April 30, 2012
2012 Schedule
WASHINGTON - The Georgetown University men's soccer team released its 2012 schedule on Monday. The Hoyas will play nine home games at North Kehoe Field as well as one game at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. GU also has a challenging road slate including a two-game weekend in the Midwest. The Blue & Gray will face six NCAA Tournament squads from a year ago.
"We feel we have an aggressive out of conference schedule which will prepare us for BIG EAST play," said Georgetown Head Coach Brian Wiese. "We've been telling the guys that we will need to be consistent every day to handle the challenges that come with this schedule. We have a good group of returners and a strong freshman class that have the potential to be successful."
Georgetown will begin the year with two exhibition games. GU will face the Old Dominion University at home on August 14 and play at Villanova University on August 18.
The Hoyas will open the regular season in the BIG EAST/ACC Challenge at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. The Blue & Gray will face the University of Virginia on August 24 at 7:30 p.m. The Cavaliers were 12-8-1 last year and 4-3-1 in ACC play earning an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
GU will host Florida Gulf Coast University in its home opener at North Kehoe Field on August 27. The Eagles won the Atlantic Sun Conference last year and went to the NCAA Tournament falling to the University of Central Florida, 1-0, in double overtime in the first round.
This will be followed with a home Friday Sunday weekend for the Blue & Gray. Georgetown will host the Cal State Northridge Matadors on Friday, August 31 and Penn State on Sunday, September 2. The Matadors were 8-8-3 last year, while the Nittany Lions were 9-9-4 overall advancing to the Big Ten Tournament championship game before falling to Northwestern, 2-1.
The home stand will give Georgetown some games before heading out on the road. The Hoyas will play at the University of Illinois Chicago on Friday, September 7 and at the University of Wisconsin on Sunday, September 9. The third game of the road trip will be play on Friday, September 14 at Princeton University. The Flames were 9-7-3 overall and 3-4-1 in the Horizon League, while the Badgers were 10-8-2 overall and 4-2 in Big Ten play a year ago. Georgetown downed Princeton last season at North Kehoe Field by a score of 3-0.
A second Ivy League opponent is up next for the Blue & Gray as the University of Pennsylvania Quakers come to the Hilltop on Sunday, September 16 led by former Hoya Ruby Fuller. Last year, the squads tied, 1-1, in double overtime in Philadelphia.
Georgetown will open BIG EAST Conference play at home on September 22, hosting Rutgers University at 1 p.m. GU will face three BIG EAST teams that earned NCAA Tournament berths a year ago including the Scarlet Knights.
The Hoyas will travel to Harrisonburg, Va., on September 25 for a 7 p.m., matchup with James Madison University. The Dukes were 13-5-2 last year and went to the NCAA Tournament advancing to the second round before falling to the University of Connecticut.
The Huskies will be at North Kehoe Field on October 3, and will be in between conference road trips to the University of Pittsburgh on September 29 and the University of Notre Dame on October 6 for three Blue Division games.
Georgetown will close out nonconference play on Tuesday, October 9 with the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks. Lehigh was 8-4-6 last year and went 4-2-2 in the Patriot League.
Marquette University will come to town on October 13, before the Hoyas travel to a third BIG EAST NCAA qualifier in Providence University on October 17.
Back-to-back matchups with Seton Hall University will close out the regular season for the Blue & Gray. Georgetown will play at Seton Hall on Wednesday, October 24 before hosting the Pirates on Saturday, October 27 in the regular season finale.
BIG EAST Tournament play will begin on Oct. 28 with play-in games at home sites.
