The Army women’s soccer team will host 11 matches, visit Air Force and take on Navy in a neutral-site contest for the 2026 season.
The Black Knights will host Wagner in an Aug. 8 exhibition. The season openers will be Aug. 13 at Air Force and Aug. 16 at Colorado.
William & Mary (Aug. 20), Vermont (Aug. 23), Monmouth (Aug, 27), West Virginia (Aug. 30), Boston College (Sept. 6) and Cornell (Sept. 10) will visit Malek Stadium at Clinton Field for non-conference contests. Army will visit Maine on Sept. 3.
Maine, Wagner, Colorado and West Virginia were NCAA Div. I tourney participants – as was Army – in 2025. Colorado won two matches and lost in the Round of 16. West Virginia bowed in the second round. Maine, Wagner and Army lost in the first round.
The Patriot League slate begins Sept. 19 when American visits West Point.
The annual Army-Navy match will be held Oct. 9 at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa., paired with a men’s doubleheader match.
In 2025 (versus 2026 non-conference foes), Army beat Air Force, tied Maine and lost to West Virginia. In Patriot League play, Army beat Lehigh, Colgate (twice), Bucknell, Lafayette and Loyola (twice) and Boston Univ. (in Patriot final); tied Navy and lost to American, Boston and Holy Cross.
The Black Knights (14-6-2) won the Patriot League tournament, beating Loyola (3-1), Colgate on road (2-1) and Boston on road (3-2). Army bowed to Penn State, 3-0, in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
Army coach Tracy Chao is expected to return 19 players, including 2025 Patriot rookie of the year Sophia Henry at forward and all-stars Bella Conti and Grace Pohlidal in the midfield, O’Neill graduate Daisy West on defense and Sabrina Rogers at forward.
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Army women’s soccer
2026 schedule
(2025: Army 14-6-2, 5-3-1 Patriot, third)
August
Sat. 8 – vs. Wagner (11-3-6, 8-1-2 Northeast, second, exhibition, 1 p.m.; Thur. 13 – at Air Force (8-7-4, 6-2-2 Mountain West, second), 6 p.m.; Sun. 16 – at Colorado (17-4-3, 8-1-2 Big 12, third), noon; Thur. 20 – vs. William & Mary, 4 p.m.; Sun. 23 – vs. Vermont (8-4-6, 5-1-2 America Easst, second), 1 p.m.; Thur. 27 – vs. Monmouth (10-6-2, 5-3-1 Coastal North, first), 6 p.m.; Sun. 30 – vs. West Virginia (14-3-4, 8-0-3 Big 12, second), 1 p.m.
September
Thur. 3 – at Maine (6-7-4, 3-3-2 America East, fourth), TBD; Sun. 6 – vs. Boston College (5-8-5, 1-7-2 Atlantic Coast, T-14th), 1 p.m.; Thur. 10 – vs. Cornell (5-7-4, 2-5 Ivy, seventh), 6 p.m.; Sat. 19 – vs. American* (3-10-4, 3-5-1 Patriot, T-seventh), 1 p.m.; Sat. 26 – vs. Lehigh* (3-11-3, 1-7-1 Patriot, tenth), 1 p.m.; Wed. 30 – at Boston Univ.* (11-5-3, 7-1-1 Patriot, first), 6 p.m.
October
Sat. 3 – at Colgate* (9-6-4, 6-2-1 Patriot, second), TBD; Fri. 9 – vs. Navy* (9-6-4, 2-3-4 Patriot, T-seventh), at Chester, Pa., 4 p.m.; Sat. 17 – vs. Lafayette* (5-8-7, 3-3-3 Patriot, T-fourth), 7 p.m.; Sat. 24 – at Bucknell* (3-9-6, 1-4-4 Patriot, ninth), 1 p.m.; Sat. 31 – at Loyola, Md.* (5-5-8, 2-2-5 Patriot, sixth), TBD
November
Wed. 4 – vs. Holy Cross* (6-7-6, 3-3-3, T-fourth), 6 p.m.
Home matches held at West Point’s Malek Stadium at Clinton Field; asterisk marks Patriot League match; home and league matches will be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription)
Army series records
(W-L-T; first meeting) – vs. Air Force 11-9-2 (1992); vs. American 9-8-10 (1987); vs. Boston College 0-2-1 (1992); vs. Boston Univ. 4-12-2 (1996); vs. Bucknell 21-17-5 (1991); vs. Colgate 17-31-6 (1986); vs. Colorado first meeting; vs. Cornell 4-5-0 (1995); vs. Holy Cross 22-10-7 (1986); vs. Lafayette 27-4-4 (1990); vs. Lehigh 24-8-6 (1991); vs. Loyola, Md. 8-3-3 (2013); vs. Maine 4-0-1 (1990); vs. Monmouth (1-5-0, 1991); vs. Navy 16-18-5 (1994); vs. Vermont first meeting; vs. Wagner 3-1-0 (1999); vs. West Virginia 0-1-0 (2025); vs. William & Mary 1-0-0 (2021)
2026 Army roster
Rising seniors – No. 7 Madi Nichols, MF; No. 11 Sabrina Rogers, F (Patriot third team); No. 13 Ariana Diaz, F; No. 14 Maddi Woodward, MF; No. 24 Skylar Regan, D; No. 86 Kaitlyn Stake, GK
Rising juniors – No. 00 Karalyn Dail, GK; No. 2 Sophie Castro, MF; No. 4 Daisy West (O’Neill grad) (Patriot third team), D, MF; No. 8 Grace Burns, D; No. 10 Grace Pohlidal, D/MF (Patriot second team); No. 18 Bella Conti, F (Patriot second team); No. 27 Makaela Morrell, F, MF; No. 33 Bianca Webb, D
Rising sophomores – No. 6 Ragan Francy, MF; No. 9 Sophia Henry, F (Patriot first team, rookie of the year); No. 16 Leila Castell, F; No. 19 Ailyn Rowe, MF; No. 23 Megan Youngberg, D, MF
Incoming freshmen – No 1 Helena Kaczmarczy, GK; No. 5 Amelia Winter, MF; No. 12 Piper Bingham, F; No. 15 Isabel Vargas, D; No. 17 Lily Marquez, MF/F; No. 20 Kamryn McWhinney, MF/D; No. 22 Rebecca Gabriele, D; No. 32 Rena Shim, D
Coaches – Tracy Chao, head coach; Tori Ball, associate; Brett Axelrod, assistant
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Women’s soccer – Army to host 11 matches, open August 8 vs. Wagner
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