The Bard women’s soccer team has 18 anticipated returnees as the Raptors hope to make its first dent in the Liberty League in nearly a decade.

The Raptors open the 2025 season on Aug. 29 when Rutgers-Newark visits the Ferrari Soccer & Lacrosse Complex in Annandale-on-Hudson. Bard will take on a pair of 2024 postseason participants – the Raptors will host ECAC Div. III tourney semifinalist New Jersey City University on Aug. 31, and close the Liberty League season on Nov. 1 at NCAA Div. III tourney second-round team Ithaca.

Bard has not won a league contest since 2017, posting a 0-53-1 Liberty mark since then. Last season, the Raptors bowed to Vassar, Ithaca, Rochester Institute of Technology, RPI, Union, Clarkson, St. Lawrence, William Smith and Skidmore.

Bard will face three schools from the 2024 schedule in non-conference action, having beaten Brooklyn and bowing to William Paterson and Castleton.

Head coach Kate Hofstede will lead Bard for a fifth season in 2025.

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Bard women’s soccer

2025 schedule

(2024: 3-13-1; 0-9 Liberty League, tenth place)

August

Fri. 29 – Rutgers-Newark (5-10-3, 1-7-1 N.J. Athletic, ninth), 4 p.m.; Sun. 31 – New Jersey City University (7-6-8, 2-4-3 N.J. Athletic, T-fifth), 2 p.m.

September

Sat. 6 – at Lehman (11-5, 4-1 City Univ. of New York, second), 1 p.m.; Tues. 9 – SUNY Polytechnic (5-11-1, 0-10-1, twelfth), 6 p.m.; Sat. 13 – at Brooklyn (6-9-3, 2-2-1 City Univ of New York, T-third), 11 a.m.; Sat. 20 – at William Paterson (5-7-7, 1-3-5 N.J. Athletic, T-seventh), 5 p.m.; Wed. 24 – Vassar* (12-4-5, 5-1-3 Liberty, third), 6 p.m.; Sat. 27 – at William Smith* (17-4-4, 6-1-2 Liberty, second), 3 p.m.

October

Wed. 1 – at Union* (9-5-5, 2-4-3 Liberty, seventh), 7 p.m.; Sat. 4 – Saint Lawrence* (8-7-3, 2-5-2 Liberty, T-eighth), 3 p.m.; Sat. 11 – at Clarkson* (5-7-5, 2-3-4 Liberty, sixth), 11 a.m.; Sat. 18 – Skidmore* (11-4-3, 5-2-2 Liberty, fourth), 1 p.m.; Wed. 22 – Vermont-Castleton (9-11-1, 3-5 Little East, fifth), 4 p.m.; Sat. 25 – Rochester Institute of Technology* (8-6-4, 4-3-2 Liberty, fifth), 1 p.m.; Wed. 29 – at RPI* (7-6-3, 2-5-2 Liberty, T-eighth), 4 p.m.

November

Sat. 1 – at Ithaca* (14-3-4, 7-2 Liberty, first), 2 p.m.; Tues. 4 – Liberty League quarterfinals; Fri. 7 – Liberty League semifinals; Sun. 9 – Liberty League finals

Home matches played at Bard’s Ferrari Soccer & Lacrosse Complex, Annandale-on-Hudson; asterisk marks Liberty League matches; home matches streamed on Team1sports.com

Recent Bard records

Under coach Kate Hofstede: 2024 – 3-13-1 (0-9 Liberty, tenth place); 2023 – 4-10-1 (0-8-1, tenth); 2022 – 3-13-1 (0-9, tenth); 2021 – 1-13 (0-9, tenth)

Previous seasons: 2020 – COVID, no season; 2019 – 3-13-1 (0-9, tenth); 2018 – 4-11-1 (0-9, tenth); 2017 – 8-9 (1-8, tenth); 2016 – 7-10 (1-7, T-eighth); 2015 – 8-8-2 (2-6, eighth); 2014 – 5-11-2 (0-7-1, ninth); 2013 – 6-11-2 (0-7-1, ninth); 2012 – 5-12-1 (0-7-1, ninth); 2011 – 4-13 (0-7, ninth)

2025 unofficial roster

Rising seniors – No. 1 McKenna Reeves, GK; No. 4 Carina Cooke, MF/F, No. 7 Maya Farwell, MF/F

Rising juniors – No. 1 Liz Loforte, GK; No. 2 Camila Sandaal, D; No. 3 Kaia Brady, MF/D; No 9 Mahlia Slaiby, F/MF; No. 14 Ella Perreault

Rising sophomores – No. 5 Alexandria Loner, D/MF; No. 6 Annika Hoglund, F/MF; Nol. 8 Isabella Vinces, MF/F; No. 10 Natalie Wing, D; No. 13 Goldie Siff, MF; No. 17 Ellie Welby, D/MF; No. 19 Thayden Hamilton-Howard, GK; No. 22 Georgia McCauley, MF; No. 25 Claire Lampidou, D/MF; No. 30 Rowan Parker, GK

Coaches: Kate Hofstede, head coach; Adam Musoke, assistant coach

This article originally appeared on Poughkeepsie Journal: Bard women’s soccer 2025 schedule release