EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville women's soccer coach Chris Pfau announced a challenging 2022 fall schedule on Wednesday, loaded with 10 matches on the home turf of Arad McCutchan Stadium.
Season tickets are currently on sale for $45 through the UE ticket office. A combined women's and men's soccer season ticket is also available this year for $75. Tickets can be purchased on-line on the "Ticket" tab of GoPurpleAces.com (Click Here). Fans with questions can also contact the UE ticket office by phone or text at 812-488-2237, or they can contact Director of Ticketing & Game Operations Luc Prevost by phone at 812-488-4065 or Associate Athletics Director for Revenue Generation Logan Belz by phone at 812-488-2623.
The non-conference schedule features a very regional flavor, as UE will play seven non-conference matches and one exhibition match against teams within a five-hour radius of Evansville. The Missouri Valley Conference schedule will include an expanded look, as conference newcomers UIC, Belmont and Murray State will make the Valley an 11-team league in women's soccer beginning this fall.
"After a strong season last fall, I am excited for this upcoming season," said Pfau, who led UE to a 7-5-7 record in 2021 and a spot in the MVC Tournament final. "We lost a lot of key players in key positions from last year, but we believe that we can compete at a high level with the talent that we have returning and the new talent that we have coming in."
Evansville will open the fall season at home with an exhibition match against NCAA Tournament second-round participant Saint Louis University on Saturday, August 13 at 1 p.m. UE will then host Southeastern Conference foe Vanderbilt on Thursday, August 18 to kick-off the regular-season at 7 p.m. The Commodores feature second team all-SEC and third-team all-Southeast Region defender Maya Antoine in a defense which allowed the fewest goals in SEC play a year ago.
"To be able to host Vanderbilt to open up the regular-season is a great way to start," said Pfau. "They are one of the best teams in the country and have a great coach. This will be a great test for us to see where we are at and what we need to continue to work on."
UE will remain at home to finish the month of August with Sunday home matches against both Austin Peay (August 21, 1 p.m.) and Morehead State (August 28, 2 p.m.).
The month of September will begin with a quick trip to Edwardsville, Illinois to take on 2021 NCAA Tournament participant Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Thursday, September 1. UE will then return home for a Sunday, September 4 match-up with Northern Kentucky (1 p.m. kick-off) to wrap up the home non-conference slate.
Non-conference play will end on the road for UE, with trips to Southeast Missouri State (Thursday, September 8) and IUPUI (Sunday, September 11). Evansville will then open up Missouri Valley Conference play with road matches at Missouri State (Sunday, September 18) and Indiana State (Thursday, September 22).
Evansville will host Murray State on Sunday, September 25 at 1 p.m. in the first meeting between the two schools as members of the MVC. UE will then host UNI (Thursday, September 29, 6 p.m.) and Southern Illinois (Sunday, October 2, 1 p.m.) to close out a Valley-long three-match homestand.
A Chicago-area road trip for matches against UIC (Thursday, October 6) and Valparaiso (Sunday, October 9) follows, before a tough stretch to close the regular-season.
UE will host perennial league power Drake on Thursday, October 13 at 6 p.m., before hitting the road to take on Valley newcomer Belmont three days later (Sunday, October 16). UE will then return home to meet league rival Illinois State on Thursday, October 20 at 6 p.m. on Senior Day to close out the regular-season. The MVC Tournament will begin on Thursday, October 27 with first-round action leading up to a Sunday, November 6 championship match.
Evansville returns 13 players who saw action last season this fall, including first team all-MVC forward Emily Ormson (Folsom, Calif./Vista Del Lago), and fellow all-conference defenders Emilie Hill (Indianapolis, Ind./Franklin Community) and Rachel Rosborough (Mt. Brydges, Ontario). The Purple Aces will also welcome 10 new faces to campus this fall, including local standouts Ryleigh Anslinger (Evansville, Ind./Memorial/Indiana Univ.) and Kaylee Woosley (Evansville, Ind./North). UE posted the best start in program history last year under Pfau, while ranking as high as #5 in the United Soccer Coaches Midwest Region poll during the course of the regular-season.
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