SEWANEE, Tenn. - Announced by head coach
Greg Cathell, the University of the South women's soccer team has posted its 2021 schedule. 18 contests are on the current schedule, with eight taking place on the Domain at Puett Field.
The Purple and White will open with a six-match road swing, covering the first two weeks of the season. The Tigers will open with the Scots of Covenant (Ga.) for a Battle of the Mountain showdown on Sept. 1. Following that contest, the Tigers will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio to participate in the Mount St. Joseph (Ohio) Women's Soccer Invitational to face Transylvania (Ky.) (Sept. 4) and the hosts in MSJ (Sept. 5).
Sewanee and Covenant will play each other for the 14th time in program history, and the series is all square at 6-6-1.
Transylvania returns to the schedule for the first time in five years, as the two teams last squared off on the Domain on Sept. 17, 2016. The Purple and White, who lead the series, 2-1, have won the last two meetings by similar 1-0 results.
Mount St. Joseph will play Sewanee for the first time since 2003 and the second time in the series. The Tigers downed the Lions, 2-0, from Puett Field.
The second half of the season-opening road trip begins with a midweek match at Agnes Scott (Ga.) (Sept. 8). The trip concludes with matches at Hanover (Ind.) (Sept. 11) and Spalding (Ky.) (Sept. 12).
The Tigers and Scotties are tangling for the 23rd time in program history, with Sewanee leading the series, 22-1.
Hanover has won the first five meetings of the season series, including a 1-0 victory on Sewanee's home turf in 2019.
For Sewanee and Spalding, this will be the second meeting all-time between the two schools. In 2018, the Tigers and Eagles played to a 1-1 draw.
The Tigers' home opener will be a part of a three-match homestand, beginning with MUW (Miss.) on Sept. 15 at 5 p.m. This will be the second meeting all-time for the Tigers and the Owls, with the Purple and White taking care of business, 1-0.
Next, the Tigers will host LeTourneau (Texas) (Sept. 17) and Maryville (Sept. 19) as a part of Family Weekend.
LeTourneau and Sewanee will meet for the first time, but it will be the 28th meeting all-time for Maryville, who returns to the calendar in three years.
A quick road trip to Berry will open the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) schedule for Sewanee on Sept. 25. The Tigers and Vikings are even at 7-7-1 in the season series.
Following the trip to Rome, the Tigers will have another three-match homestand, featuring Huntingdon (Ala.) (Sept. 27), Oglethorpe (Oct. 2) and Emory (Ga.) (Oct. 5).
After playing the Hawks twice in the 2000s and once in the 2010s, they return to the schedule for the first time in three seasons in 2021. Sewanee is 2-1-1 in the series.
The Tigers have been dominant against the Stormy Petrels of Oglethorpe. Entering their 33rd meeting all-time, Sewanee is 30-2 all-time, and they have won the last 21 matches.
However, for the other school in Atlanta in Emory, the history has not been on Sewanee's side. Despite that, the Tigers did take the Eagles into overtime in their last meeting.
Sewanee will return to the road the weekend of Oct. 8 and 10 with matchups at Birmingham-Southern and Millsaps.
After the Tigers dropped a 2-0 decision to the Panthers in their regular season matchup in 2013, the Purple and White have won six of the last seven meetings. This series is also all even at 7-7.
For the Majors of Millsaps, Sewanee is 30-3-1 all-time and has an eight-match winning streak, outscoring their opponent, 31-5, during that span.
Sewanee's final regular season homestand will take place on Oct. 15 (Hendrix) and Oct. 17 (Rhodes).
The Tigers are 25-4-2 versus the Warriors, but in 2019, Sewanee took care of Hendrix both in the regular season and the conference tournament quarterfinals with back-to-back clean sheets.
Rhodes currently holds the 22-13-2 advantage over Sewanee in the all-time series as the Tigers will seek their first win over the Lynx since the 2015 campaign.
The regular season concludes on Oct. 23 at Centre College. The nine-time SAA Tournament Champions currently hold a 31-match unbeaten streak against NCAA Division III opponents, dating back to the 2019 season. Their lone loss came against Division I Western Kentucky last spring.
The 2021 SAA Tournament will take place over two weekends. The quarterfinal round will commence on Saturday, Oct. 30, with the top-four seeds hosting. The semifinals and championship will happen on Nov. 5 and 7, respectively, at the highest remaining seed.
Greg Cathell enters his second season as the head coach of the University of the South women's soccer program.
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Below are the all-time series records:
| Covenant |
Series tied, 6-6-1 |
| Transylvania |
Sewanee leads, 2-1 |
| Mount St. Joseph |
Sewanee leads, 1-0 |
| Agnes Scott |
Sewanee leads, 21-1 |
| Hanover |
Hanover leads, 5-0 |
| Spalding |
Series tied, 0-0-1 |
| MUW |
Sewanee leads, 1-0 |
| LeTourneau |
First Meeting |
| Maryville |
Maryville leads, 12-11-4 |
| Berry |
Series tied, 7-7-1 |
| Huntingdon |
Sewanee leads, 2-1-1 |
| Oglethorpe |
Sewanee leads, 30-2 |
| Emory |
Emory leads, 26-2-2 |
| Birmingham-Southern |
Series tied, 7-7-1 |
| Millsaps |
Sewanee leads, 30-3-1 |
| Hendrix |
Sewanee leads, 25-4-2 |
| Rhodes |
Rhodes leads, 22-13-2 |
| Centre |
Centre leads, 18-14-2 |
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