ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team announced their schedule for the upcoming 2017 season.
The Lions will host the annual Herb Lauffer Memorial Tournament September 2nd and 3rd to open up the season, taking on DeSales in game one. Geneseo and Baldwin Wallace will also compete in the two-day tournament.
Behrend's schedule also features three games against 2016 NCAA Tournament teams to highlight the non-conference part of their schedule. They will travel to John Carroll on September 8, who won the OAC last season and finished with a record of 12-6-3. The Lions will host Geneva on September 21, who won the PAC in 2016 after posting a 16-4-1 record. Behrend will complete the non-conference part of their schedule on October 3 when they travel to Carnegie Mellon, who finished the 2016 season as the No. 20 team in the country.
The Lions will open their Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) portion of the schedule on Saturday, September 23 when they travel to Pitt-Greensburg. Their schedule features home conference games against D'Youville, Mt. Aloysius, Hilbert, Franciscan, and La Roche.
Behrend won their eighth AMCC championship in 2016 and made their sixth appearance in the NCAA Tournament. They finished with a 17-2-3 record.
September
Sat 2 DeSales HLM Tournament 12pm
Sun 3 TBA HLM Tournament TBA
Fri 8 @ John Carroll 7 pm
Sun 10 Hiram 3 pm
Wed 13 @ Bethany 4 pm
Sat 16 Allegheny 7 pm
Tue 19 Grove City 7 pm
Thu 21 Geneva 7:30 pm
Sat 23 @ Pitt-Greensburg * 1 pm
Tue 26 D'Youville * 5 pm
Sat 30 Mt. Aloysius * 1 pm
October
Tues 3 @ Carnegie Mellon TBA
Sat 7 @ Altoona * TBA
Tue 10 Hilbert * 5 pm
Sat 14 Franciscan * 1 pm
Wed 18 @ Pitt-Bradford * 1 pm
Sat 21 La Roche * 1 pm
Tue 24 @ Medaille * 11:30 a.m.
Sat 28 TBA AMCC Championships - Quarterfinals
November
Wed 1 TBA AMCC Championships - Semifinals
Sat 4 TBA AMCC Championship
* AMCC
