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[B]The UK men’s soccer team[/B] has announced next season’s schedule.
The Wildcats are coming off an impressive 13-6 season (5-3 Conference USA) and will play 20 total games.
From UKAthletics.com:
The Wildcats will begin the season with a pair of exhibition games, traveling to Dayton, Ohio, to face Dayton in an exhibition on Aug. 23. UK will then wrap up the preseason schedule with a match on Aug. 28 against Marquette, scheduled for 1 p.m. ET at the UK Soccer Complex.
Kentucky will open the regular season with back-to-back invitational tournaments, hosting the UK Invitational Tournament on Sept. 3-5 – featuring IUPUI, UNC Asheville and Eastern Illinois – and the Kentucky Invitational on Sept. 10-12, including Houston Baptist, Butler and Loyola Marymount.
Following the two home opening tournaments, UK will travel to Columbia, S.C., to participate in the South Carolina Gamecock Classic. UK will face UConn at 5 p.m. ET on Sept. 17 to open the tournament, wrapping it up with a match against Iona in Columbia on Sept. 19 at noon.
The Wildcats will then hit the road for four of the next five matches, going to Michigan (Sept. 22 – 7 p.m.) and Evansville (Sept. 26 – 3 p.m.), before hosting Louisville in an annual rivalry tilt on Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. at the UK Soccer Complex.
Following the game with the Cardinals, UK will open conference play with back-to-back C-USA matches at Marshall (Oct. 6 – 7 p.m.) and at UAB (Oct. 9 – 8 p.m.). The Wildcats will then return to Lexington for a four-game homestand, hosting league foes UCF (Oct. 13 – 7 p.m.), Memphis (Oct. 17 – 1 p.m.) and FIU (Oct. 24 – 1 p.m.), hosting traditional power Indiana in a non-league match on Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. UK will then hit the road for back-to-back challenging conference matches at Tulsa (Oct. 27 – 8 p.m.) and at SMU (Oct. 30 – 8 p.m.). The Wildcats will complete the regular season by hosting the Gamecocks at 1 p.m. on Nov. 7.
The C-USA Tournament will be held at the site of the regular-season champion, hosted last season by league champion Tulsa.
