The University of Akron women’s soccer team will host Youngstown State University and West Virginia Wesleyan this Sunday on Schrank Field to kick off the spring schedule.
The first game on Sunday will be at 12:30 p.m., and will feature Youngstown State and West Virginia Wesleyan. Akron will play consecutive games at 2 p.m., and 3:30 p.m., beginning against West Virginia Wesleyan in the first game and Youngstown in the second.
Sunday’s games for Akron will be the first and second games played of the spring schedule. In total, UA will play six games this spring, with four of the matches being played at home. The original spring schedule opener was scheduled for March 2 vs. Cleveland State, and was postponed due to weather for Wednesday, April 3.
Akron comes into the weekend’s slate of games after posting a 6-11-1 overall record in 2012 with a 2-8-1 record within the Mid-American Conference. The highest returning point scorer for Akron is junior Kelly DeNiro, whom registered five goals and four assists in the 2012 season.
Youngstown State owned an overall record of 8-9, last season, while West Virginia Wesleyan was an overall 12-6-3 in the 2012 season. Akron did not matchup with either Youngstown State or West Virginia Wesleyan in 2012. Akron holds a 4-0 regular season record against Youngstown State, last meeting in 2008 in a 3-2 win for Akron. Akron has never faced West Virginia Wesleyan in a regular season contest.
All matches this Sunday at Schrank Field are available to the public and are free of charge.
Also, the last date on the home spring schedule will be Saturday, April 20, which has two games scheduled. The first match will be an Alumni vs. Alumni game that will start at 10 a.m., and the second match will be St. Francis vs. Akron at 5 p.m. These games will be played at First Energy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field.
2013 Spring Schedule
Sun., March 17 vs. West Virginia Wesleyan – 2 p.m.
Sun., March 17 vs. Youngstown State University – 3:30 p.m.
Wed., April 3 vs. Cleveland State University – 7 p.m.
Sat., April 13 at Duquesne University
Sun., April 14 at Robert Morris University
Sat., April 20 vs. St. Francis – 5 p.m.
