Women's Soccer Head Coach Reid Ayers Releases 2015 Schedule

Women's Soccer Head Coach Reid Ayers Releases 2015 Schedule

BEREA, Ohio -- The Baldwin Wallace University men's soccer team under the direction of 14th-year head coach Reid Ayers opens the 2015 campaign on the road in the first game of a women's and men's non-conference doubleheader at Bluffton College.

The schedule features the annual trip to the Herb Lauffer Memorial Tournament hosted by Penn State Behrend on September 4 and 5 along with seven other non-conference games and nine contests against Ohio Athletic Conference opponents.  

The Yellow Jackets play non-league games on the road against Oberlin College on September 8, Ohio Wesleyan University on September 12, Denison University on September 13, Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) University on September 22 and a women's and men's doubleheader against Defiance College on September 26.

BW plays its first home game when it hosts a non-conference game against cross-town rival Case Western Reserve University on September 16.  The Yellow Jackets also host Grove City (Pa.) College in their final non-league game on September 30.

BW opens OAC play at home on October 3 against Muskingum University in the first game of a women's and men's doubleheader.  The Yellow Jackets will also hosts league contests against Heidelberg University on October 7, Marietta College on October 10, Wilmington College on October 16, Ohio Northern University on October 27 and close the home schedule with a Seniors' and Parents' Day match against Capital University on October 31.

The OAC Tournament will begin on November 3 and will conclude on November 7, with the winner earning an automatic bid to the NCAA III Tournament.

BW finished the 2014 season with an overall record of 11-9-3 and was fourth in the OAC with a 5-2-2 league mark.  The Yellow Jackets advanced to the OAC Tournament Championship game after knocking off the top-seed in the semifinals.