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AC Soccer Teams Release 2024 Schedules

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Women, Men Kick off in August

Angelina College’s beautiful soccer complex is about to get extremely busy.

AC’s soccer teams have released their schedules for the upcoming 2024 season, and both the Lady Roadrunners and Roadrunners will combine for at least 12 home dates with at least six doubleheaders, with more home matches possible according to postseason seedings.

AC’s ladies, under first-year head coach Sergio Gardea, have put together a grueling schedule for the pre-season, the non-conference season, and the conference season.

The Lady ‘Runners open the pre-season with a pair of home scrimmages on Wednesday, Aug. 7 (vs. LSU-Shreveport) and on Saturday, August 10 (vs. Brookhaven College). Kickoff times are 6 p.m. on Aug. 7, while the Aug. 10th match kickoff time is TBA.

The Lady Roadrunners open the regular season on Aug. 22 at Miami Dade College in Miami before opening conference play at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30 against Northeast Texas Community College as part of a women’s/men’s home doubleheader.

The Roadrunner men are looking for a “three-peat” after qualifying for the NJCAA Division I National Tournament in 2023, marking the first time an Angelina College athletics program has participated in back-to-back national tournaments.

AC’s men, led by reigning Region XIV District Coach of the Year Martin Melchor, kick off the pre-season with a trio of road scrimmages (at Dallas College-Mountain View on Aug. 13, at Jarvis College on Aug. 18 and at UT-Tyler on Aug. 21) before hosting back-to-back scrimmages at home. AC hosts Texas A&M San Antonio at 4 p.m. on Aug. 24 and Western Texas at 6 p.m. on Aug. 27.

The ‘Runners then kick off the regular season as part of a women’s/men’s conference doubleheader against Northeast Texas Community College on Friday, Aug. 30.

The Lady Roadrunners will compete in Region XIV’s South Zone (featuring Blinn College, Jacksonville College, and UT-Southmost College), while the men’s South Zone competition includes Blinn College, Jacksonville College, Coastal Bend Community College, and UT-Southmost.

The Region XIV/District Tournament takes place from Oct. 24 through Nov. 1, and the 2024 NJCAA Division I National Tournament (for both men and women) takes place Nov. 17-23 at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas.

The Angelina College soccer complex is about to get busy again, with the Lady Roadrunners and Roadrunners recently releasing their upcoming 2024 schedules. Both teams kick off the pre-season in August. (Contributed photo)

All AC Soccer home games will be live-streamed on TSBN Sports (a free streaming service for fans), with most of the conference road games also available for streaming.

Currently, the Angelina College Athletics website is scheduled for an upgrade. Once the upgrade takes place, all schedules will be available for viewing there.

For now, fans can visit this link for the combined schedules:

https://angelina.prestosports.com/general/2023-24/releases/acsoccerteamsschedulerelease2024

The email address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.

(Ball Image by Elizabeth Horta)

Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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