start the season. They drop Rhodes, Sewanee, Kenyon, and Denison, and pick up York and Catholic away and a big set of games on the second weekend hosting Vassar and Washington & Lee.

Grinnell College

This is a school that feels like it should do better than it does, even though it has recently had a string of (barely) winning records. Strong academics, huge endowment, good merit aid. I suppose it only appeals to a certain type of student and that type of student is also interested in the strong academic liberal arts colleges in the Northeast. In any event, they probably need a little push to get over the top, but the schedule changes this year won't do them any favors. They drop Bethel and Buena Vista and add Wisconsin-River Falls, Gustavus Adolphus (which was on the schedule last season, but ended up being cancelled), and Luther as a new Midwest Conference opponent.

SierraFD3soccer · March 29, 2026, 09:25:38 PM

Quote from: Kuiper on March 27, 2026, 07:27:01 PMJohns Hopkins

Hopkins had a down season by their standard last year, finishing 8-7-6, although they did make a run in the Centennial tournament before losing 4-0 to Dickinson in the finals. Two big road trips to Tennessee and Ohio might have gotten the team off on the wrong foot. They went 2-2 on the trip, but were winless for the next 6 games after returning. This season, they mostly stay close to home to start the season. They drop Rhodes, Sewanee, Kenyon, and Denison, and pick up York and Catholic away and a big set of games on the second weekend hosting Vassar and Washington & Lee.

True. I really think the first two Hop games (York and Catholic) are scrimmages as they are before Labor Day weekend and the schedule has 19 games. I think the NCAA allows teams to begin scheduling competitive games on Aug. 28.

Based on the schedule, I think Hop could go at least 5-1 before its Cent. Conf. schedule. That will be great.

Kuiper · March 30, 2026, 12:10:16 AM

Quote from: SierraFD3soccer on March 29, 2026, 09:25:38 PM
Quote from: Kuiper on March 27, 2026, 07:27:01 PMJohns Hopkins

Hopkins had a down season by their standard last year, finishing 8-7-6, although they did make a run in the Centennial tournament before losing 4-0 to Dickinson in the finals. Two big road trips to Tennessee and Ohio might have gotten the team off on the wrong foot. They went 2-2 on the trip, but were winless for the next 6 games after returning. This season, they mostly stay close to home to start the season. They drop Rhodes, Sewanee, Kenyon, and Denison, and pick up York and Catholic away and a big set of games on the second weekend hosting Vassar and Washington & Lee.

True. I really think the first two Hop games (York and Catholic) are scrimmages as they are before Labor Day weekend and the schedule has 19 games. I think the NCAA allows teams to begin scheduling competitive games on Aug. 28.

Based on the schedule, I think Hop could go at least 5-1 before its Cent. Conf. schedule. That will be great.

You are correct. My mistake. I read that schedule too quickly. I think I automatically assumed York and Catholic were part of the schedule partly because they were dropping the first four opponents from last season and didn't list any scrimmages in 2025. They replace them with Shenandoah, Vassar and W&L and drop from 18 games to 17 games this season.