The men’s soccer team unveiled its fall schedule for the upcoming 2022 season. Head Coach Arthur Salazar will guide the Saints in his second year after an 8-5-3 overall record and a .773 Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) winning percentage in 2021.
The Saints start the season with scrimmage matches against NCAA D2 Texas A&M International University on Aug. 17 and Texas Lutheran University (3-1-2) on Aug. 22. The Saints begin the regular season by hosting NCAA D3 Schreiner University (5-1) on Aug. 28 and Kansas Wesleyan University on Sept. 2. The Saints travel north to play Wayland Baptist University (1-4-1) on Sept. 6 and NCAA D3 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (1-0) on Sept. 10. OLLU returns home to face the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (2-3) on Sept. 15 and Oklahoma City University (2-3-2) on Sept. 17. (Numbers after school indicate all-time records).
RRAC competition begins on Sept. 22 and Sept. 24 when the Saints hit the road to play LSU-Shreveport (6-4) and Texas A&M University-Texarkana (8-0). LSU-Alexandria (2-6-4) and Louisiana Christian University (1-0) arrive in San Antonio for matches on Sept. 29 and Oct. 1. The Saints go to Hobbs, N.M., for a showdown against the University of the Southwest (11-6) on Oct. 6. OLLU stops in Dallas on Oct. 8 to play Paul Quinn College (3-1-1) before hosting Texas College (10-2-1) on Oct. 13 and Jarvis Christian College (8-0) on Oct. 15. The last three matches of the regular season span nine days. The games start on the road against the University of Houston-Victoria (8-7-2) on Oct. 20, home against Huston-Tillotson University (8-8-2) on Oct. 22 and a short distance to play local opponent Texas A&M University-San Antonio (1-0) on Oct. 29.
The RRAC Tournament begins on Nov. 4 with the championship game taking place on Nov. 12. The NAIA National Championships Opening Round runs from Nov. 18-19.
All home games will feature live-streaming on the Saints Network.