EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer announced its 2024 regular season schedule and its second season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Screaming Eagles open their season at Butler University on August 22 in Indianapolis, Indiana, while beginning the home calendar September 14 by hosting Bellarmine University at Strassweg Field for the annual Gold Game.
This fall marks the second season of men’s soccer in the OVC and has USI kicking off the conference season September 28 at Strassweg Field versus Eastern Illinois University.
The 2024 USI home schedule is an eight-game slate that includes a five-match homestand in September and October. The homestand, in addition to the home opener with Bellarmine and the OVC opener with EIU, includes Purdue University Ft. Wayne (September 17), Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (September 25), and Lindenwood University (October 3). The three remaining home games are conference games versus Houston Christian University (October 10), Incarnate Word University (October 13), and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (October 31). The USI-IWU match is Senior Day for the Screaming Eagles.
Beginning with the road match at Butler, USI starts the year with five-straight on the road. The Eagles follow up their visit to Butler by traveling to Belmont University (August 25), the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (August 29), the University of Evansville (September 1), and Mercer University (September 8).
USI begins the OVC road schedule at SIUE October 5 and plays four of the last five league matches away from Strassweg. The Eagles go on the road for three-straight at the end of October by traveling to Western Illinois University (October 16), Liberty University (October 20), and EIU (October 26). USI finishes the regular season at Lindenwood November 3.
The OVC Men’s Soccer Championship will take place November 10, 13, and 16 in Edwardsville, Illinois, at SIUE’s Ralph Korte Stadium.
The Eagles finished 2023 with a 2-12-3 record and a 1-6-3 record in the inaugural OVC schedule. USI under the direction of Head Coach Mat Santoro, who enters his 16th season with the program and boasts a career record of 113-120-30.
