For Immediate Release
August 29, 2002
Story by: David Harris (316) 207-4216
Contact: Cliff Brown (316) 942-4291
Newman University Men's Soccer Releases 2002 Schedule
Wichita, Kan.- The Newman
University Jets men's soccer team will open the season in Georgia, starting
August 31 against 12th-ranked Berry College, Mt. Berry, Ga. This is the second
year in a row the team has opened with a weekend in Georgia.
Berry College is one of four teams on the Jets' schedule ranked in the National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) preseason top 25. Newman is
ranked 24th in the preseason poll.
Seventh-ranked Oklahoma Christian College comes to Newman on Saturday, September
7 at 7:30 p.m.
The Jets will travel to Shawnee, Okla. to take on 15th-ranked St. Gregory's
University on Wednesday, September 18, and will play host to #14 Hastings College,
Neb. on Sunday, October 27. Hastings beat Newman in last year's Region IV championship
game at Hastings, Neb. to earn a trip to the NAIA National Tournament.
Newman opens it's 2002 home slate on Friday, September 6 at 7 p.m. against new
Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC) member Central Christian College,
Manhattan, Kan.
Other MCAC home games this year are Sunday, September 22 against Haskell Indians
Nations University of Lawrence, Kan. and Sunday, October 20 versus Park University,
Parkville, Mo.
Missing from the schedule this year is a Highway 54 Cup match with Wichita rival Friends University. It would have been a road game this year for the Jets.
The schedule is available at https://jetsoccer.tripod.com/2002sched.html,
or by calling the Newman Athletics office at 316-942-4291, ext. 118.
Newman will play ten home matches and eight on the road during the regular season.
The complete Newman men's schedule is included below.
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| Date | Opponent | Time | Location |
| Sat. August 31 | Berry College #12 | Noon | Mt. Berry, GA |
| Sun. September 1 | Spring Hill College | 1 p.m. | Mt. Berry, GA |
| Fri. September 6 | *Central Christian College | 7 p.m. | NU Wilkins Field |
| Sat. September 7 | Oklahoma Christian College #7 | 7:30 p.m. | NU Wilkins Field |
| Sat. September 14 | Doane College | 4:30 p.m. | NU Wilkins Field |
| Wed. September 18 | St. Gregory University #15 | 2 p.m. | Shawnee, OK |
| Sat. September 21 | Southern Nazarene University | 7 p.m. | NU Wilkins Field |
| Sun. September 22 | *Haskell Indian Nations University | 7 p.m. | NU Wilkins Field |
| Sat. September 28 | *York College | 3 p.m. | York, NE |
| Sun. September 29 | *Bellevue University | 3 p.m. | Bellevue, NE |
| Fri. October 4 | Univ. of Science & Arts of Oklahoma | 6 p.m. | NU Wilkins Field |
| Sat. October 8 | Manhattan Christian College | 7 p.m. | NU Wilkins Field |
| Sun. October 13 | Huron University | 3 p.m. | Huron, S.D. |
| Tue. October 15 | *Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 3:30 p.m. | Bartlesville, OK |
| Sun. October 20 | *Park University | 5 p.m. | NU Wilkins Field |
| Fri. October 25 | John Brown University | 3 p.m. | NU Wilkins Field |
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Sat.
October 26
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John
Brown University vs. Hastings College
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p.m.
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NU
Wilkins Field
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| Sun. October 27 | Hastings College #14 | 3 p.m. | NU Wilkins Field |
| Sat. November 2 | Benedictine College | 3 p.m. | Atchison, KS |
| MCAC Conference Tournament | @ MCAC Top Seed | ||
| Region IV Tournament | @ Region IV Top Seed | ||
| November 21 - 26 | NAIA National Tournament | Bowling Green, Kentucky |