21, as they host the Marshall Thundering Herd at the ODU Soccer Complex. at Wake Med Park, home of the Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League. The showdown between ODU and UNC will take place on Tuesday, Oct.
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14, before the Monarchs travel back to North Carolina to face the Tar Heels of North Carolina. The Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina travel to Norfolk for a nonconference match on Saturday, Oct. Charlotte held a top-10 ranking throughout most of 2016 and received a first round bye in the NCAA tournament only to fall to Virginia Tech 3-2. The Silver and Blue start off the month of October by traveling to Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. ODU closes out their schedule with six games before hosting the 2017 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament Nov. Wrapping up the month of September for ODU is Kentucky, who earned a 16 th seed in the 2016 NCAA Soccer tournament. 26, for another mid-week match with the Monarchs. The Campbell Fighting Camels come to town on Tuesday, Sept. 23, for the first conference match in front of the crowd. C-USA foe UAB, arrives in Norfolk on Saturday, Sept. 19, to kick off the four-game home stand. The Monarchs old CAA rival VCU travels to Hampton Roads for a mid-week match on Tuesday, Sept. Old Dominion returns to Norfolk for another four game stint as they host VCU, UAB, Campbell and Kentucky. 8, while Florida Atlantic takes on ODU a week later on Friday, Sept. The Panthers and Monarchs square off on Friday, Sept. 3 in Richmond.Ī duo of conference games await the Monarchs as they hit the road for their first road contests of the season against FIU and Florida Atlantic. VCU, who is also in the Classic will play both teams, Iona on Sept. Old Dominion will host the 42 nd annual ODU Soccer Classic at the ODU Soccer Complex, which will include Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sept. Appalachian State and Oakland open up action at the ODU Soccer Complex on Aug. Regular season action begins with four consecutive home games including two matches in the 42 nd annual ODU Soccer Classic. 19, as they host former CAA rival George Mason at 7 p.m.
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ODU follows that with their second exhibition at home on Saturday, Aug. 15, against Virginia, who ranked 13 th at the end of 2016. The Monarchs begin competition with a pair of exhibitions with the first on Aug.
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Teams that made the NCAA tournament last season that the Monarchs will face this season include North Carolina, Coastal Carolina and Conference USA rivals Kentucky, Charlotte, South Carolina and New Mexico. I am looking forward to that, the boys are looking forward to that, and hopefully we can qualify and put ourselves in a good position to make a run for the title.” And of course the exciting part is that we are hosting the Conference USA tournament here in Norfolk. We've got Coastal Carolina and North Carolina, perennial Division I top-20 teams, so again that will be a big challenge for us outside of conference action. So the conference schedule will be extremely difficult as usual. Right after the ODU Classic we step into conference play with arguably one of the strongest teams, if not the strongest team in the conference next year in FIU. “Our ODU Soccer Classic should be a real challenge with Saint Francis and Iona coming to town. “We're excited to kick off the season and hopefully gain some momentum early on with quite a few home games,” said coach Dawson. ODU hosted and won the C-USA tournament in 2014 claiming ODU athletics' first C-USA title.
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The season will be capped off as the Monarchs host the 2017 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament for the second time in four years. – Old Dominion University head men's soccer coach Alan Dawson announced the Monarchs' 2017 schedule, which will feature six NCAA tournament participants from a year ago and at least five teams who were ranked in the final NSCAA Coaches poll or receiving votes.