SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Union College's fall sports teams are returning to campus in preparation for their upcoming 2005 seasons.
The Union football team reported to campus for fall training camp on August 21. The Dutchmen went 6-3 last season, and Coach John Audino needs just three victories to become the first gridiron coach in campus history to record 100 career victories. The Dutchmen open up at home on the new turf at Bailey Field on Sat., September 10. Union hosts Springfield at 7 p.m. on Hall of Fame Day, as seven distinguished individuals will be inducted into the Union College Athletics Hall of Fame earlier that day.
On August 24, the men's and women's soccer teams return to campus to begin their pre-season camps. Coach Jeff Guinn's men's soccer squad won 10 games and competed in the ECAC Upstate Tournament. Union opens play at the RPI Classic, with games against Southern Maine on September 3 and SUNYIT on September 4. The Dutchwomen were 19-2-1 for Coach Brian Speck, and took the ECAC Upstate Women's Soccer Championship. Union opens the women's soccer season on Labor Day Weekend in Greensboro, North Carolina. The first opponent will be host Guilford College in the Guilford Labor Day Classic on September 3, and the Dutchwomen will take on Greensboro the next day.
On August 25, Coach Sandy Collins will welcome her women's volleyball squad back to campus. The Dutchwomen posted 14 victories last season. Union opens Fri., September 2 to begin play at the two-day Oneonta Tournament. Two days after the arrival of the women's volleyball players, the field hockey players return to Union. Coach Lacey French ended last season on a high note with a victory and finished with six wins. The 2005 field hockey season begins on Labor Day, Mon., September 5 at home against Regis.
New coach Bill Brahler will welcome the Union women's tennis team on August 30. The Dutchwomen open up September 3 at Clarkson. The final fall teams to come back to campus will be the men's and women's cross country teams. Coach Dave Riggi welcomes back his squads on September 1. Both teams will open up their seasons the following weekend, September 10 at Hamilton.