Appalachian State University women’s soccer will play nine home matches during the upcoming 2012 season, head coach Sarah Strickland announced on Tuesday. The Mountaineers will play two exhibition matches in preparation for the

regular season as they open with a home exhibition against Campbell on Aug. 9 at 4 p.m. before heading to East Tennessee State for a final preseason tune-up at 7 p.m. on Aug. 12.
Appalachian opens the regular season with a road match at Clemson on Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. before heading to Tennessee for matches at Austin Peay (Aug. 23) and Belmont (Aug. 26). The Apps open their regular-season home slate with in-state foe High Point on Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. before playing host to Longwood on Sept. 2.
A second ACC opponent awaits when the Mountaineers travel to NC State on Sept. 7 before the team travels south to Asheville for a match against UNC Asheville on Sept. 14. Southern Conference play begins for Appalachian with a home match against UNC Greensboro on Sept. 21 and is followed by trip to Elon on Sept. 23.
ASU will play two-straight SoCon home matches when it plays host to Georgia Southern (Sept. 28) and Davidson (Sept. 30) before a four-game road swing beginning with matches at Chattanooga (Oct. 5) and Samford (Oct. 7). The road trip continues for the Apps as they will face Wofford (Oct. 12) and Furman (Oct. 14) before playing their final three matches at home.
Appalachian’s string of home dates begins with a match against the Citadel on Oct. 19 before its final two matches of the season against College of Charleston (Oct. 21) and Western Carolina (Oct. 24). The 2012 Southern Conference Tournament begins on Oct. 28 with on-campus matches in the quarterfinals before the final four teams head to Birmingham, Ala. where they will battle for the SoCon title and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.





ASU 2012 Schedule  Season

Thu, Aug 09   Campbell (Exhibition)  Boone, N.C.    4 p.m. 
Sun, Aug 12   ETSU (Exhibition)  at Johnson City, Tenn.    7 p.m. 
Fri, Aug 17   Clemson  at Clemson, S.C.    7 p.m. 
Fri, Aug 24   Austin Peay  at Clarksville, Tenn.    7 p.m. 
Sun, Aug 26   Belmont  at Nashville, Tenn.    2 p.m. 
Fri, Aug 31   High Point  Boone, N.C.    7 p.m. 
Sun, Sep 02   Longwood  Boone, N.C.    Noon 
Fri, Sep 07   NC State  at Raleigh, N.C.    7 p.m. 
Fri, Sep 14   UNC Asheville  at Asheville, N.C.    4 p.m. 
Fri, Sep 21   UNC Greensboro *  Boone, N.C.    7 p.m. 
Sun, Sep 23   Elon *  at Elon, N.C.    2 p.m. 
Fri, Sep 28   Georgia Southern *  Boone, N.C.    7 p.m. 
Sun, Sep 30   Davidson *  Boone, N.C.    2 p.m. 
Fri, Oct 05   Chattanooga *  at Chattanooga, Tenn.    7 p.m. 
Sun, Oct 07   Samford *  at Birmingham, Ala.    3 p.m. 
Fri, Oct 12   Wofford *  at Spartanburg, S.C.    7 p.m. 
Sun, Oct 14   Furman *  at Greenville, S.C.    2 p.m. 
Fri, Oct 19   The Citadel *  Boone, N.C.    7 p.m. 
Sun, Oct 21   College of Charleston *  Boone, N.C.    2 p.m. 
Wed, Oct 24   Western Carolina *  Boone, N.C.    7 p.m. 
Southern Conference Tournament 
Sun, Oct 28   SoCon Quarterfinal  at TBD    TBD 
Fri, Nov 02   SoCon Semifinal  at Birmingham, Ala.    TBD 
Sun, Nov 04   SoCon Final  at Birmingham, Ala.    TBD 

* Conference Games 




Photo Courtesy: Sarah Strickland, ASU Athletics