Early season must see games?

[Gregory Sager]

Their football team shares Tucci Stadium with their two lacrosse teams, but the two soccer teams have their own stadium, Neis Field.

[TNAggie]

Love the top matchups compilation — thanks FCGrizzliesGrad!

[SKUD]

Here's all the matchups between Massey top 100 teams (which should be taken with a large chunk of salt) for the first week

Friday 9/1
#2 Chicago @ #9 St Olaf
#11 NYU @ #31 Montclair St
#4 Kenyon @ #49 Ohio Northern
#20 Cortland @ #48 Rochester
#74 RPI @ #13 Mary Washington
#41 CWRU @ #54 Otterbein
#28 Pacific Lutheran @ #77 Colorado College
#59 Roanoke @ #61 Denison
#44 Vassar @ #78 West Conn
#72 Texas Lutheran @ #55 Occidental
#66 Carthage @ #67 Macalester
#51 Willamette @ #88 Southwestern
#81 Drew vs #60 New Paltz
#62 Coast Guard @ #87 Widener
#99 Covenant @ #57 Emory
#85 Brockport @ #80 RIT

Saturday 9/2
#1 Messiah @ #24 Catholic
#22 Stevens @ #30 Franklin & Marshall
#38 Lynchburg @ #17 Christopher Newport
#37 Ohio Wesleyan @ #25 Calvin
#10 Washington & Lee @ #57 Emory

Sunday 9/3
#2 Chicago @ #19 Gustavus Adolphus
#15 Johns Hopkins @ #13 Mary Washington
#26 John Carroll @ #4 Kenyon
#20 Cortland @ #45 St Lawrence
#23 St. Thomas vs #51 Willamette
#62 Coast Guard @ #76 Swarthmore
#46 WPI @ #96 Mass-Boston
#72 Texas Lutheran @ #71 Cal Lutheran
#65 Rutgers-Newark @ #84 Elizabethtown
#92 Misericordia @ #69 Lycoming

Monday 9/4
#48 Rochester @ #98 Alvernia

Tuesday 9/5
#43 Wheaton (MA) @ #5 Williams
#6 Connecticut College @ #58 Hartford
#10 Washington & Lee vs #64 Stockton
#47 Luther @ #70 WI Platteville

Wednesday 9/6
#11 NYU @ #14 Wesleyan
#15 Johns Hopkins @ #33 Rowan
#39 WI Eau Claire @ #67 Macalester
#73 Brandeis @ #46 WPI
#34 Washington (MD) @ #94 York (PA)
#81 Drew @ #78 West Conn
#87 Widener @ #76 Swarthmore

Thursday 9/7
#26 John Carroll @ #86 Carnegie Mellon

Great recap can you do this weekly for us?!  4 more days!

[Another Mom]

4 more days!!! Cannot wait.

[Coach Jeff]

9/1 W & L at Oglethorpe
9/2 Stevens at F & M
9/8 Rutgers Camden at Gettysburg

These should be good games to check out for the first weeks

[PaulNewman]

Tufts at Conn College on 9/9 is a huge early season match... probably a little more important for Conn to get a result but Tufts will also be looking to reassert dominance.

[SierraFD3soccer]

9/1 W & L at Oglethorpe
9/2 Stevens at F & M
9/8 Rutgers Camden at Gettysburg

These should be good games to check out for the first weeks

If Gettysburg is like last year, they should win.

FYI and not to excuse Stevens, but, for some reason, it is playing at home on the 1st against Manhattanville and then traveling to Lancaster for the their second game in less than 24 hours.  Not sure what they were thinking especially with hot weather.

[Kuiper]

Franciscan @ Randolph-Macon Friday 9/1 at 11 am eastern (8 am pacific)

Why?  Because, as far as I can tell, it's the opening match of the DIII men's soccer season! 

For one whole hour, it will be the only official DIII Men's soccer match playing in the entire country.  Then, during the second half, it will have to compete with games starting at 12 pm at Emory, Husson, and UMass Boston.

[SKUD]

That's hysterical!  I'll watch it on the plane on my way to another game!

[Gregory Sager]

Last November, crosstown rivals WPI and Worcester State started what they intend to establish as an annual tradition of playing a midnight basketball game at the outset of the first day of men's basketball season. It'd be interesting if somebody started a similar tradition in men's soccer.

[Kuiper]

Last November, crosstown rivals WPI and Worcester State started what they intend to establish as an annual tradition of playing a midnight basketball game at the outset of the first day of men's basketball season. It'd be interesting if somebody started a similar tradition in men's soccer.

WPI is playing at Worcester St. on opening day, Friday 9/1, but it's at 7 pm eastern.  No idea if Franciscan and Randolph Macon intended to be first (I don't think they've been advertising it on social media), but starting a game at 11 am on a Friday is not necessarily a typical game time.

[PaulNewman]

I can't remember if it was this thread that a couple of folks were talking about playing D1s.

SUNY Maritime hosts D1 VMI Saturday night (listed on SUM site as exhibition game).  VMI is already 0-2, dropping a pair of matches 5-0 to Robert Morris and 3-0 to Navy.

One of my weekend sleepers is Willamette at Southwestern Friday night at 9:00 EST....the Bearcats could be caught still hiberbating in a trap game looking ahead to St Thomas.  PN INSTA-PREDICTION...Southwestern gets the W. 

Southwestern is also a sleeper pick overall in Region X.

[Kuiper]

I can't remember if it was this thread that a couple of folks were talking about playing D1s.

SUNY Maritime hosts D1 VMI Saturday night (listed on SUM site as exhibition game).  VMI is already 0-2, dropping a pair of matches 5-0 to Robert Morris and 3-0 to Navy.

One of my weekend sleepers is Willamette at Southwestern Friday night at 9:00 EST....the Bearcats could be caught still hiberbating in a trap game looking ahead to St Thomas.  PN INSTA-PREDICTION...Southwestern gets the W. 

Southwestern is also a sleeper pick overall in Region X.

Southwestern has been a strong team for awhile and, while they didn't score many goals last season, they didn't give up a ton of goals either (other than against Trinity and St. Thomas). It certainly wouldn't surprise me if they handled Willamette, just liked they held Claremont-Mudd-Scripps to a 0-0 tie last year around this time.  Willamette does have experience on these Texas swings (which pose the dual challenges of travel and heat), having beaten Southwestern 2-1 in 2021.  That game was in San Antonio @ Trinity, though, while this one is at Southwestern's home field in Georgetown, TX.  The challenge for Southwestern might be that their GK from last year, Jack Viles, who was two time first team All Region and an All American in 2021, has graduated and their most experienced returner, although a senior, has played two games in his career and only 16 minutes last year.   I wouldn't be surprised if they start a freshman.  He's 6'4" and was three time All State in Arkansas, but he's still a freshman.

[SimpleCoach]

This thread gave me an idea....

Game ... or Games ... of the Week

[SKUD]

That was my idea.  I just didn't think that this group could agree on 1 or 2 games.