PORTLAND, Ore. – The Lewis & Clark College women's soccer team has announced its 2026 schedule. The slate features 22 contests, including 19 regular-season games, 11 home dates at Griswold Stadium and 16 Northwest Conference games in a double round-robin format.
The River Otters begin with three preseason events. Lewis & Clark opens with scrimmages on back-to-back days, traveling to Lower Columbia College on Monday, Aug. 24, at 4 p.m., before hosting Bushnell University the following night at 6 p.m. The team concludes the preseason with its annual Alumni Game on Sunday, Aug. 30, at Griswold Stadium.
The regular season begins Friday, Sept. 4, when Lewis & Clark hosts the University of St. Thomas (Texas) at 5 p.m. The Celts compete in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and finished third in the league standings last season.
Lewis & Clark then travels to California to face Azusa Pacific University on Saturday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m., before taking on Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges on Monday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. Azusa Pacific is competing in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for the first time after transitioning from NCAA Division II. The Cougars finished 12-4-5 last season. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps went 13-4-3, earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament and fell to Northwest Conference champion Puget Sound in the first round.
Northwest Conference play opens Friday, Sept. 11, when Lewis & Clark hosts Pacific University at 7:45 p.m. The River Otters then close September with four consecutive road games, visiting George Fox University on Sunday, Sept. 13; Whitworth University on Saturday, Sept. 19; Whitman College on Sunday, Sept. 20; and Linfield University on Saturday, Sept. 26. All four games are scheduled to begin at 2:45 p.m.
Lewis & Clark returns home to face the top two teams from the 2025 conference standings. Pacific Lutheran University visits on Saturday, Oct. 3, followed by Puget Sound on Sunday, Oct. 4. The two teams finished 12-0-4 in conference play last season and shared the Northwest Conference title. Puget Sound earned the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
The schedule continues with a night game at George Fox on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Lewis & Clark then travels to Willamette University on Saturday, Oct. 10, before visiting Pacific on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
The River Otters play four of their final six games at Griswold Stadium. Lewis & Clark hosts Whitman on Friday, Oct. 16, Whitworth on Sunday, Oct. 18, and Linfield on Sunday, Oct. 25.
Lewis & Clark closes its road schedule with games at Puget Sound on Saturday, Oct. 31, and Pacific Lutheran on Sunday, Nov. 1.
The regular season concludes Sunday, Nov. 8, when the River Otters host Willamette for Senior Day at Griswold Stadium. The final three games of the regular season are scheduled to begin at 1:45 p.m.
