Moon Township, Pa. – The RMU women's soccer team released its schedule for the 2023-24 season, head coach
Chris Shaw announced.
The Colonials are slated to play a 19-game campaign, including 10 Horizon League contests, as well as one exhibition game opening the season vs. Duquesne on August 9.
"I'm really excited for this upcoming season," said assistant coach Brianna Murgi. "We have a ton of young talent returning as well as veteran leadership that will help us make this a successful season. We also have eight newcomers whose presence will have an immediate impact."
The season starts with four non-conference games on the road at VMI, Hampton, Akron and Saint Francis from Aug 17-27. "We have a challenging out of conference schedule that will prepare us for Horizon League play," stated Murgi.
The first official home game at the NAC (North Athletic Complex) will be against Indiana State on Aug 31.
Continuing on in the month of September, the Bonnies of St. Bonaventure come to town on Sep 3. This will be Alumni Day for the RMU women's soccer program. Then, RMU heads out on the road for two more non-conference tilts against Mount Saint Mary's and Le Moyne College.
Conference play starts at Purdue Fort Wayne for RMU on Sep 14. The first Horizon League game at the North Athletic Complex will be on September 17 vs. Green Bay.
The following week the Colonials visit Milwaukee and then come back to face Wright State.
On September 27, RMU will take on Carlow at Highmark Stadium for one last non-conference battle. Later in the week, Detroit comes to the NAC for another Horizon League match-up on September 30.
Over the next two weeks, the Colonials go on the road to play Oakland and Cleveland State with a bye week in-between games.
Finishing off the regular season campaign, NKU and IUPUI travel to Moon Township on October 15 and October 21. The last conference game of the season will be at Youngstown on October 25.
Dates for the Horizon League Playoff Tournament are listed below:
| Date |
Round |
| October 30 |
Quarterfinal |
| November 3 |
Semifinal |
| November 5 |
Final |
Times yet to be determined**
The top six seeds make playoffs. The first and second seed teams earn a bye week and automatically make it to the semifinal. In the quarterfinal, the 6 seed will play the 3, and the 5 and 4 seed kick-offs at the higher seeds home site.
The winner of the 6v3 will face the 1 seed and then the winner of the 5v4 seed will play the 2 seed.
To view the full schedule on the website, click
here.
"We're excited to continue growing as a group and be successful on and off the field," said Murgi.
Chris Shaw enters his fourth season as head coach of the Colonials in 2023 after being named bench boss on May 8, 2020.
Brianna Murgi returns for her second season as an assistant along with Erik Eisenhut who works with the goalkeepers.
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