Blue Devils' Athletics Fall '15 Preview
MEN’S BASKETBALL
A 12-game home schedule begins Nov. 17 vs. Lycoming … both semesters end with home stands – three straight games in December and four straight in February … the Blue Devils will participate in the Allegheny College tournament Nov. 20-21 … SUNYAC Tournament starts Feb. 23.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Season opens Nov. 20-21 at the Penn State Behrend tournament … a trip to St. John Fisher (Dec. 11) is the only other first-semester road game … six home games are slated in the first semester, seven in the second semester … SUNYAC Tournament starts Feb. 23.
MEN’S/WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Tentative schedule includes the season-opening Blue Devil Invitational on Sept. 5 at Lake Erie State Park and the Ruterbusch Run on Oct. 24 … meets at University of Rochester (Sept. 19), Roberts Wesleyan (Sept. 26), and Geneseo (Oct. 3) are slated … SUNYAC meet is Oct. 31 at Plattsburgh, Atlantic Regional on Nov. 14 at Geneseo.
MEN’S ICE HOCKEY
Oct. 30 at Buffalo State is the season opener … home opener is Oct. 31 vs. Southern New Hampshire … first semester includes first-ever two-game series with Daniel Webster (Dec. 11-12) at home … second semester opens at home vs. Neumann (Jan. 8-9) … all told, 12 of last 15 games are at home, including Pink The Rink game Feb. 6 vs. SUNY Canton … Feb. 24 is start of SUNYAC Tournament.
MEN’S SOCCER
Seven straight non-conference games precede the SUNYAC opener Sept. 25 at Geneseo … non-conference at Houghton (Sept. 1) is season-opener … Blue Devil Soccer Classic foes are Penn State Behrend (Sept. 11) and Baldwin Wallace (Sept. 12) … Oneonta (Oct. 23) and New Paltz (Oct. 24) are Homecoming Weekend opponents … annual Alumni Game morning of Oct. 24 … SUNYAC Tournament starts Oct. 31.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Season opens Sept. 1 at home vs. Allegheny … Capital tournament in Columbus, Ohio, precedes the Blue Devil Soccer Classic and games vs. Penn State Behrend (Sept. 11) and Grove City (Sept. 12) … SUNYAC Tournament starts Oct. 31.
MEN’S/WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Season-opener Oct. 3 at Allegheny is earliest in years … Nov. 7 vs. Geneseo first of six straight home dates, including Blue Devil Invitational (Dec. 4-6) … divers return to Trinity, Texas (Jan. 22-23) … SUNYAC meet is Feb. 17-20 at Flickinger Center.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Twelve matches – six home, six away – are scheduled prior to SUNYAC championships Oct. 9-11 … season opener is Sept. 5 at Brockport … home opener is Sept. 7 vs. Thiel.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Four tournaments, three rounds of SUNYAC Pool play, and five stand-alone matches make up the season slate … a trip to Allegheny kicks off the season Sept. 1 … Blue Devil Invitational is Oct. 2-3 at Dods Hall … pool play sites are Buffalo State (Sept. 25-26), Potsdam (Oct. 9-10), and Geneseo (Oct. 23-24) … conference tournament starts Nov. 6.
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Softball Alumni Game: Sept. 26.
