Syracuse men’s soccer announces 2016 schedule

The Orange will face seven teams this season that reached the NCAA tournament in 2015. Chase Guttman | Staff Photographer
The Syracuse men’s soccer team’s 2016 schedule was released on Friday afternoon. The Orange is slated to play seven teams that participated in last year’s NCAA tournament, including a matchup against Atlantic Coast Conference foe Clemson, which ended SU’s season in the national semifinal game last season. That was the deepest in the postseason the Orange has gotten in program history.
Syracuse will play three preseason matchups at SU Soccer Stadium against New Hampshire, Michigan State and Ohio State. The Orange’s first regular season game will be on Aug. 26 against Massachusetts.
The last regular season game of the year for SU will be a conference matchup against Wake Forest on Oct. 28. Overall, the Orange plays eight ACC contests.
Below is the full 2016 schedule for the men’s soccer team.
ACC games in bold
* — Exhibtion games
Saturday Aug. 13, 4 p.m. — vs. New Hampshire*
Thursday Aug. 18, 7 p.m. — vs. Michigan State*
Sunday Aug. 21, 5 p.m. — vs. Ohio State*
Friday Aug. 26, 7 p.m. — vs. Massachusetts
Sunday Aug. 28, 7 p.m. — vs. Loyola Marymount
Thursday Sept. 1, 7 p.m. — vs. Colgate
Sunday Sept. 4, 7 p.m. — vs. St. John’s
Friday Sept. 9, 7 p.m. — at North Carolina State
Tuesday Sept. 13, 7 p.m. — vs. Hofstra
Friday Sept. 16, 7 p.m. — Boston College
Tuesday Sept. 20, 7 p.m. — at Cornell
Friday Sept. 23, 7 p.m. — at Notre Dame
Friday Sept. 30, 7 p.m. — vs. North Carolina
Tuesady Oct. 4, 7 p.m. — at Albany
Friday Oct. 7, 7 p.m. — at Louisville
Friday Oct. 14, TBA — vs. Virginia Tech
Tuessday Oct. 18, 7 p.m. — at Hartford
Friday Oct. 21 7 p.m. — at Clemson
Friday Oct. 28 7 p.m. — vs. Wake Forest