Rutgers Women's Soccer Opened 2026 Season at No. 24 Tennessee \ Thursday night

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Women's Soccer Opens 2026 Season at No. 24 Tennessee - Rutgers University Athletics

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The No. 24 Tennessee soccer team begins its 2026 campaign on Thursday night as the Lady Vols welcome Rutgers to Regal Soccer Stadium for a 7:00 p.m. ET kickoff.

PREVIEW: #24 Lady Vols Host Rutgers to Open 2026 Season - University of Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 24 Tennessee soccer team begins its 2026 campaign on Thursday night as the Lady Vols welcome Rutgers to Regal Soccer Stadium for a...

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[AreYouNUTS]

Let’s go ladies!!!

 

[richthedentist]

Let’s go ladies!!!

great opening day test; I'm ready

 

[richthedentist]

great opening day test; I'm ready

Not a good start down 1-0 after 9 minutes

 

[richthedentist]

Not a good start down 1-0 after 9 minutes

Down 2-0 31 minutes in
We look horrible 1 weak shot on goal so far

 

[richthedentist]

Not much to summarize in that half just a repeat of last year no offense and a couple of defensive lapses
Only 1 very weak shot on goal the whole half

 

[RUdad]

Down 3-0 now. Look pretty terrible. Same old stuff.

 

[OntheBanks]

Ouch, Vols with another goal. Turn out the lights.

 

[Knights1998]

Back line has struggled. Letting up way too many shots.

 

[Knights1998]

Goal from Emma Johns and a Tennessee PK made it a 4-1 final. Team was gaining momentum and looked more encouraging with a large group of subs on for about 10 minutes towards the end, until they were taken out. Outside of that… nothing good tonight.

 

[Leonard23]

Not being competitive is a bad sign. Might be time for a change.

 

[Degaz-RU]

I couldn’t watch, but in looking at minutes played, it looks like we played the freshmen and redshirt freshmen A LOT.

Lilia Calvert - 67

Lily Ann Phillips - 58

Amanda Thornton - 67

Tommi Valente - 53

Bea Tinoco - 26

That’s a ton of minutes for players who never played before tonight. Like lambs to the slaughter playing at a top 25 program.

Learn and move on.

 

[richthedentist]

Not much to summarize in that half just a repeat of last year no offense and a couple of defensive lapses
Only 1 very weak shot on goal the whole half

Not being competitive is a bad sign. Might be time for a change.

its only 1 game but if this year is anything like last than it’s definitely time for a change

 

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Women's Soccer Drops Opener at No. 24 Tennessee - Rutgers University Athletics

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[AreYouNUTS]

Yikes.

 

[rucoe89]

Mike O'Neill turned on the heater on his seat.

 

[richthedentist]

Mike O'Neill turned on the heater on his seat.

This could be one of those dilemmas for Keli as he has made the NCAA's up until last season but another poor season and her mantra that we are her to win championships in my opinion means time for a new coach especially because except for the final four runs even though we have made the tournament most of them have been one and done

 

[rucoe89]

This could be one of those dilemmas for Keli as he has made the NCAA's up until last season but another poor season and her mantra that we are her to win championships in my opinion means time for a new coach especially because except for the final four runs even though we have made the tournament most of them have been one and done

From what I read here, sounds like recruiting is falling off as it did in Reasso's last years and some stubbornness around updating team style of play, similar to Pikiell.

 

[SirScarlet]

This could be one of those dilemmas for Keli as he has made the NCAA's up until last season but another poor season and her mantra that we are her to win championships in my opinion means time for a new coach especially because except for the final four runs even though we have made the tournament most of them have been one and done

It's a dilemma because despite him not getting the most out of the talent on the team he heads up one of the more successful programs in our portfolio. Otherwise I think a quick study of performance would lead to a bad outcome for him.

Anyone who follows the team closely knows that they have simply not played up to the talent that they have and he has been very very slow to adjust

He is another coach who is a very good person and I would love to see be successful here.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

From what I read here, sounds like recruiting is falling off as it did in Reasso's last years and some stubbornness around updating team style of play, similar to Pikiell.

"stubbornness" is being incredibly kind... @SirScarlet nails it.

 

[vkj91]

This could be one of those dilemmas for Keli as he has made the NCAA's up until last season but another poor season and her mantra that we are her to win championships in my opinion means time for a new coach especially because except for the final four runs even though we have made the tournament most of them have been one and done

He’s a top 5 or 10 paid coach in the country

 

[vkj91]

From what I read here, sounds like recruiting is falling off as it did in Reasso's last years and some stubbornness around updating team style of play, similar to Pikiell.

Unlike Pike, they are the laziest recruiting staff in P4. It’s quite simple, if PDA is at a tournament then Rutgers is. No PDA, no Rutgers. Them when they strike out with PDA kids they scramble. If IRCC they struck out with the “05 recruiting class” which was a very good PDA team. Those girls would be seniors now. The girls they panicked and grabbed have all transferred out. My oldest was on a top 3 team in that class Rutgers rarely came around and when they did they had time of day for two girls. Those two girls were never going to to go to Rutgers.