Stanford released men's and women's soccer schedules today. they are here:
women
Men
My big reaction is that the ACC move is totally different for different sports. For soccer, travel is completely manageable. The Men have 14 home games! Only play 5 away and that's at Clemson, Notre Dame, (both before the first day of fall clases), Virginia, SMU and San Francisco. That's 4 plane flights and only single games on all 4 of those trips. They may have 5th flight for the ACC Tournament which they can definitely make. Clemson, ND, UVA and SMU are traditionally good soccer schools so its kind of a highlight set of road trips. Get Duke, NC St., UNC and Cal at home as conference games. ACC soccer is very good so this schedule is strong, but not crazy for travel and hardly a stretch in terms of missed school days.
Women have it a bit different but 12 games before fall class starts. They do play Thurs/Sun Wake and NC St. and Louisville/ND. Have a tantalizing home Thur/Sun of Duke & UNC. They probably fly to Southern CA early for SD ST. and Fullerton. Fly to Wake?NC St. for games. Fly to Louisville/ND. Fly to Dallas for a one off SMU. Play SJS st., San Francisco, Wazzu, USC, Santa Clara, St. Mary's, Irvine. Its totally manageable.
Football will be manageable.
Curious to see how the ACC sorts out schedules for basketball, baseball, softball as they all look much harder in terms of travel and number of road games for Stanford.
women
Men
My big reaction is that the ACC move is totally different for different sports. For soccer, travel is completely manageable. The Men have 14 home games! Only play 5 away and that's at Clemson, Notre Dame, (both before the first day of fall clases), Virginia, SMU and San Francisco. That's 4 plane flights and only single games on all 4 of those trips. They may have 5th flight for the ACC Tournament which they can definitely make. Clemson, ND, UVA and SMU are traditionally good soccer schools so its kind of a highlight set of road trips. Get Duke, NC St., UNC and Cal at home as conference games. ACC soccer is very good so this schedule is strong, but not crazy for travel and hardly a stretch in terms of missed school days.
Women have it a bit different but 12 games before fall class starts. They do play Thurs/Sun Wake and NC St. and Louisville/ND. Have a tantalizing home Thur/Sun of Duke & UNC. They probably fly to Southern CA early for SD ST. and Fullerton. Fly to Wake?NC St. for games. Fly to Louisville/ND. Fly to Dallas for a one off SMU. Play SJS st., San Francisco, Wazzu, USC, Santa Clara, St. Mary's, Irvine. Its totally manageable.
Football will be manageable.
Curious to see how the ACC sorts out schedules for basketball, baseball, softball as they all look much harder in terms of travel and number of road games for Stanford.
