Full 2022 Schedule | Season Passes | Single Game Tickets
EVANSVILLE - Building off an appearance in the 2021 MVC Championship Game, head coach Marshall Ray and the University of Evansville men's soccer team has announced their slate for the 2022 campaign.
Featuring a 19-game schedule including 17 regular season contests and a pair of exhibition matches, the Aces have continued their ways with a challenging non-conference portion of the schedule and a conference schedule that features two new additions to the league. Four of the 17 teams on the Aces' schedule reached the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
Season tickets are currently on sale for $45 through the UE ticket office. A combined women's and men's soccer season ticket is also available this year for $75. Tickets can be purchased on-line on the "Ticket" tab of GoPurpleAces.com (Click Here). Fans with questions can also contact the UE ticket office by phone or text at 812-488-2237, or they can contact Director of Ticketing & Game Operations Luc Prevost by phone at 812-488-4065 or Associate Athletics Director for Revenue Generation Logan Belz by phone at 812-488-2623.
Tuning-up for the start of the regular season, Evansville plays host to Kentucky in an exhibition on Sunday, August 14th at 3 PM on a big night for the program and the community. The Aces close their preseason portion of the 2022 campaign a week later on Sunday, August 21st with a 5 PM kickoff against NCAA DIII Sweet 16 finalist Hanover at Arad McCutchan Stadium. Admission to both of the Aces' exhibitions is free.
The regular season opens for Evansville on Thursday, August 25th with a trip east to take on Bellarmine in Louisville, the Aces first trip to face the Knights since 1976. Just three days later on August 28th, UE welcomes IUPUI for its regular season home-opener with a 5 PM kickoff against another regional foe on Alumni Weekend.
On Labor Day weekend, a jaunt to face old MCC rival Dayton and Incarnate Word for two matches awaits the Aces with a matchup with IWU on September 2nd and a contest with host Dayton on September 4th.
Back at McCutchan Stadium, Evansville opens a three-game home stand on September 10th against a familiar foe. For the first time, Evansville and USI will meet in an NCAA Division I regular season contest on September 10th with kickoff at 6 PM in the Mayor's Cup. The Aces open MVC play on September 17th as the homestand hits its midpoint with a matchup with SIUE. On September 20th, former MCC rival and Big East foe Xavier comes to McCutchan Stadium with kickoff at 6 PM.
Evansville's first conference road trip of the year comes on September 24th with an away match at Missouri State before returning home to take on new NCAA DI member Lindenwood on October 1st at 6 PM.
Conference play continues with one of the two new members to the league as the Aces travel to face Belmont in Nashville, Tenn. on October 5th and welcome Bradley to Evansville on October 9th.
The Aces resume a difficult non-conference slate on October 11th with a trip to take on Louisville, a rematch of last season's contest in which Evansville led in the 87th minute.Â
The midpoint of October hits with two more conference contests, first a road matchup with SIUE on October 15th. Evansville plays three of its last four matches at McCutchan Stadium, beginning with a Senior Day matchup on October 23rd with Drake. The 2020-21 NCAA runners-up come to town on October 25th as Evansville plays host to the Indiana Hoosiers for a 6 PM kickoff.Â
One final road trip dots the Evansville regular season schedule as the Aces head north to Chicago to face new league member UIC on October 29th. The regular season comes to a close on November 2nd when UE hosts Belmont at McCutchan Stadium at 6 PM.
The MVC Championship will be hosted at campus sites with the No. 1 overall seed hosting the semifinals and finals.
Evansville returns a pair of its top goal scorers from a season ago in Nkosi Graham (Lumberton, N.J.) and Carlos Barcia (Gijon, Spain) each tallying three goals in 2021. Also back for Evansville is 2021 MVC Freshman of the Year Jose Vivas, who tallied three assists and helped key the Aces conference championship run. Much of UE's impressive back line is back for 2022, including Ethan Garvey (New Orleans, La.), Oliver Hald (Copenhagen, Denmark), Francesco Brunetti (Arezzo, Italy), Raphaello Perez Colasito (Gilbert, Ariz.), and Jacob Madden (Round Rock, Texas). In all, the Aces return 12 players who started a match last season, including nine who started 10-or-more matches.
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