By: Ryan Klinkner, SJU Athletic Media Relations Director
2023 SJU Soccer Schedule
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – The Saint John's University soccer team announced its 2023 schedule on Friday, June 30.
Five of SJU's first six games of the 2023 season are on the road, beginning with a pair of contests over Labor Day weekend (Sept. 2-3) against La Verne (Calif.) and Carroll (Wis.), respectively, in Waukesha, Wis. Aside from the season-opening weekend in Wisconsin, SJU's other five non-conference opponents combined for a 54-26-18 (.643) record last season.
The Johnnies host Wisconsin-Superior Sept. 6 for their home opener before venturing south to Iowa Sept. 8-9 to face Dubuque and Loras. Superior won the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC), made the NCAA Division III Tournament and finished with a 16-4-2 record last fall.
The 10-game MIAC schedule alternates away-home for the Johnnies in 2023 and begins Sept. 13 at Macalester - a rematch of the Johnnies' 1-0 win in the 2022 MIAC quarterfinals - followed by another opponent from St. Paul - Hamline - Sept. 16 in Collegeville.
SJU heads to Winona to face Saint Mary's Sept. 23 and returns home to host Augsburg Sept. 26, before Wisconsin-Whitewater comes to Haws Field Sept. 30 for a non-conference match. The Warhawks finished 13-7-1 last season.
The team travels south to St. Peter Oct. 6 to take on Gustavus Adolphus, which who won the MIAC regular-season title and reached the NCAA quarterfinals. SJU hosts Concordia Oct. 11 and hits the road for trips to Bethel (Oct. 14) and Wartburg (Oct. 15), the final non-conference game in Waverly, Iowa. The Knights finished last season with a 7-2-9 record. Yes, nine ties.
The Johnnies play host to St. Olaf, last year's MIAC playoff champions and an NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season, Oct. 21 and make a late-October trip to Duluth for a date with St. Scholastica Oct. 24. SJU closes the regular-season schedule by hosting Carleton Oct. 28.
The MIAC quarterfinals are scheduled for Monday, Oct. 30, and the MIAC semifinals follow on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The MIAC championship game, with the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III tournament on the line, is set for Saturday, Nov. 4. The high seed hosts in all three rounds.
The Johnnies finished sixth in the conference with a 4-5-1 record (8-7-3 overall) and made their 11th trip to the semifinals in 12 MIAC Playoff appearances this fall. SJU was the sixth seed and upset third-seeded Macalester (1-0) before falling at top-seeded Gustavus (1-0).
