Elmira, N.Y. - As he enters his fifth season as the head coach of the Elmira College Women's Soccer team, Bill Kelly has announced the 2026 Soaring Eagles schedule. This year's slate features eight home matches at Campus Field and nine road contests as the Purple & Gold prepare for another competitive campaign.

EC opens the 2026 season with four non-conference contests, beginning with a home opener against Geneva College on Friday, September 4. The Soaring Eagles will then make the short trip to Penn College the following day for a road matchup on Saturday, September 5.

The Purple & Gold return to Campus Field on Thursday, September 10, to host Mansfield before wrapping up non-conference play with a road contest at King's College on Saturday, September 12.

Empire 8 Conference play begins with four consecutive road matches as Elmira travels to Russell Sage College on Wednesday, September 16, followed by Keuka College on Saturday, September 19. The Soaring Eagles continue their road swing with a non-conference matchup at Lycoming College on Wednesday, September 23, before returning home for an E8 showdown against Houghton University on Saturday, September 26.

Elmira remains at Campus Field to host St. John Fisher University on Wednesday, September 30, before heading to Nazareth University for a conference matchup on Saturday, October 3.

The Soaring Eagles then return home for a three-game homestand, welcoming SUNY Brockport on Wednesday, October 7, SUNY Poly on Saturday, October 10, and Hartwick College on Wednesday, October 14.

Following the homestand, Elmira travels to SUNY Geneseo on Saturday, October 17, before returning to Campus Field for its final home conference match of the regular season against Alfred University on Wednesday, October 21.

The regular season concludes with a road contest at Utica University on Saturday, October 24, before the Soaring Eagles wrap up the schedule with a non-conference home match against SUNY Canton on Wednesday, October 28.

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