University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Women's Soccer Announces 2013 Fall Schedule
5/31/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
May 31, 2013
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss Head Soccer Coach Mohammed El-Zare announced today the 2013 women's soccer schedule, a 20-match campaign with three NCAA tournament participants from 2012 to kick off his first season on the job.
"A big part of this schedule was making sure we covered all of our needs and challenges as a team in the pre-conference season," said El-Zare. "We'll take on a number of regionally competitive teams right out of the gate and that will get us prepared for what I expect to be a very tough conference slate."
The Golden Eagles will begin their season Aug. 23 when they travel to Arkansas State and swing back through Itta Bena, Miss., for an Aug. 25 game at Mississippi Valley, they first NCAA-tournament foe of the year.
Southern Miss then enjoys two weekends at home with matches against Arkansas Pine-Bluff (Aug. 30), Southeastern Louisiana (Sept. 1), South Alabama (Sept. 6) and Mississippi State (Sept. 8).
After a trip to Starkville to take on Jackson State (Sept. 13) and Furman (Sept. 15) in the Mississippi State Tournament, the Golden Eagles will split a weekend with a home match against Alcorn State (Sept. 20) and a road swing at Auburn (Sept. 22).
The C-USA schedule then kicks into gear and includes four new conference match ups with North Texas, Texas-San Antonio, Louisiana Tech and Old Dominion all joining the league to make up a 10-game conference slate.
Southern Miss will travel to conference opponents North Texas (Sept. 27), UTEP (Sept. 29), UTSA (Oct. 18), Louisiana Tech (Oct. 20) and Colorado College (Oct. 31) while hosting Tulsa (Oct. 4), Marshall (Oct. 6), Rice (Oct. 12), East Carolina (Oct. 25), and Old Dominion (Oct. 27).
The 2013 C-USA Women's Soccer Championship will be hosted by Rice, Nov. 6-10.
| Southern Miss 2013 Schedule | |
| Date | Opponent |
| August 23 | at Arkansas State |
| August 25 | at Mississippi Valley State |
| August 30 | Arkansas Pine-Bluff |
| September 1 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| September 6 | South Alabama |
| September 8 | Mississippi State |
| Mississippi State Tournament | |
| September 13 | Jackson State |
| September 15 | Furman |
| September 20 | Alcorn State |
| September 22 | at Auburn |
| September 27 | at North Texas* |
| September 29 | at UTEP* |
| October 4 | Tulsa* |
| October 6 | Marshall* |
| October 12 | Rice* |
| October 18 | at UTSA* |
| October 20 | at Louisiana Tech* |
| October 25 | ECU* |
| October 27 | Old Dominion* |
| October 31 | at Colorado College* |
| *Conference Game | |
| Bold: Home Game | |
