Lady Eagles Announce 2008 Schedule
June 3, 2008
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman women's soccer team will travel to Denver, Colo. to face two-time national champion Metro State as part of their 2008 schedule, Lady Eagle Head Coach Phillip McNamara announced Tuesday. Carson-Newman will also face each of the other five NCAA Southeast Regional participants from a season ago, including four in Jefferson City.
"This is without question the strongest schedule we have ever played," McNamara said. "We could play as many eight ranked D-II teams, as well as two of the top NAIA programs in the nation in King College and Lee University, who was ranked No. 1 last season. Our goal is to challenge our players and prepare for South Atlantic Conference and NCAA Tournament play. There might be a few hard learning curves along the way, but this is a schedule that will make us a better team. The NCAA has rewarded our program in the past for our strength of schedule and we want that trend to continue."
C-N will host an exhibition match with Tennessee Tech on Aug. 19 at McCown Field. Its season opener comes 12 days later, on Aug. 31, at home against Chowan.
The Lady Eagles will travel to Charlotte, N.C. to face Queens University in their road opener on Sept. 5. The Royals were the region's No. 6-seed in last year's NCAA Tournament.
The Peach Belt's Armstrong Atlantic State comes to Jefferson City for a night game on Friday Sept. 12, followed by a visit from Columbus State on Sept. 14. Both teams hosted in last year's NCAA Southeast Regional.
McNamara's squad will open SAC play on Sept. 20 with a trip to Hickory, N.C. to face Lenoir-Rhyne. The Lady Eagles will open their trip to Denver on Sept. 26 with a match against Regis University. Two days later, C-N will face Metro State, who won national titles in 2004 and 2006.
Carson-Newman will play six of its final nine regular-season matches at home, including five in SAC play.
Rivals Tusculum and Lincoln Memorial, both joined C-N in the NCAA Tournament year ago, will visit Jefferson City in the fall. The Lady Eagles will host the Pioneers on Oct. 1, while C-N hosts LMU on Oct. 22.
C-N's South Atlantic Conference and regular-season finale is Nov. 1 at home against Newberry.
The Lady Eagles will look to turn one of the nation's toughest schedules into a sixth straight NCAA Tournament bid.
| 2008 Carson-Newman Women's Soccer Schedule | ||
| Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | vs. Tennessee Tech (Exh.) | 7:30 p.m. ET |
| Sunday, August 31, 2008 | vs. Chowan | 1:00 p.m. ET |
| Friday, September 05, 2008 | at Queens (N.C.) | 8:00 p.m. ET |
| Sunday, September 07, 2008 | at Pfeiffer | 1:00 p.m. ET |
| Friday, September 12, 2008 | vs. Armstrong Atlantic | 7:30 p.m. ET |
| Sunday, September 14, 2008 | vs. Columbus St. | 1:00 p.m. ET |
| Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | at King | 5:00 p.m. ET |
| Saturday, September 20, 2008 | at Lenoir-Rhyne * | 7:30 p.m. ET |
| Friday, September 26, 2008 | at Regis College | 4:00 p.m. ET |
| Sunday, September 28, 2008 | at Metro State | 1:30 p.m. ET |
| Wednesday, October 01, 2008 | vs. Tusculum * | 8:00 p.m. ET |
| Saturday, October 04, 2008 | vs. Mars Hill * | 7:30 p.m. ET |
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 | at Catawba * | 3:00 p.m. ET |
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | vs. Concord | 6:00 p.m. ET |
| Thursday, October 16, 2008 | at Wingate * | 7:00 p.m. ET |
| Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | vs. Lincoln Memorial * | 7:30 p.m. ET |
| Friday, October 24, 2008 | at Lee | 7:00 p.m. ET |
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 | vs. Brevard * | 7:30 p.m. ET |
| Saturday, November 01, 2008 | vs. Newberry * | 6:00 p.m. ET |
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 | SAC Tourney First Round | TBA |
| Friday, November 07, 2008 | SAC Tourney Semi-Finals | TBA |
| Sunday, November 09, 2008 | SAC Tourney Finals | TBA |
| Friday, November 14, 2008 | NCAA First Round | TBA |
| Sunday, November 16, 2008 | NCAA Second Round | TBA |
| * Denotes SAC Game | ||
