COMPLETE NOTES
• Seven American teams are in action this weekend in season opening action, while USF gets its season underway on Monday hosting Lipscomb.
• Cincinnati, UConn, SMU and Tulsa each open up their season at home on Friday. The Bearcats play host to Gardner-Webb, while the Huskies take on Iona at Morrone Stadium. The Mustangs host UC Davis while the Hurricane takes on Wisconsin at Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium.
• UCF, Memphis and Temple will open their season on the road on Friday. The Knights square off against host Duke in the John Rennie Nike Invitational and closes tournament play against Elon, while the Tigers travel to Nashville, Tenn. to face Belmont. Memphis returns home on Sunday for its home debut vs. UAB. The Owls will make a crosstown trip on Friday to face Saint Joseph’s.
• UConn, the preseason favorite to win the American Athletic Conference title, is ranked in the preseason United Soccer Coaches rankings released on Aug. 3.
• SMU senior Mauro Cichero has been named to the Missouri Athletic Club’s (MAC) Hermann Trophy Watch List for the second consecutive season. Cichero was also a unanimous selection to the American Preseason All-Conference team and named to TopDrawerSoccer’s (TDS) Division I Best XI list.
• Cichero and Abdou Mbacke Thiam (UConn) were each named to TDS’ Men’s National Top 100 list.
Schedule/Results
Friday, Aug. 25
Gardner-Webb at Cincinnati • 7 p.m. ET
Iona at No. 24/NR UConn • 7 p.m. ET
Temple at Saint Joseph’s • 7 p.m. ET
UCF at Duke • 7:30 p.m. ET^
UC Davis at SMU • 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Belmont • 8 p.m. ET
Wisconsin at Tulsa • 8 p.m. ET
Sunday, Aug. 27
Elon vs. Duke • Noon ET^
UAB at Memphis • 6 p.m. ET
All times subject to change
[^] John Rennie Nike Invitational (Durham, N.C.)