HAMMOND, La. – The reigning Southland Conference Tournament Champion Southeastern Louisiana women's soccer team released the 2021 schedule Thursday morning.
 
The early part of the season will be road-heavy for SLU as seven of their first nine matches are away from the friendly confines of Strawberry Stadium. 
 
The Lady Lions (8-3-4 in 2020), under reigning Southland and LSWA Coach of the Year Chris McBride, will play six non-conference matches with four of them being on the road. SLU will open the season against Grand Canyon University Thursday, Aug. 19 at 9 p.m. CT in Phoenix, Arizona. Southeastern will then travel to Tempe, Arizona to take on Arizona State Sunday, Aug. 22 at 9 p.m. CT.
 
SLU's home opener is slated for Friday, Aug. 27 when they host Alcorn State at 7 p.m. in Strawberry Stadium. Following the home premiere, the Lady Lions will take to the road once again to face Louisiana Tech Sunday, Aug. 29 at 1 p.m.
 
Southeastern will play two final non-conferences matches the following week on the road against UL Lafayette Friday, Sept. 3 before wrapping up their non-conference slate with a home match against Little Rock Sunday, Sept. 5.
 
With the departure of Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, Central Arkansas, Lamar and Abilene Christian from the Southland, the Lady Lions will play 12 conference matches this year.
 
Southeastern will play home-and-home contests with Northwestern State, McNeese, Houston Baptist, UIW, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Nicholls.

"It's great to get our schedule full again," said McBride.  "We are excited about playing some very challenging non-conference games. Once we get into conference play this year we will play everyone home and away which is even more excited based on how tight the Southland conference is."
 
The 2021 Southland Soccer Tournament is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 3-Saturday Nov. 7 in Corpus Christi, Texas.
 
2021 SLU Women's Soccer Schedule
*Home Games in Bold
- All Times Central Standard Time
# - Southland Conference Match
Tuesday – Aug. 10 – at LSU (exhibition) – 7 p.m.
Thursday – Aug. 19 – at Grand Canyon – 9 p.m.
Sunday – Aug. 22 – at Arizona State – 9 p.m.
Friday – Aug. 27 – vs. Alcorn State – 7 p.m.
Sunday – Aug. 29 – at Louisiana Tech – 1 p.m.
Friday – Sept. 3 – at UL Lafayette – 6 p.m.
Sunday – Sept. 5 – vs. Little Rock – 7 p.m.
Friday – Sept. 10 – at #Northwestern State – 6 p.m.
Sunday – Sept. 12 – at #McNeese – 1 p.m.
Thursday – Sept. 16 – at #Houston Baptist – 7 p.m.
Friday – Sept. 24 – vs. #University of Incarnate Word – 7 p.m.
Sunday – Sept. 26 – vs. #Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – 7 p.m.
Friday – Oct. 1 – at #Nicholls – 1 p.m.
Friday – Oct 8 – vs. #McNeese – 7 p.m.
Sunday – Oct. 10 – vs. #Northwestern State – 1 p.m.
Sunday – Oct. 17 – vs. #Houston Baptist – 1 p.m.
Friday – Oct. 22 – at #Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – 7 p.m.
Sunday – Oct. 24 – at #University of Incarnate Word – 1 p.m.
Friday – Oct. 29 – vs #Nicholls – 7 p.m.
 
SCORE ONE MORE CLUB/S CLUB
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TICKETS
For ticket information, please contact the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466 or visit www.LionSports.net/tickets. Southeastern is implementing mobile ticketing as the primary source for securing tickets for the 2020-21 season. All tickets will be available via e-mail in a PDF format for fans to download on their phone or print at home. Tickets can also be downloaded to Apple Wallet.