CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi soccer team released its 2026 Southland Conference schedule on Friday afternoon, setting the stage for the upcoming season in the fall.
The Islanders will play 10 matches during their conference slate, squaring off against every team in the Southland once in round robin format with five being at home and five being on the road.
"2026 will be an interesting season from many different perspectives," Islanders head coach
Daniel Clitnovici said. "We have a few new head coaches in the conference, several schools have had major roster changes, and lastly, the overall standard of play has been improving from year to year. My staff and our team are really looking forward to the season."
A&M-Corpus Christi opens conference play away from campus on September 17, first traveling to Nacogdoches to square off with Stephen F. Austin in a rematch of last year's thriller in the first round of the Southland Conference Women's Soccer Championship, when the team nearly upset the second-seeded Ladyjacks but fell in penalty shootouts. The Islanders then return to the Dr. Jack Dugan Family Soccer and Track Stadium for their home opener on September 24, hosting UTRGV for one of the first legs of next school year's South Texas Showdown, presented by Rally Credit Union.
After this match comes two more at home, with the Islanders welcoming McNeese and Southeastern Louisiana to town on September 27 and October 1 respectively to wrap up their longest homestand of the conference slate. They then play three of their next four on the road, traveling to Incarnate Word on October 8, East Texas A&M on October 15 and Lamar on October 22 with a lone home contest against 2025 regular season champions Northwestern State sandwiched in between these on October 11.
Following the stretch, A&M-Corpus Christi plays its final home match of the regular season, a showdown with reigning conference tournament champions Houston Christian on October 25. The team's final match in general before the postseason comes a week later, traveling to Thibodaux to close things out against Nicholls on November 1 before being idle for the conference's final day of action on November 5.
The 2026 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Championship will be hosted by East Texas A&M in Commerce, Texas. The first round will kick off on November 10, with the semifinals following on November 12 and the finals taking place on November 15. This season, the Islanders will be looking to secure their eighth consecutive berth to the tournament and 10
th overall in the history of the program.
A&M-Corpus Christi's full 2026 schedule, including nonconference matches, will be released once finalized in the upcoming weeks.
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