Orono, Maine -- University of Maine head women's soccer coach Scott Atherley announced his program's 2016 game schedule on Friday, July 1. Maine will host five regular season home games as well as a neutral site contest in Saco, Maine, in the upcoming season as it looks to improve on its America East semifinal finish a year ago.
"Our 2016 schedule is balanced," said Atherley. "Most of our non-conference opponents are quite familiar to us and each will present unique challenges as we ready ourselves for conference play. With half our rosters comprised of new players, we managed to avoid playing mid-week games. We also built in a small break between our non-conference and America East games. I anticipate we will welcome having the opportunity to reflect, revisit and regenerate as we head into the home stretch of our season. I am really looking forward to watching our team grow and develop over the course of the season."
The future looks strong for Atherley's squad, which returns 12 letterwinners and welcomes 12 newcomers to a team that finished 9-8-2 overall and 4-3-1 in America East play, good for fourth place. Maine returns two of its top three scorers in America East Rookie of the Year Vivien Beil (3 goals, 5 assists) and America East All-Rookie selection Anetra Byfield (4 goals). The Black Bears were impressive at home, finishing 2015 with a 7-1-1 record on its home turf.
| DATE | TIME | OPPONENT |
| Aug. 16 | 7:00 PM | ASSUMPTION+ |
| Aug. 19 | 5:00 PM | at Bryant |
| Aug. 21 | 3:00 PM | at Central Connecticut State |
| Aug. 25 | 7:00 PM | HOLY CROSS |
| Aug. 28 | 1:00 PM | vs. Providence^ |
| Sept. 3 | TBA | at UMass |
| Sept. 9 | 4:00 PM | at Bryant |
| Sept. 11 | 1:00 PM | at Rhode Island |
| Sept. 25 | 1:00 PM | VERMONT* |
| Sept. 29 | 7:00 PM | at UMass Lowell* |
| Oct. 2 | 12:00 PM | at UMBC* |
| Oct. 6 | 6:00 PM | HARTFORD* |
| Oct. 9 | TBA | at Binghamton* |
| Oct. 13 | 7:00 PM | at Stony Brook* |
| Oct. 16 | 1:00 PM | NEW HAMPSHIRE* |
| Oct. 20 | 7:00 PM | ALBANY* |
| Oct. 27 | TBA | America East First Round |
| Nov. 1 | TBA | America East Semifinals |
| Nov. 7 | TBA | America East Final |
+ - Exhibition
* - America East contest
^ - Game to be played in Saco, Maine
All home games to be played on Mahaney Diamond unless otherwise noted.
-UMaine-
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