Long Beach State University Athletics
Long Beach State soccer announces 2009 schedule
6/15/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
June 15, 2009
LONG BEACH - Long Beach State head women's soccer coach Mauricio Ingrassia has announced the 49ers' schedule for the upcoming 2009 season. The 19-match slate features eight teams that advanced to the NCAA tournament in 2008.
"Our schedule has the right mix of games to have us ready for conference," said Ingrassia. "I'm looking forward to the growth of our team through these challenging games."
The 49ers, who kick off the campaign with six-straight matches against 2008 NCAA tournament teams, will take on reigning Western Athletic Conference champion Fresno State at home in their season opener on Sunday, Aug. 23.
One week later, LBSU welcomes Pac-10 foe UCLA, which advanced to the Women's College Cup a year ago, to George Allen Field for a 5 p.m. showdown on Aug. 30.
The Beach then embarks on a four-game road swing, beginning with a trip to the Midwest, where it will take on Kansas (Sept. 4) and Missouri (Sept. 6). The 49ers make their way to the East Coast the following week as they are set to face Harvard on Friday, Sept. 11, and Boston College (Sept. 13).
After returning home for a single game against Pepperdine on Sept. 18, Long Beach State makes the drive to San Diego State (Sept. 20) and Loyola Marymount (Sept. 25) in its final tune-up before its Big West Conference opening weekend when it hosts Pacific on Thursday, Oct. 1 and UC Davis (Oct. 4).
LBSU will continue a four-match home stand against non-conference opponents San Diego (Oct. 7) and Cal State Bakersfield (Oct. 11), before continuing league play on the road at UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 15).
The Beach will honor its seniors in the 49ers' final regular season home game against UC Riverside on Sunday, Oct. 25.
Long Beach State then closes out its schedule at UC Irvine (Oct. 29) and Cal State Northridge (Nov. 1).
The 49ers have won three consecutive Big West regular season titles and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history last year.
