Men's Soccer Unveils 16-Match Slate For 2024 Season

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's soccer officially announces the full fall schedule for the 2024 season with 16 matches, including eight at home, as announced by first-year head coach Jamie Davies and his staff on Monday afternoon.

The Ospreys will host eight games at Hodges Stadium for the second consecutive season, as well as for the second time since 2012, to start the Davies era. The slate is highlighted by four straight games at home in non-conference play after opening the regular season with back-to-back matches on the road against Power Five schools.

"I am excited for our schedule this year and to experience conference play in the ASUN," said Davies. "The opening weekend will be a great test to see where we are at as a program and we look forward to those challenges. We can't wait to get started!"

After a pair of home friendlies on Saturday, Aug. 10, and Friday, Aug. 16, the two P5 squads UNF will face are set to be Virginia Tech and South Carolina on the road. Winthrop, Mercer, UAB and Georgia Southern will be the next four games at Hodges Stadium.

Three of the first four ASUN matches for the Ospreys will be played on the road as well, on top of a midweek non-conference matchup against College of Charleston. UNF will end up hosting three of its seven conference matchups highlighted by Jacksonville in the River City Rumble on Saturday, Sept. 28 and Central Arkansas for senior night on Saturday, Nov. 2.

All games will be played in the late evening with start times between 6 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., outside of its second game of the season at South Carolina scheduled for 3 p.m. It will also be the second straight year that UNF will play a P5 opponent after facing NC State last season.

Non-Conference Schedule
The regular season for North Florida men's soccer begins with a mini-road trip against a pair of Power Five opponents starting with Virginia Tech on Thursday, Aug. 22, followed by South Carolina on Sunday, Aug. 25. It will be the first time since 2021 that they will open its first two matches of the season on the road.

After the road matchups, the Ospreys will start its home slate with four consecutive games at Hodges Stadium spanning from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 to continue play on the non-conference schedule. It will be the first time that UNF will have a stretch of four straight home games since opening the season in 2012.

The non-conference slate continues with a in-state road trip down to Boca Raton, Fla., to face FAU on Friday, Sept. 13, to go along with its final non-conference home match against former ASUN opponent, USC Upstate, on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Through four games of conference play in the Atlantic Sun Conference, the Ospreys will take on its last non-conference opponent on the road against College of Charleston on Wednesday, Oct. 16. It will also be the third game of a three-game road stretch, which will be UNF's longest of the season.

ASUN Play
The Ospreys start ASUN Conference competition after eight matches of non-conference play starting off with an away matchup against Stetson on Saturday, Sept. 21. The following week, UNF will play hosts in the River City Rumble against Jacksonville on Saturday, Sept. 28, in its home conference debut.

UNF will stay in-state to start its three-match road trip with a date against FGCU on Saturday, Oct. 5, followed with away travels to Lipscomb on Saturday, Oct. 12, and a midweek non-conference game in Charleston to complete the trip.

After its road endeavors, they will finish out the regular season at Hodges Stadium for two of its last three matches, starting with Bellarmine on Saturday, Oct. 19. UNF will make the quick trip to Queens on Saturday, Oct. 26, before playing its last match on senior night against Central Arkansas on Saturday, Nov. 2.

Notables

Two friendly home matches to start the season: Saturday, Aug. 10 & Friday, Aug. 16 at Hodges Stadium.
Set for 16-match schedule for 2024 season, which is one more game than 2022 & 2023 seasons.
Second straight season hosting at least eight home games and second time since 2012.
Four consecutive home matches is the most for the Ospreys since the 2012 season.
UNF will also have a run of three straight road games for only the second time since 2019.
Non-conference opponents from last season that the Ospreys will see in 2024 include Winthrop, Mercer, Georgia Southern, Florida Atlantic, USC Upstate and College of Charleston.
Virginia Tech, South Carolina and UAB will be new non-conference opponents, as it will be the first time in program history facing the Hokies and the second time seeing the Gamecocks and Blazers.
Season opener will be played on the road against Virginia Tech on Thursday, Aug. 22.
Home opener will be against Winthrop on Thursday, Aug. 29, hosted at Hodges Stadium.
ASUN opener is set to be on the road against Stetson on Saturday, Sept. 21.
ASUN home opener will be the following game in the River City Rumble against Jacksonville on Saturday, Sept. 28.
Played all seven ASUN opponents on the 2024 schedule last season in the eight-team league.
Will play three home and four away matches in conference play, including three of four road games to start the slate.
Close the season with two of last three games at Hodges Stadium, including senior night against Central Arkansas on Saturday, Nov. 2.
The four-game stretch will be only time having consecutive matches this season.
Will only have consecutive road games twice with stretches of two and three straight games away from home.
Shortest break between games will be three days on three different occasions.
Traveling to four states: Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee and North Carolina.
Visited South Carolina and North Carolina last season with Virginia and Tennessee being new states for this season.
ASUN Championship tournament takes place Nov. 9-16 with campus host sites.

2023 Records from Upcoming '24 Opponents

Virginia Tech (4-9-4, 2-5-1 ACC)
South Carolina (6-9-3, 3-4-2 SBC)
Winthrop (4-11-2, 3-2-2 BSC)
Mercer (7-6-8, 1-2-2 SoCon)
UAB (0-11-4, 0-7-1 AAC)
Georgia Southern (2-9-6, 1-5-3 SBC)
Florida Atlantic (6-8-3, 3-5-0 AAC)
USC Upstate (5-10-2, 2-4-1 BSC)
Stetson (7-7-4, 3-2-2 ASUN)
Jacksonville (5-9-3, 2-2-3 ASUN)
Florida Gulf Coast (3-7-5, 2-2-3 ASUN)
Lipscomb (10-4-4, 6-1-0 ASUN)
College of Charleston (6-6-5, 2-4-2 CAA)
Bellarmine (6-5-6, 3-2-2 ASUN)
Queens (5-10-2, 3-4-0 ASUN)
Central Arkansas (4-9-4, 2-2-3 ASUN)

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