The University of Mary Washington athletic department kicks off the 2025-26 academic year on Friday, with a busy weekend of events for fall teams opening their regular seasons.

The women's soccer team will start the festivities by kicking off at home at 2:30 p.m. against neighbors down Interstate 95, Randolph-Macon, at the Battleground. The Eagles welcome back 19 letter winners from a season ago, including all-region selections Maci Landel and Natalie Anderson. Free live video of the game can be seen HERE.

The ninth-ranked men's soccer team will begin its defense of three straight Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference championships, as they kick off the 2025 campaign after the women's team, at 5:00 p.m., against Ohio Northern University. Free live video of that contest can be seen HERE.

The Eagle field hockey team, fresh off a 2024 Collegiate Field Hockey Conference title, will open the season today at 6:00 p.m. at Roanoke College. Led by NFHCA national watch list honorees Grayson Scott and Mackenzie Proffitt, UMW's game can be followed with LIVE STATS and pay-per-view VIDEO in Salem.  

UMW volleyball also starts the 2025 campaign on Friday, by visiting Scranton, Pa., to face Misericordia College at 7:00 p.m. LIVE STATS and pay-per-view VIDEO are available from Scranton.

Eagles cross country will start the season on Saturday morning at the University of Richmond, while volleyball continues with a pair of matches in Scranton. On Sunday, women's soccer will host Penn State-Harrisburg at noon, before UMW honors former men's soccer coach Roy Gordon by naming the game field in his honor with a special ceremony at 2:00 p.m. Men's soccer will close the day and opening weekend by hosting North Carolina Wesleyan University at 3:00 p.m.