Men's Soccer Unveils 2012 Schedule

June 26, 2012

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.- The Marshall University men's soccer team unveiled its 2012 schedule on Monday, establishing a list of fixtures that includes four home Conference USA matches and nine matches against opponents with winning records in 2011.

With the demolition of the Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse underway, construction on the Thundering Herd's state-of-the-art soccer complex is set to begin as early as August. However, with the project not predicted to reach completion before the end of the season, Marshall will split the hosting of its home matches between nearby Hurricane High School and the Fields at Trace Fork in Charleston.

Following exhibition matches against Rio Grande and Pittsburgh on April 15^th and 18^th, Marshall will kick-off its season against Wright State in Charleston, W.Va., on August 24^th at 7:00 p.m. The Herd will then move into September with road trips to Bowling Green and IPFW on September 1^st and 3^rd.

Marshall will then divide the remainder of its non-conference schedule with trips to Lexington, Va., and Radford, Va., where the squad will face Liberty, VMI, UNC Asheville, and Radford in the span of a week.

The Herd will kick-off C-USA play when it travels to Memphis on September 26^th to take on the Tigers at 7:00 p.m., before making an even longer trip to face Tulsa in Oklahoma at 7:00 p.m. some three days later.

Matches against Asbury and Evansville on October 3^rd and 6^th are the only interruptions as Marshall finishes out its C-USA slate and the regular season with six-straight games against South Carolina on October 13^th, Kentucky on October 17^th, UAB on October 20^th, FIU on October 23^rd, SMU on October 28^th, and UCF on November 3^rd. The games against South Carolina, Kentucky, FIU, and UCF will all be played at Hurricane High School and will all begin at 7:00 p.m.

"It's unfortunate we will have to play this season's home games outside of Huntington on unfamiliar fields," said head coach Bob Gray, "but we feel really good about the team we have returning this year and with the addition of some quality newcomers we have every reason to be excited about the season ahead."

2012 Schedule

Marshall University Athletics

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