The Mount Union soccer team will play just one home game in the first month of the upcoming 2012 season.
The Purple Raiders begin the season with a pair of games at the Capital/Fort Rapids Invitational at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio. They play Emory & Henry (Va.) on August 31 at 5 p.m. and Wittenberg on September 2 at 4 p.m.
A trip to Ohio Wesleyan the following weekend for the Fred Myers-adidas® Invitational will feature games against Gordon (Mass.) and Willamette (Ore.) on September 7-8. The road trip will continue with a non-conference matchup at Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) on September 15.
Mount Union will host Waynesburg (Pa.) in its home opener at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 19. The Raiders go back on the road to conclude their non-conference slate at Allegheny (Pa.) on Wednesday, September 26.
The Ohio Athletic Conference schedule starts on Saturday, Sept. 29 with a trip to Ohio Northern, which is where the Raiders’ ended their season with an OAC Tournament semifinal loss.
Marietta visits Mount Union Stadium on Tuesday, October 2, which starts a season-long three-game home stand with games Saturday, October 6 against Wilmington and Wednesday, October 10 against John Carroll.
Head coach John Witkowski led Mount Union to a 10-8-2 record a year ago as the Raiders finished fourth in the OAC (4-3-2) and won its first-ever OAC Tournament game with a 1-0 decision at Wilmington. Seven starters return, led by a trio of All-OAC performers in senior goalkeeper Jon Critell (Youngstown/Cardinal Mooney), junior forward Thomas Beck (Poland/Cardinal Mooney), and senior midfielder Leo Hicks (Leetonia/Cardinal Mooney).
| Date | Opponent | Location | Time/Status | |||||||||
| August | ||||||||||||
| Fri | 31 | vs. Emory & Henry (Va.) | Bexley, Ohio | 5:00 PM | ||||||||
| September | ||||||||||||
| Sun | 2 | vs. Wittenberg | Bexley, Ohio | 4:00 PM | ||||||||
| Fri | 7 | vs. Gordon (Mass.) | Delaware, Ohio | 5:00 PM | ||||||||
| Sat | 8 | vs. Willamette (Ore.) | Delaware, Ohio | 5:00 PM | ||||||||
| Sat | 15 | at Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) | Washington, Pa. | 1:00 PM | ||||||||
| Wed | 19 | WAYNESBURG (PA.) | Mount Union Stadium | 7:00 PM | ||||||||
| Wed | 26 | at Allegheny (Pa.) | Meadville, Pa. | 7:30 PM | ||||||||
| Sat | 29 | at Ohio Northern * | Ada, Ohio | 3:30 PM | ||||||||
| October | ||||||||||||
| Tue | 2 | MARIETTA * | Mount Union Stadium | 7:00 PM | ||||||||
| Sat | 6 | WILMINGTON * | Mount Union Stadium | 3:00 PM | ||||||||
| Wed | 10 | JOHN CARROLL * | Mount Union Stadium | 7:00 PM | ||||||||
| Sat | 13 | at Capital * | Bexley, Ohio | 1:00 PM | ||||||||
| Tue | 16 | at Muskingum * | New Concord, Ohio | 4:00 PM | ||||||||
| Sat | 20 | OTTERBEIN * | Mount Union Stadium | 3:00 PM | ||||||||
| Wed | 24 | BALDWIN-WALLACE * | Mount Union Stadium | 7:00 PM | ||||||||
| Sat | 27 | at Heidelberg * | Tiffin, Ohio | 4:00 PM | ||||||||
| Tue | 30 | OAC Tournament | TBA — at Higher Seed | TBA | ||||||||
| Home games in bold
* OAC Conference Game |
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