Savannah State state releases 2023 football schedule

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah State releases its 2023 10-game fall soccer schedule on Wednesday that features six house video games and 4 street video games.

The Tigers will open the season on September 4, 2023, in Valdosta, Ga. in opposition to NCAA Division II perennial powerhouse Valdosta State. This sport was initially scheduled for the 2023 season.

Savannah State returns house on September 11 to open a three-game homestand with a non-conference sport in opposition to Livingstone Faculty. On Sept. 18, they open Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Convention (SIAC) motion in opposition to East Division rivals Benedict Faculty in Theodore A. Wright Stadium. The following weekend, September 25, they host Morehouse Faculty in one other SIAC East Division bout.

On October 2, the Tigers will journey to Frankfort, Kentucky to face off in opposition to Kentucky State College. Will probably be the primary time the Tigers play a SIAC West Division Crew since becoming a member of the convention final yr. On October. 9, they return house to face Erskine Faculty in a non-conference sport.

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The Tigers shut out October with three SIAC East Division video games. They face Clark Atlanta at house on October 16 for Homecoming. Then they hit the street to face Albany State and Fort Valley State Oct. 23 and 30, respectively. They shut out the season with a house sport in opposition to Edward Waters on November 6.

Savannah State’s 2023 nine-game season was suspended as a result of pandemic. The Tigers had been capable of get two spring video games in. They fell to West Alabama, 28-36, on March 13 after which beat Center Georgia State 85-0 on March 27—setting a brand new college document for many factors scored in a win.

The Tigers will hope to get their first full season in for the reason that historic 2019 workforce walked off the sector on November 9, 2019, with a 7-3 general document and a 5-0 SIAC document–the primary successful workforce since 1998. Because of the college’s transition from NCAA Division I to Division II, they had been unable to play for the 2019 SIAC Championship. In September of 2023, the college formally accomplished the transition, making this system eligible for NCAA titles.

Shawn Quinn will enter his third season this fall as the top coach with an 8-4 general document and 5-0 convention document intact. The soccer program underneath Quinn has seen a number of college data beat or set, and a successful program fielded that resembles the late 1980’s, Nineteen Nineties groups who had been a few of the most profitable in this system’s 119-year historical past.

2023 Savannah State Soccer Schedule

Courtesy: Savannah State Athletics