UCSB’s 2013 men’s soccer schedule features 7-game homestand

A seven-match homestand, featuring a pair of perennially strong West Region teams, a couple of Ivy League schools and a longtime rival, highlights the 2013 schedule for the UCSB men?s soccer team.

The Gauchos kick off the long homestand against Penn and Yale of the Ivy League on Sept. 15 and 20, respectively. They?ll follow that up with a Monday night f?tbol matchup against New Mexico on Sept. 23, Stanford on Friday, Sept. 27 and Loyola Marymount on Sunday, Sept. 29.

The homestand ends with the first two games of Big West competition against Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside.

New Mexico, one of the top teams in the West, will be making its first visit to Harder Stadium since 2003.

Stanford is a program on the rise under second-year coach Jeremy Gunn. In his first season last year, he guided the Cardinal to a 9-8-1 record, including a 1-0 win over the Gauchos.

UCSB will be facing LMU for the 32nd time. The Gauchos won last year?s meeting 2-1 and lead the series 18-12-2.

The LMU game will be UCSB?s final tune-up before Big West competition. The Gauchos open conference play at home against Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 4.

UCSB continues it traditional exhibition opener against NAIA neighbor Westmont on Saturday night, Aug. 24 before officially opening the season on the road Aug. 30 at Northwestern. Two days later, the Gauchos play at Illinois-Chicago.

Their home opener is Friday, Sept. 6 against Gonzaga. The following Friday, they travel to arch-rival UCLA.

UCSB is coming off a season in which it missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 years.

All UCSB home games are at Harder Stadium on the UCSB campus [GOOGLE MAP]
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2013 RECORD: 0-0 overall; 0-0 Big West