St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Men's Soccer Announces 2010 Schedule
6/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
June 30, 2010
QUEENS, N.Y. - Head men's soccer coach Dr. Dave Masur has announced the schedule for the upcoming 2010 season. The 17-game slate features nine home games, including five against BIG EAST opponents.
St. John's will play six teams that participated in the 2009 NCAA Tournament, including the defending NCAA National Champion Virginia Cavaliers.
"We have a very difficult non-conference schedule that begins on the road with a pair of ACC schools in Virginia Tech and Virginia, the defending national champions," said Masur. "We will also play a pair of Ivy League teams on the road and host two teams from both the Northeast Conference and the America East."
After a trio of exhibition contests against Maryland, Hofstra and Northwestern, the Red Storm will open the regular season with a pair of games in Charlottesville, Va., as past of the University of Virginia Tournament. St. John's will play Virginia Tech on Friday, Sept. 3 at 2:30 p.m. in the 2010 season-opener. The Red Storm will then take on the defending champion Cavaliers at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 5.
St. John's then returns home to Belson Stadium and opens a four-game homestand on Friday, Sept. 10 with an 8 p.m. contest against local foe FDU. Boston University then travels to Queens for an 8 p.m. game on Sunday, Sept. 12.
The Red Storm then hosts Hartford for an 8 p.m. match on Friday, Sept. 17 before concluding the homestand with an 8 p.m. game against LIU.
"Our conference schedule will also be very challenging as the BIG EAST is one of the toughest leagues in the country," Masur added.
The nine-game BIG EAST schedule opens on Saturday, Sept. 25 as St. John's travels to face Notre Dame at noon in a rematch of the 2009 BIG EAST Tournament title game.
St. John's then heads to New Haven, Conn., to face Yale on Sept. 28 in an 8 p.m. game. The Red Storm remains on the road and heads to Louisville for a BIG EAST Red Division matchup at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2.
After concluding a four-game road trip with a contest against Brown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, St. John's returns to Queens for three-straight home games.
St. John's hosts Cincinnati at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9 before Syracuse comes to town for a 7:30 p.m. contest on Wednesday, Oct. 13. Connecticut is next on the schedule as the Huskies come to town for a 7:30 p.m. contest on Saturday, Oct. 16.
The Red Storm takes to the road for the next two games. After a 7 p.m. matchup on Wednesday, Oct. 20 against local BIG EAST foe Rutgers, St. John's heads to DePaul for a 2 p.m. game on Saturday, Oct. 23.
St. John's returns home and hosts Villanova at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27 before concluding regular season play with an 8 p.m. home game against USF on Saturday, Oct. 30.
The first round and quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament are slated for Wednesday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 6, respectively. The semifinals and finals, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 12 and Sunday, Nov. 14, will be played in Harrison, N.J. at Red Bull Arena, the brand-new home of the MLS New York Red Bulls.
