2026 Alverno Soccer Schedule
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Alverno College soccer team has announced its 2026 fall schedule, as it will return to action for the first time since the 2023 campaign. Head coach Sendi Jimenez Garcia will coach the team in her first season at the helm after spending the last academic year prepping and recruiting for this year's campaign. The schedule features seven home games, with the team's first game at the Alverno Soccer Field since Oct. 4, 2023, set to occur this September. The team will also begin its first year in the Coast-to-Coast Conference (C2C), joining national powerhouses Christopher Newport and Mary Washington, as well as Johnson & Wales-Charlotte, UC Santa Cruz, Salisbury, Warren Wilson, and Regent.
After two home scrimmages on Aug. 22 and Aug. 29, against Milwaukee Area Technical College and Joliet Junior College, the 2026 campaign begins at St. Norbert College on Wednesday, Sept. 2, opening their season against a former conference opponent. They continue with road action in their next three games to start the year, taking on Andrews University in Michigan on Friday, Sept. 4, Lakeland on Wednesday, Sept. 9, and then Mount Mary on Saturday, Sept. 12.
The Inferno play their first home game in almost three years on Tuesday, Sept. 15, hosting Maranatha Baptist, as the programs meet for the first time since 2017 and for only the second time in over 10 years. They then travel to the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sept. 19 before returning home for two straight games. The homestand beings with the second matchup of the year against Andrews University on Wednesday, Sept. 23, and is followed by a home matchup against UW-Whitewater on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Alverno begins its month of October on the road, traveling to Knox College on Oct. 7. The team then hosts Kalmazoo on Saturday, Oct. 10, and Benedictine on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The Inferno travel to Alma College on Friday, Oct. 16 and follow that with a road match at Maranatha Baptist on Tuesday, Oct. 20. They then wrap up their road schedule with a matchup with Saint Mary's College (Ind.) on Saturday, Oct. 24.
The final two regular-season games are at home for Alverno, as they host former conference opponents Lakeland on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and Rockford on Saturday, Oct. 31.
The C2C women's soccer championship begins on Thursday, Nov. 5, with two quarterfinal matches, with the winners advancing to the semifinals the following day, Friday, Nov. 6. The championship game is set for Sunday, Nov. 8. The top six teams by NPI qualify for the championships, with the 2026 tournament being hosted by Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.
(Schedule is subject to change)
