CU Announces 2016 Soccer Schedule

ach Danny Sanchez announced the team’s 2016 schedule on Wednesday. The Buffaloes will play 12 home matches at Prentup Field in Boulder and will compete on national television eight times on Pac-12 Networks. The Buffs will open their season on Friday, Aug. 19, at Air Force with their first of three matches in the Colorado Cup. They will continue Colorado Cup play on Sunday, Aug. 21, with their home opener against Colorado State at 3 p.m., which will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Networks. CU will also host two neutral-site matches that day. After a road trip to former Big 12 rivals Kansas and Missouri, Colorado will return home for five non-conference matches against Michigan State, Drexel, Hawaii, Iowa and Denver in early-mid September. The Buffs will play their first three Pac-12 matches on the road at Washington State, Arizona and Arizona State. They then return to Boulder for three straight matches in early October against Oregon, Oregon State and Washington. After a two-match road trip to defending conference champion Stanford and California, CU wraps up the regular season at home with UCLA, Southern California and Utah. Fans in Boulder will be able to catch nearly every conference match this season as all but two road Pac-12 matches will be broadcast on Pac-12 Networks. CU will face six opponents that reached the NCAA Tournament last year, including Washington (Oct. 14) and Southern California (Oct. 30) at Prentup Field. Sanchez is entering his fifth season as head coach of Colorado. He carries an impressive 43-32-10 record through four seasons in Boulder, and a career record of 310-92-33 in 20 seasons overall. He has guided the Buffs to two NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013 and 2014. The Buffs return four players that started at least 15 matches last season, including senior Danica Evans who tied for the team lead in goals. The other three include senior Morgan Stanton, junior Joss Orejel and sophomore Sarah Kinzner, who was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team a year ago. Sophomores Erin Greening and Stephanie Zuniga, who saw limited action as freshmen last season, were among the team’s leading scorers this spring.

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June 23, 2016 | Soccer

By: by Andy Schlichting, Assistant SID

BOULDER – Colorado soccer coach Danny Sanchez announced the team's 2016 schedule on Wednesday. The Buffaloes will play 12 home matches at Prentup Field in Boulder and will compete on national television eight times on Pac-12 Networks.
The Buffs will open their season on Friday, Aug. 19, at Air Force with their first of three matches in the Colorado Cup. They will continue Colorado Cup play on Sunday, Aug. 21, with their home opener against Colorado State at 3 p.m., which will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Networks. CU will also host two neutral-site matches that day.

After a road trip to former Big 12 rivals Kansas and Missouri, Colorado will return home for five non-conference matches against Michigan State, Drexel, Hawaii, Iowa and Denver in early-mid September.

The Buffs will play their first three Pac-12 matches on the road at Washington State, Arizona and Arizona State. They then return to Boulder for three straight matches in early October against Oregon, Oregon State and Washington.

After a two-match road trip to defending conference champion Stanford and California, CU wraps up the regular season at home with UCLA, Southern California and Utah.

Fans in Boulder will be able to catch nearly every conference match this season as all but two road Pac-12 matches will be broadcast on Pac-12 Networks.

CU will face six opponents that reached the NCAA Tournament last year, including Washington (Oct. 14) and Southern California (Oct. 30) at Prentup Field.

Sanchez is entering his fifth season as head coach of Colorado. He carries an impressive 43-32-10 record through four seasons in Boulder, and a career record of 310-92-33 in 20 seasons overall. He has guided the Buffs to two NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013 and 2014.

The Buffs return four players that started at least 15 matches last season, including senior Danica Evans who tied for the team lead in goals. The other three include senior Morgan Stanton, junior Joss Orejel and sophomore Sarah Kinzner, who was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team a year ago. Sophomores Erin Greening and Stephanie Zuniga, who saw limited action as freshmen last season, were among the team's leading scorers this spring.

CU also has added arguably its best recruiting class in school history that includes two four-star freshman recruits and the team captain of the United States U-18 Women's National Team, three international players, and two transfers from North Carolina and Tennessee.

Day	Date	Opponent	Location	Time	TV
August
Fri.	19	at Air Force#	USAFA, Colo.	6 p.m.
Sun.	21	Colorado State#	Prentup Field	3 p.m.	P12 Networks
		Northern Colorado vs. Air Force#	Prentup Field	10:30 a.m.
		Denver vs. Colorado College#	Prentup Field	12:45 p.m.
Fri.	26	at Kansas	Lawrence, Kan.	6 p.m.
Sun.	28	at Missouri	Columbia, Mo.	6 p.m.

September
Thu.	1	Michigan State	Prentup Field	4:30 p.m.
Sun.	4	Drexel	Prentup Field	12 p.m.
Fri.	9	Hawaii	Prentup Field	4:30 p.m.
Sun.	11	Iowa	Prentup Field	1 p.m.
Sat.	17	Denver#	Prentup Field	12 p.m.
Fri.	23	at Washington State*	Pullman, Wash.	6 p.m.	P12 Networks
Thu.	29	at Arizona*	Tucson, Ariz.	8 p.m.	P12 Networks

October
Sun.	2	at Arizona State*	Tempe, Ariz.	4 p.m.
Thu.	6	Oregon*	Prentup Field	3:30 p.m.
Sun.	9	Oregon State*	Prentup Field	1 p.m.
Fri.	14	Washington*	Prentup Field	3 p.m.	P12 Networks
Thu.	20	at Stanford*	Stanford, Calif.	8 p.m.	P12 Networks
Sun.	23	at California*	Berkeley, Calif.	2 p.m.
Thu.	27	UCLA*	Prentup Field	3 p.m.	P12 Networks
Sun.	30	Southern California*	Prentup Field	12 p.m.	P12 Networks

November
Fri.	4	Utah*	Prentup Field	3 p.m.	P12 Networks

* Pac-12 match
# Colorado Cup match
All times Mountain