Feb. 24, 2005

BEMIDJI, Minn. - Bemidji State University head soccer coach, Jim Stone, announced today the Beavers' 2005 schedule. The upcoming campaign includes 21 games with BSU set to host eight on their home field. The slate is highlighted by a first-time home-and-home series with each of BSU’s Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference counterparts.

The Beavers are set to break the seal on the season earlier than any other campaign on record as the Beavers travel to Mayville, N.D. to challenge Mayville State University, Aug. 25th. Just three days later, BSU opens its home schedule with perennial North Central Conference power University of North Dakota at 1:00 p.m.in the team's only non-conference tilt at home.

The College of St. Scholastica's Advantage Emblem Cup is next on the Beavers agenda. BSU will travel to Duluth, Minn. to defend its 2004 title in the event first matching up with the host, St. Scholastica and them then battling Northland College in the round-robin format.

“We have a solid non-conference season set up, Said head coach Jim Stone. "We begin with a very good team in North Dakota then go to St. Scholastica and play a team that won 20 games last season at the Division III level." He added, "We also play Mary later in the season, which is making its debut at the D-II level but have been one of the best teams in the NAIA ranks for some time."

“Playing quality teams like these will really get us ready for league play,” added Stone.

When the Beavers travel to St. Paul, Minn. to open the conference season at Concordia University-St. Paul Sept. 10, they will not only be embarking on a four-game road swing versus NSIC competition, the teams will also be breaking ground playing the first of a home-and-home season series with the Golden Bears. The 2005 five season marks the first season in which each NSIC team will go through the NSIC schedule twice, playing each team at home and on the road.

“I was one on the proponents of the NSIC double-round season,” commented Stone. “I think it will give a more accurate showing of where everyone stands in the conference."

From there BSU will return to the BSU Soccer Field for a three-game homestand hosting Southwest Minnesota State University Sept. 25th at 1:00 p.m. and Wayne State College at 10:30 a.m. one day later.

The Beavers cap a condensed non-conference schedule heading west for its final two non-conference tilts of the season. On Oct. 4th the team will be in Bismarck, N.D. to take on the University of Mary and will change sites to battle Jamestown College in Jamestown, N.D. 24-hours later.

After a trip to Southwest Minnesota State and Wayne State, BSU will return home to close out its home schedule with a four-game homestand in which it will host Northern State (Oct. 15) and Minnesota State University-Moorhead (Oct. 16) for Parents’ Weekend and Winona State (Oct. 22) with Senior Day set for Oct. 23rd versus Concordia-St. Paul.

For the second consecutive season the Beavers conclude their regular season on the road at Minnesota-Crookston (Oct. 29).

One year removed from the program’s inaugural trip to the NSIC Tournament’s semi-final round, the Beavers again have their eyes set on Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Soccer Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota as that facility will be home to the 2005 conference tournament, Nov. 5-6.

Date Opponent Location Time/Result
Aug. 25 Mayville State Mayville, N.D. 3:00 p.m.
Aug. 28 North Dakota Bemidji, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 1 @ St. Scholastica ^ Duluth, Minn. 12:00 p.m.
Sept. 2 vs. Northland College ^ Duluth, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 10 Concordia-St. Paul * St. Paul, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 11 Winona State * Winona, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 17 Minnesota State-Moorhead * Moorhead, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 18 Northern State * Aberdeen, S.D. 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 24 Southwest Minnesota State * Bemidji, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 25 Wayne State (Neb.)* Bemidji, Minn. 10:30 a.m.
Oct. 1 Minnesota-Crookston * Bemidji, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 4 Mary Bismarck, N.D 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 5 Jamestown Jamestown, N.D. 3:00 p.m.
Oct. 8 Wayne State (Neb.) * Wayne, Neb. 10:00 a.m.
Oct. 9 Southwest Minnesota State * Marshall, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 15 Northern State * & Bemidji, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 16 Minnesota State-Moorhead * & Bemidji, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 22 Winona State * Bemidji, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 23 Concordia-St. Paul * $ Bemidji, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 29 Minnesota-Crookston * Crookston, Minn. 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 1 NSIC Tournament First Round
Nov. 5-6 NSIC Tournament Championship Rounds

* = Northern Sun Intercollegiate match-up
^ = Advantage Emblem Cup @ St. Scholastica – Duluth, Minn.
& = Parents’ Weekend
$ = Senior Day
-NSIC Tournament First Round played at campus site of higher seed.
-NSIC Championship played as Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Soccer Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, Minn.