RADFORD – Radford Head Men’s Soccer Coach Chris Barrett revealed the full schedule for the Fall 2023 season on Tuesday afternoon.
The campaign will feature a trio of exhibition matches, a stacked non-conference slate and an exciting Big South Conference gauntlet.
The 2023 edition of the Highlanders will take the field together for the very first time when they welcome the West Virginia Mountaineers for an exhibition on Aug. 15. The squad then heads to UNCG for a second exhibition on Aug. 18 before wrapping up the preseason with one final exhibition on Aug. 22 at Roanoke College.
Radford’s regular season arrives on Aug. 25 when it travels to N.C. State and then the highly anticipated home opener will be played against Mount St. Mary’s on Aug. 29.
Three straight matches inside Cupp Stadium against Commonwealth foes usher in the month of September. James Madison (Sept. 1), George Mason (Sept. 5) and Old Dominion (Sept. 8) will also make their way to the New River Valley.
Coach Barrett and the Highlanders then hit the road for a four-game trip that includes East Tennessee State (Sept. 12), Wofford (Sept. 16), VMI (Sept. 19) and Queens (Sept. 27).
Big South play kicks off with a home match against High Point on Oct. 2 and alternates home-and-away from there on out. Radford will host USC Upstate (Oct. 11), Longwood on Homecoming weekend (Oct. 21) and Gardner-Webb (Oct. 28) while playing away at Winthrop (Oct. 7), UNC Asheville (Oct. 14) and Presbyterian (Nov. 1).
Local fans will also be excited for another entry in the long-standing rivalry between Radford and Virginia Tech when the Highlanders go across town to visit the Hokies on Oct. 24.
At the conclusion of conference play, the top four seeds will earn bids to the Big South Tournament. The semifinal round will be played on Nov. 5 and the title game is slated for Nov. 11
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