2023 REGIS COLLEGE WOMEN'S SOCCER SCHEDULE

WESTON, Mass. - The Regis College women's soccer team has finalized its competition schedule for the 2023 season, featuring nine home matches in September and two new conference opponents.

The Pride will open the season with four straight home matches over a nine-day span, starting Friday afternoon, Sept. 1, against UMass Dartmouth. Regis will face Curry Sunday, Sept. 3, before beginning its 15-match conference slate against Emmanuel Wednesday, Sept. 6, and against Albertus Magnus Saturday, Sept. 9.

Regis' first road contest takes the squad to Providence, R.I., to face defending league champion Johnson and Wales Wednesday night, Sept. 13. Another stretch of four home matches occurs over eight days as the Pride host Saint Joseph's College Saturday, Sept. 16, Wentworth Monday, Sept. 18, and conference newcomers New England College Wednesday, Sept. 20, and Mitchell Saturday, Sept. 23.

After a trip to Paxton, Mass., to take on Anna Maria Wednesday evening, Sept. 27, Regis welcomes University of Saint Joseph for Regis Fest Saturday afternoon, Sept. 30. The Pride will open October with consecutive road matches, traveling to New Hampshire twice to face Colby-Sawyer Wednesday, Oct. 4, and Rivier Saturday, Oct. 7.

The Pride return to Regis Stadium for a conference matchup against Norwich Wednesday, Oct. 11, before consecutive road matches at Elms Saturday, Oct. 14, and at Lasell Wednesday, Oct. 18. Regis will celebrate Senior Day before its match against Simmons Saturday, Oct. 21, and then close out the regular season at Dean Tuesday, Oct. 24.

With the expansion of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) to 16 teams for women's soccer, the 2023 GNAC Women's Soccer Tournament will feature the top 10 teams in the final regular season standings. Two first round matches, hosted by the seventh and eighth seeds, will be played Thursday, Oct. 26, before the quarterfinals hosted by the top four seeds are held Saturday, Oct. 28.

The semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 1, followed by the championship match at the highest remaining seed Saturday, Nov. 4. In 2022, top seed Johnson and Wales defeated second seed Lasell, 2-1, to win the GNAC Women's Soccer Championship and earn the league's automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament.

The Pride completed the 2022 season with a 10-6-2 (.611) overall record, the program's sixth double-digit win total over the last 10 seasons. Within the GNAC, Regis posted a 9-3-1 (.731) mark, the most single season conference wins in the history of the program, to finish in a tie for fourth in the league standings and qualify for the GNAC Tournament.

Women's soccer is one of the intercollegiate sports sponsored by Regis College within NCAA Division III as a member of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC).