2013 Women's Soccer Schedule

CHARLESTON, Ill. – The Panther women's soccer program has announced its 2013 schedule that includes eight home matches at Lakeside Field. EIU opens the season at home against Oakland on August 23.
 
Following the season opener, EIU hits the road for six consecutive matches – including two tournaments. The Panthers travel to Northern Illinois (Aug. 25) before participating in the Green Bay Tournament (Aug. 30 – Sept. 1) where they will face Northern Iowa and Green Bay. EIU concludes the road trip at the Ball State Tournament (Sept. 6-8) and at Missouri (Sept. 13).
 
Other non-conference matches include traveling to Valparaiso (Sept. 22) and playing host to Loyola (Sept. 15) and Drake (Sept. 20).
 
EIU opens Ohio Valley Conference action at Belmont on Sept. 27. The Panthers will also have road conference contests at Austin Peay (Oct. 11), at Murray State (Oct. 13), at UT Martin (Oct. 25) and at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 27).
 
The home portion of the Panthers conference schedule begins on Sept. 29 against Tennessee Tech. Other home OVC matches include playing host to Morehead State (Oct. 4), Eastern Kentucky (Oct. 6), Jacksonville State (Oct. 18) and SIUE (Nov. 3).
 
The conference tournament will be played on Nov. 7-10 at the school that captures the regular-season title.