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UNC Asheville Men’s Soccer Unveils 2017 Schedule
06.15.2017 | Men's Soccer
2017 UNC Asheville Men's Soccer Schedule
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville men's soccer head coach Mathes Mennell unveiled the 2017 men's soccer schedule on Thursday, June 14.
The 2017 schedule for the Bulldogs features nine home games including exhibitions and an always challenging full Big South Conference slate.
"I'm excited about it," Mennell said of the 2017 schedule. "I think we've got a great schedule that will bring entertaining soccer here to Greenwood Field and allow us to go and show what UNC Asheville and the Big South are all about in other places of the country."
Mennell knows that the schedule will prepare his team the right way over the course of the year.
"Our 2017 schedule is going to be a challenging one, and interestingly enough when we set it up we always want to play more than one of the previous year's College Cup participant and this year we've got ETSU in a preseason match and then obviously Radford, who has really been the standard-bearer for the Big South Conference," Mennell said. "We play a lot of tradition-rich programs and for us to have the opportunity to go out west and play a UC Irvine, who has been very good, and Loyola Marymount, which will be a special game for a lot of reasons, it also gives us a chance to play programs that have been very good for a long period of time. Any time you get to go visit California it's a special trip for the student-athlete as well."
In addition to the overall stoutness of the schedule, one of the things that Mennell and the UNC Asheville men's soccer program take a great deal of pride in is playing very strong local NCAA Division I programs.
"The opportunities that we have here to play such great programs in a Wofford, a Furman, Marshall, UNCG, Davidson and NC State, and really, all of these tradition-laden programs that are close by, it's a really special opportunity," Mennell said. "Then, of course, you mix all of that in with playing a team like Georgia State that's a really good program that just missed on making the NCAA Tournament and the Mountain Rivalry with Appalachian State. Coach O'Keefe has done such a great job at Appalachian State and we're really looking forward to us continuing our relationship every fall and every spring and it's always nice to see who can run the mountains."
UNC Asheville men's soccer also knows that they play in a top-notch conference in the Big South and Mennell and his squad are excited for that challenge ahead in the league in the 2017 season.
"The Big South is going to be wide-open, especially with all of the great coaches from top-to-bottom in the league in terms of guys that understand how to win in the Big South and how to recruit great student-athletes in the Big South," Mennell said. "The bar is really high for us in terms of trying to find a way to compete against these programs and be where we want to be, which is holding that Big South trophy above (captain) Andrew Lawrence's head at the end of the year."
Mennell is set to start his third season in charge of UNC Asheville men's soccer in the 2017 season.
In his two seasons in charge of UNC Asheville men's soccer, Mennell has transformed the program into a Big South contender with the Bulldogs just missing out on the 2016 league regular-season title on the final day of conference play last season.
Mennell's third season at the helm of Bulldog men's soccer will open for the Bulldogs with two exhibitions within the friendly confines of Greenwood Field.
The Bulldogs will first welcome Horizon League Tournament finalist Wright State to Greenwood Field at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 17, for an exhibition. The Bulldogs will close out their tune up matches by welcoming reigning Southern Conference regular-season champion and 2016 NCAA Tournament participant East Tennessee State to Greenwood Field at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19.
The Bulldogs will start their regular-season with three straight road games with the opener set for a 7 p.m. kickoff against Marshall of Conference USA in Huntington, W.Va. on Friday, Aug. 25.
UNC Asheville will then travel out to the West Coast for two games with the Bulldogs first facing off against a program that Mennell knows all too well in Loyola Marymount of the West Coast Conference. Mennell spent 16 years at Loyola Marymount where he helped lead the Lions to two WCC titles and five NCAA Tournament appearances. The Bulldogs and Lions are set to square off at 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST) in Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 1.
The second match of the West Coast swing for UNC Asheville will see the Bulldogs take on UC Irvine of the Big West Conference at 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST) on Sunday, Sept. 3.
UNC Asheville's regular-season home opener will see the Bulldogs battle the Wildcats of Davidson on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The matchup against the Atlantic 10 foe is set for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Greenwood Field.
After the regular-season home opener, the Bulldogs will travel just up the road to Greenville, S.C. to take on traditional SoCon power Furman at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, before ending that week in Greensboro, N.C. for another matchup against a SoCon standard in UNCG at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16.
The first of consecutive regular-season home games on the year for the Bulldogs will be against another solid SoCon opponent in Wofford at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19.
The second of the two straight home games will also serve as the Big South Conference opener for the Bulldogs with UNC Asheville men's soccer hosting High Point at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23. The game against the Panthers is part of UNC Asheville's annual Homecoming festivities.
The Bulldogs will close out the month of September with two straight road games. The first of the two will see UNC Asheville travel to Raleigh, N.C. to face off against NC State of the ACC at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26. The final match of September has UNC Asheville men's soccer returning to Big South play with a 7 p.m. match against defending league champion Radford on Saturday, Sept. 30.
The month of October will begin for the Bulldogs with UNC Asheville making the short trip to Boiling Springs, N.C. for a 7 p.m. league game on Wednesday, Oct. 4. In the matchup between the two teams last year on Oct. 5, 2016, UNC Asheville picked up a 1-0 win at Greenwood Field.
The Bulldogs will play their first home match of October on Saturday, Oct. 7, when Liberty makes its way to Greenwood Field for a 7 p.m. start. UNC Asheville tallied an impressive 4-3 road win over Liberty last year on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, in Lynchburg, Va.
UNC Asheville will stay close to home next to face off against Appalachian State of the Sun Belt Conference at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10. The Bulldogs will then have a full week off before welcoming another Sun Belt foe in Georgia State to Greenwood Field for a 7 p.m. kickoff on Tuesday, Oct. 17.
The final four matches of the regular-season will feature two straight league road matches before the Bulldogs conclude their efforts in the regular-season with two consecutive conference home matches.
The first of the final four regular-season matches on the year starts with the Bulldogs traveling to Farmville, Va. For a 6 p.m. league match against Longwood. The Bulldogs collected a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over the Lancers last season.
UNC Asheville's final regular-season league road match has the Bulldogs traveling to Rock Hill, S.C. to take on Winthrop at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The Bulldogs earned a 1-0 home win over the Eagles last season on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at Greenwood Field.
The two straight conference home matches to close out the regular-season begins with the Bulldogs hosting Campbell at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Greenwood Field.
The final regular-season match of the year for the Bulldogs will see UNC Asheville play host to Presbyterian College at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The Bulldogs picked up a 2-1 road win over the Blue Hose in Clinton, S.C. last season on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016.
To learn more about UNC Asheville men's soccer, please visit uncabulldogs.com. You can also follow UNC Asheville men's soccer on Twitter and Instagram at @UNCA_MSOC.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville men's soccer head coach Mathes Mennell unveiled the 2017 men's soccer schedule on Thursday, June 14.
The 2017 schedule for the Bulldogs features nine home games including exhibitions and an always challenging full Big South Conference slate.
"I'm excited about it," Mennell said of the 2017 schedule. "I think we've got a great schedule that will bring entertaining soccer here to Greenwood Field and allow us to go and show what UNC Asheville and the Big South are all about in other places of the country."
Mennell knows that the schedule will prepare his team the right way over the course of the year.
"Our 2017 schedule is going to be a challenging one, and interestingly enough when we set it up we always want to play more than one of the previous year's College Cup participant and this year we've got ETSU in a preseason match and then obviously Radford, who has really been the standard-bearer for the Big South Conference," Mennell said. "We play a lot of tradition-rich programs and for us to have the opportunity to go out west and play a UC Irvine, who has been very good, and Loyola Marymount, which will be a special game for a lot of reasons, it also gives us a chance to play programs that have been very good for a long period of time. Any time you get to go visit California it's a special trip for the student-athlete as well."
In addition to the overall stoutness of the schedule, one of the things that Mennell and the UNC Asheville men's soccer program take a great deal of pride in is playing very strong local NCAA Division I programs.
"The opportunities that we have here to play such great programs in a Wofford, a Furman, Marshall, UNCG, Davidson and NC State, and really, all of these tradition-laden programs that are close by, it's a really special opportunity," Mennell said. "Then, of course, you mix all of that in with playing a team like Georgia State that's a really good program that just missed on making the NCAA Tournament and the Mountain Rivalry with Appalachian State. Coach O'Keefe has done such a great job at Appalachian State and we're really looking forward to us continuing our relationship every fall and every spring and it's always nice to see who can run the mountains."
UNC Asheville men's soccer also knows that they play in a top-notch conference in the Big South and Mennell and his squad are excited for that challenge ahead in the league in the 2017 season.
"The Big South is going to be wide-open, especially with all of the great coaches from top-to-bottom in the league in terms of guys that understand how to win in the Big South and how to recruit great student-athletes in the Big South," Mennell said. "The bar is really high for us in terms of trying to find a way to compete against these programs and be where we want to be, which is holding that Big South trophy above (captain) Andrew Lawrence's head at the end of the year."
Mennell is set to start his third season in charge of UNC Asheville men's soccer in the 2017 season.
In his two seasons in charge of UNC Asheville men's soccer, Mennell has transformed the program into a Big South contender with the Bulldogs just missing out on the 2016 league regular-season title on the final day of conference play last season.
Mennell's third season at the helm of Bulldog men's soccer will open for the Bulldogs with two exhibitions within the friendly confines of Greenwood Field.
The Bulldogs will first welcome Horizon League Tournament finalist Wright State to Greenwood Field at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 17, for an exhibition. The Bulldogs will close out their tune up matches by welcoming reigning Southern Conference regular-season champion and 2016 NCAA Tournament participant East Tennessee State to Greenwood Field at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19.
The Bulldogs will start their regular-season with three straight road games with the opener set for a 7 p.m. kickoff against Marshall of Conference USA in Huntington, W.Va. on Friday, Aug. 25.
UNC Asheville will then travel out to the West Coast for two games with the Bulldogs first facing off against a program that Mennell knows all too well in Loyola Marymount of the West Coast Conference. Mennell spent 16 years at Loyola Marymount where he helped lead the Lions to two WCC titles and five NCAA Tournament appearances. The Bulldogs and Lions are set to square off at 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST) in Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 1.
The second match of the West Coast swing for UNC Asheville will see the Bulldogs take on UC Irvine of the Big West Conference at 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST) on Sunday, Sept. 3.
UNC Asheville's regular-season home opener will see the Bulldogs battle the Wildcats of Davidson on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The matchup against the Atlantic 10 foe is set for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Greenwood Field.
After the regular-season home opener, the Bulldogs will travel just up the road to Greenville, S.C. to take on traditional SoCon power Furman at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, before ending that week in Greensboro, N.C. for another matchup against a SoCon standard in UNCG at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16.
The first of consecutive regular-season home games on the year for the Bulldogs will be against another solid SoCon opponent in Wofford at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19.
The second of the two straight home games will also serve as the Big South Conference opener for the Bulldogs with UNC Asheville men's soccer hosting High Point at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23. The game against the Panthers is part of UNC Asheville's annual Homecoming festivities.
The Bulldogs will close out the month of September with two straight road games. The first of the two will see UNC Asheville travel to Raleigh, N.C. to face off against NC State of the ACC at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26. The final match of September has UNC Asheville men's soccer returning to Big South play with a 7 p.m. match against defending league champion Radford on Saturday, Sept. 30.
The month of October will begin for the Bulldogs with UNC Asheville making the short trip to Boiling Springs, N.C. for a 7 p.m. league game on Wednesday, Oct. 4. In the matchup between the two teams last year on Oct. 5, 2016, UNC Asheville picked up a 1-0 win at Greenwood Field.
The Bulldogs will play their first home match of October on Saturday, Oct. 7, when Liberty makes its way to Greenwood Field for a 7 p.m. start. UNC Asheville tallied an impressive 4-3 road win over Liberty last year on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, in Lynchburg, Va.
UNC Asheville will stay close to home next to face off against Appalachian State of the Sun Belt Conference at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10. The Bulldogs will then have a full week off before welcoming another Sun Belt foe in Georgia State to Greenwood Field for a 7 p.m. kickoff on Tuesday, Oct. 17.
The final four matches of the regular-season will feature two straight league road matches before the Bulldogs conclude their efforts in the regular-season with two consecutive conference home matches.
The first of the final four regular-season matches on the year starts with the Bulldogs traveling to Farmville, Va. For a 6 p.m. league match against Longwood. The Bulldogs collected a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over the Lancers last season.
UNC Asheville's final regular-season league road match has the Bulldogs traveling to Rock Hill, S.C. to take on Winthrop at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The Bulldogs earned a 1-0 home win over the Eagles last season on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at Greenwood Field.
The two straight conference home matches to close out the regular-season begins with the Bulldogs hosting Campbell at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Greenwood Field.
The final regular-season match of the year for the Bulldogs will see UNC Asheville play host to Presbyterian College at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The Bulldogs picked up a 2-1 road win over the Blue Hose in Clinton, S.C. last season on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016.
To learn more about UNC Asheville men's soccer, please visit uncabulldogs.com. You can also follow UNC Asheville men's soccer on Twitter and Instagram at @UNCA_MSOC.
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