• OVC Men’s Soccer Report – August 22 (PDF)
This Week’s Schedule
Thursday, August 24
Lindenwood at DePaul, 10:00 a.m. (FloSports)
Saint Peter’s
at Liberty, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Southern Indiana at IUPUI, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Omaha
at UIW, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Bradley
at Chicago State, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
St. Bonaventure
at HCU, 7:00 p.m.
SIUE at Central Arkansas, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 27
Mercer
at Southern Indiana, 11:00 a.m. (ESPN+)
Lindenwood at Loyola University Chicago, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Chicago State at Milwaukee, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
St. Bonaventure
at UIW, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
Butler
at SIUE, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Omaha
at HCU, 7:00 p.m.
Monday, August 28
Governors State
at Eastern Illinois, 5:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Belmont Abbey
at Liberty, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Notes From Around the League
Inaugural Season of OVC Men's Soccer: This year marks the inaugural season of OVC men's soccer. It was announced as the conference’s 19th-sponsored sport in March 2023. Four OVC institutions currently field men’s soccer teams: Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, SIUE and Southern Indiana. In addition, Chicago State, Houston Christian, Incarnate Word and Liberty are affiliate members, giving the OVC eight men’s soccer programs for 2023. Western Illinois, who joined the OVC in other sports on July 1, 2023, is competing one final year in the Summit League and will be in the OVC in men's soccer in 2024.
Liberty Picked as 2023 OVC Preseason Favorite: Liberty University was picked as the preseason favorite in the inaugural season of Ohio Valley Conference men’s soccer in a vote of coaches and communications directors. The Flames picked up eight of the 16 first-place votes to tally 88 points, which was two points ahead of SIUE (who picked up four first-place votes). Houston Christian (HCU) picked up the other four first-place votes to tally 81 points in being picked third. Lindenwood was picked fourth (62) and followed by UIW (53), Southern Indiana (29), Eastern Illinois (25) and Chicago State (24).
2023 OVC Tournament: The inaugural OVC Men's Soccer Championship will be held on the campus of SIUE in Edwardsville, Illinois. The top six seeds will make the field, with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds getting byes to the semifinals.
All Teams Eligible for OVC Tournament: Both reclassifying teams, Lindenwood and Southern Indiana, are eligible to compete and win the OVC Tournament Championship this season. Should a transitioning school win an OVC Tournament Championship, the AQ shall be awarded to the tournament runner-up. Should the tournament runner-up also be a transitioning school, the AQ representative shall be the third-place team (where the third-placed team cannot be determined, the AQ shall be the semifinal team that had the highest remaining seed going into the tournament).
ESPN+: This year marks the sixth of the OVC’s media rights deal with ESPN to air games on ESPN+, the multi-sport, direct-to-consumer video service from The Walt Disney Company Direct-to-Consumer & International segment. This season over 200 men’s and women’s basketball regular season Conference games and non-conference games will be streamed on ESPN+. Fans can subscribe to ESPN+ for $9.99 a month (or $99.99 per year) or as part of a bundle with Disney+ and ad-supported Hulu ($15.99/month). ESPN+ is an integrated part of the ESPN App (on mobile and connected devices). More information can be found at
www.OVCSports.com/ESPN.