FULL SCHEDULE
LOS ANGELES – The 2019 LMU women's soccer season will include an 19-game schedule, as well as a cross-town exhibition, as announced by Head Coach
Michelle Myers on Thursday. The Lions will play nine times on Sullivan Field this season.
"Every year our goal is to make the NCAA tournament," said Myers. "There are two ways that we can do that. We can get an automatic bid by winning our conference or we can earn one of the remaining 33 at-large bids. Either way we need to be able to compete with and beat teams that are in the top 50 in the nation. So, we put together a schedule that will allow us to face some of those teams in preseason and also help us in our preparation for a tough WCC conference. Last year, we also played a very competitive schedule and we had 16 games decided by 1 goal or less. This season we are looking forward to getting some of our key players that were injured last year back onto the field. We are also excited about our incoming class and how they will immediately impact our line-up. Add a few good bounces here and there, and hopefully those 1 goal decisions swing our way this year and put us where we want to be, on Nov. 11th."
The first look of the 2019 squad will be in a 7 p.m. exhibition at UCLA on Aug. 16, before LMU opens the regular season on the road for a pair of games in Pittsburgh against Pitt on Aug. 23 then at Duquesne on Aug. 25.
The Lions make their home debuts to close out August with a matchup against San Jose State on Aug. 29 at 7 p.m.
The homestand will continue on Sept. 1, as part of a Sullivan Field double header for the WCC/Big 10 Challenge. LMU and Penn State will open that Sunday's games at 1 p.m. and be followed by the Illinois and San Francisco teams battling it out at 4 p.m.
The LMU women's and men's teams will play a Friday doubleheader on Sept. 6, as the women host Drexel at 4 p.m., and the men play Oral Roberts later that evening at 7 p.m.
The following weekend will send the Lions on the road to play in Washington State's tournament. LMU will face a pair of NCAA Tournament second rounders from last season in Texas Tech on Sept. 13 and the host Cougars on Sept. 15.
Big West opponents Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara will meet LMU back on Sullivan Field on Sept. 19 and 22, respectively, to close out the home portion of the non-conference schedule. The Lions make a final trip back to the Evergreen State to face Seattle University on Sept. 26 in the last non-conference game of the season.
West Coast Conference action begins back at home with a Saturday showdown against Pacific on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m.
After a midweek road game on Oct. 9 at San Francisco, the Lions host Pepperdine on Sunday, Oct. 13 for 1 p.m. edition the PCH Cup.
Just one game is scheduled the following week, Oct. 18 at San Diego, before LMU returns to Sullivan Field for two consecutive to close out October. Gonzaga comes to the bluff on Oct. 23, followed by Saint Mary's on Oct. 26.
The Lions will open November with a Saturday Nov. 2 game at Santa Clara, before returning home for a final Wednesday night game with Portland on Nov. 6.
The final game of the regular season will be played in Provo against BYU on Nov. 9.
