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After a profitable 2023 season that noticed it earn a berth within the Cricket Celebration Bowl, the Howard College Soccer Staff launched its 2024 schedule, searching for to defend its Mid-Japanese Athletic Convention (MEAC) championship. The 12-game schedule kicks off on August 31 with a visit to Piscataway, N.J., the place the Bison will face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, whose crew rushed for twenty-four touchdowns final season and was ranked third finest within the powerhouse Huge Ten Convention. The Bison dwelling opener will happen the next week in opposition to the Mercyhurst Lakers (September 7), adopted by two marquee matchups – the Toyota HBCU NY Traditional in opposition to the Morehouse Tigers at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (September 14) and the Reality & Service Traditional in opposition to the Hampton Pirates at Audi Discipline in Washington, D.C. (September 21). The Bison will shut out the month on September 28, taking over the Princeton Tigers in Princeton, N.J. This marks the third-straight season the Bison will face an Ivy League opponent with the earlier two seasons together with contests in opposition to the Harvard Crimson. Following a bye week (October 5), the Bison have a two-game homestand, internet hosting the Sacred Coronary heart Pioneers (October 12) earlier than the extremely anticipated Homecoming sport in opposition to the Tennessee State Tigers (October 19) at Howard’s Greene Stadium.
Tickets for the sport, which marks the a centesimal anniversary of the College’s first Homecoming sport, shall be first out there to 2024 season ticket holders. The 2024 Season Tickets package deal additionally features a ticket to the Reality & Service Traditional, reserved seating at each dwelling sport, precedence and discounted parking, unique invites to particular occasions hosted by the Howard College Division of Athletics and precedence buying alternatives for the Cricket Celebration Bowl within the occasion the Bison earn a second-straight berth within the sport.
The Bison’s MEAC schedule begins on October 26 in opposition to the Norfolk State Spartans in Norfolk, Va. The crew will host the Delaware State Hornets (November 2) and the South Carolina State Bulldogs (November 9) earlier than closing out the season with consecutive highway video games in opposition to the North Carolina Central Eagles in Durham, N.C. (November 16) and the Morgan State Bears in Baltimore (November 23). Howard College Director of Athletics Kery Davis mentioned the 2024 soccer schedule gives some difficult checks for the Bison as they goal for a three-peat of the MEAC Championship and vie for the Black School Soccer Championship scheduled to happen at Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium in December. “The result of final yr’s Celebration Bowl was not what we desired, but it surely was clear in that sport that our crew can compete at a championship degree,” Davis mentioned, referring to the Bison’s 30-26 loss to Florida A&M final December. “Our aim is to repeat as MEAC Champs and have one other likelihood to compete in – and win – the Celebration Bowl. Our 2024 schedule will give the crew alternatives to see what they’re manufactured from whereas offering our followers the possibility to see new groups and acquainted foes.”
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