The St. Thomas Aquinas College Department of Athletics welcomed 200 athletes to campus, as fall preseason training camps got underway on Monday in Sparkill.
7 teams begin their 2019 campaigns in mid-August, as Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Cross Country, Women's Tennis and Field Hockey take to their respective fields and courses over the next two weeks in preparation for their season openers. The two newest sports in the Spartan Athletics line up; Sprint Football and Women's Triathlon, both now in their second seasons, also return to practice this week as well.
Regular season play for most of the Spartan fall sports will get underway during the first full week in September, with the exception of Sprint Football, who will open the following weekend.
Fall Sport Openers
Men's Soccer
Regular Season Opener: September 5th at Saint Anselm College, 3:30pm
Home Opener (Spartan Field): September 16th vs. College of Staten Island, 3pm
Women's Soccer
Regular Season Opener: September 6th vs. American International College (at Southern New Hampshire University), 11am
Home Opener (Spartan Field): September 11th vs. Saint Anselm, 3pm
Men's & Women's Cross Country
Regular Season Opener: September 7th at Fordham Fiasco/Ed Joyce Memorial (Van Cortland Park - Bronx, NY), 9:30am Men, 10am Women
Women's Field Hockey
Regular Season Opener: September 5th at Frostburg State University, 3pm
Home Opener (Spartan Field): September 17 vs. Adelphi University, 4pm
Sprint Football
Regular Season Opener: September 13th at U.S. Naval Academy, 7pm
Home Opener (Torne Valley): September 21st vs. Caldwell, 6pm
Women's Triathlon
Regular Season Opener: September 7th at Hartford Marathon Foundation Women's Triathlon (Farmington, CT), 7:30am
Women's Tennis
Regular Season Opener: September 6th at Queens College, 11am
Home Opener (Riley Family Tennis Courts): September 10th vs. College of Staten Island, 3pm
For more information, including rosters and team news, log onto STACAthletics.com as preseason training camps get underway.