Hurricanes Announce 2009 Women’s Soccer Schedule
Total of 10 Opponents Advanced to the 2008 NCAA Tournament
3/29/09
CORAL GABLES – The University of Miami head women’s soccer coach Tricia
Taliaferro has announced the 2009 schedule. The schedule features 10
teams that advanced to last season’s NCAA Tournament, three advanced to
the Elite Eight and conference foe, North Carolina claimed the National
Championship.
The 18-match scheduled features 10 home games, including the return of
the Miami Tournament (Sept. 4-6). The Hurricanes will host Dayton, Navy
and West Carolina, in the second-ever tournament hosted at Cobb Stadium.
Western Carolina will be the first of 10 NCAA Tournament teams that
Miami will face, in the first of two games for the ‘Canes in its own
tournament. The second game will pit UM against Navy.
Prior to the Miami Tournament, the Orange and Green will open the season
with two home matches against Ball State on Friday, August 28. Four days
later, Florida Gulf Coast will visit Coral Gables on the first of
September.
In their first action after the Miami Tournament, the Hurricanes will
make a West Coast trip for the second straight season. This year they
will visit the Pacific Northwest to participate in the Nike Portland
Invitational in Oregon. On Friday, Sept. 11, Miami will face the
Pac-10’s Washington Huskies, a team that advanced to the second round of
last season’s NCAA Tournament.
The feature match of the invitational will be between the ‘Canes and
host Portland on Sept. 13. Portland reached the Elite Eight of the 2008
College Cup, the first of four teams Miami will face this season that
advanced at least that far in the tournament.
Miami will return to the friendly confines of Cobb Stadium for a tilt
with Ole Miss of the SEC, a conference that sent six teams to the NCAA
Tournament, on Friday, Sept. 18. In the final non-conference match of
the season, the Hurricanes will travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan to take on
the Wolverines from the BIG TEN, a conference that sent three teams to
the Sweet 16, on the 20th of September.
The first two Atlantic Coast Conference matches for Miami will be played
in Coral Gables, as Boston College and Maryland will visit South Florida
on Sept. 24 and 27 respectively. The Eagles of Boston College advanced
to the third round of the NCAA Tournament in 2008 and will be the second
of seven seeded teams that Miami will face in 2009.
The ‘Canes first road trip of the conference season will send them to
Tallahassee, Fla. in the first game of October to face Florida State on
the fourth. FSU was a 2007 national finalist and as a No. 2 seed last
season, advanced to the quarterfinals of the College Cup.
Miami returns home to face Clemson on Oct. 9 before hitting the road for
two games, to face two No. 3 seeds in last year’s tournament, in Duke
and Wake Forest. Duke ended their 2008 season in the Elite Eight, while
Wake advanced to the second round.
In its final home matches of the season, Miami will face NC State on
Oct. 22 and then, the reigning NCAA Champion North Carolina Tar Heels.
The 19-time National Champions edged the Hurricanes by a 1-0 score twice
last season in consecutive games. The first to end the regular season
and the second in the opening round of the ACC Tournament. Both UNC
goals came in the second-half of those games. The last time the Tar
Heels visited Cobb Stadium in 2007, the ‘Canes delivered them a 1-0
defeat.
Miami closes out its regular season with two consecutive road matches
against Virginia Tech and Virginia on Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 respectively.
Both teams were invited to the NCAA Tournament in 2008 with Virginia
advancing to the third round.
The ACC Tournament will be held at site yet to be determined, Nov. 4-8.
With the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament at campus sites,
Nov. 13-15. The NCAA College Cup will be held on the campus of Texas A&M
in College Station, Texas, Dec. 4-6.
With an incoming class of 10 student-athletes and veteran leadership,
Miami is poised to earn their third-straight bid to the NCAA Tournament
will its sights aimed for a deep run.
For ticket information, please contact the Hurricane Ticket Office at
1-800-GO-CANES or visit online at hurricanesports.com.
AUGUST: 28 vs. Ball State, 7:30 p.m.; SEPTEMBER: 1 vs. Florida Gulf
Coast, 7:30 p.m.; 4 vs. Western Carolina!, 7:30 p.m.; 6 vs. Navy!, 3:30
p.m.; 11 vs. Washington@, 7:30 p.m.; 13 at Portland@, 5 p.m.; 18 vs. Ole
Miss, 7:30 p.m.; 20 at Michigan, 2 p.m.; 24 vs. Boston College*, 7:30
p.m.; 27 vs. Maryland*, 1 p.m.; OCTOBER: 4 at Florida State*, 1 p.m.; 9
vs. Clemson*, 7:30 p.m.; 15 at Duke*, 7 p.m.; 18 at Wake Forest*, 1
p.m.; 22 vs. NC State*, 7:30 p.m.; 25 vs. North Carolina*, 1 p.m.; 30 at
Virginia Tech*, 7 p.m.; NOVEMBER: 1 at Virginia*, 2 p.m.; 4-8 at ACC
Tournament.
All time eastern and subject to change; All home matches played at Cobb
Stadium
* ACC match
! Miami Tournament
@ Nike Portland Invitational
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