OXFORD, Miss. – In 2012, the Ole Miss soccer team will play a total of 12 home games and face 10 teams that advanced to last year’s NCAA Tournament third-year head coach Matt Mott Thursday. In addition, the schedule will have a new-look for SEC games with the addition of Texas A&M and Missouri to the league.
“We’re excited about our 2012 schedule. Adding Texas A&M and Missouri will only make the SEC even stronger. We’ve put together a good non-conference schedule with six home games and we will be playing great teams at home like Memphis and Texas Tech. Overall, I’m excited to have 12 home games throughout the year. We love playing at home in front of our fans and having that home-field advantage.”
Nine of the 10 teams that Ole Miss will face this year that advanced to postseason play in 2011 are SEC opponents.
During its non-conference season, the Rebels will play six of its seven non-league games at home including games against Memphis and Texas Tech. Ole Miss will also host Southern Miss, Louisiana-Lafayette and Arkansas-Little Rock while traveling to Middle Tennessee.
The Rebels will open SEC play hosting Arkansas on September 14 and conference-newcomer Texas A&M on September 16. Ole Miss will then play four-consecutive games on the road at conference-newcomer Missouri followed by Alabama, Florida and Auburn from September 21-30.
Ole Miss will host Georgia on October 5 and Kentucky on October 7 before traveling to Vanderbilt (October 12) and South Carolina (October 14). The Rebels will host LSU and Tennessee on October 19 and 21 and will close out the regular season in the Magnolia Cup with a game at Mississippi State on October 25.
View the complete 2012 Ole Miss Soccer Schedule
All times are Central and subject to change.