EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer has released its schedule for the 2025 championship season.
The 2025 season officially kicks off Thursday, August 14, when the Screaming Eagles travel to face their first power-conference opponent in regular-season action at the University of Nebraska of the Big Ten Conference.
The road matchup at Nebraska will also be USI’s first official contest as a full-fledged NCAA Division I program after completing the reclassification process the previous three years, making the 2025 campaign the first season in which the Screaming Eagles are eligible for the NCAA postseason.
Southern Indiana will tune up for the regular season with a pair of preseason exhibitions in early August. On August 3, USI will meet the University of Nebraska Omaha in St. Louis, Missouri, and on August 9, the Eagles will host Illinois State University from Strassweg Field.
After the season-opening match at Nebraska, USI kicks off its home schedule on August 17 against Cleveland State University. The Screaming Eagles will also host Eastern Michigan University (August 28), Southern Illinois University (August 31), Valparaiso University (September 4), and Purdue University Fort Wayne (September 14) during the non-conference season.
Other non-conference road stops include a back-to-back trip to Robert Morris University (August 21) and the University of Akron (August 24), and a visit to Bellarmine University on September 7.
Southern Indiana’s fourth season in the Ohio Valley Conference opens September 20 at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The nine-match conference schedule includes consecutive home dates at Strassweg Field against Morehead State University on September 25, which is a rematch of last season’s OVC tournament quarterfinal for USI, and against Southeast Missouri State University on September 28. Then the Screaming Eagles will hit the road for back-to-back contests at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (October 5) and Eastern Illinois University (October 9). USI returns home October 12 for a tilt against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Southern Indiana will travel to face Tennessee Tech University, the 2024 OVC regular-season champions, on October 16 before hosting Lindenwood University, the reigning OVC tournament champions, on October 19 in the home finale. USI concludes the regular season with a trip to Western Illinois University (October 26).
The OVC Championship Tournament runs from October 30 through November 9.
“We are extremely excited to announce our 2025 schedule,” USI Women’s Soccer Head Coach Eric Schoenstein said. “We face our toughest schedule in program history, starting with a power-four team at Nebraska, and the following matches are just as challenging. We scheduled a difficult non-conference season to prepare us for a tough Ohio Valley Conference schedule. Our experienced and talented roster is looking forward to the upcoming season.”
The Screaming Eagles went 5-9-5 overall last season and 4-2-3 in conference play. USI is coming off its second consecutive appearance in the OVC tournament quarterfinals last year.
