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WIU will play at Valparaiso on Monday Nov 2nd per a post on Twitter. Wiu is set receive $85000 for playing at Valpo.

Also WIU is set to play a home and home during the season with Houston Christian. Saturday Nov 7th they will play in Macomb, then Monday Nov 30th, they will play in Houston

WIU will play at Minnesota on Nov 16th, WIU will supposedly receive $110,000 for the game

Monday Nov 2 - at Valpo
Saturday Nov 7 - Houston Christian
Monday Nov 16 - @ Minnestoa
Sunday Nov 22 - Mercyhurst (@Canisius Clash)
Monday Nov 30 - @ Houston Christian
Sunday Dec 13 - @ Iowa
 
 

meganeck wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2026 3:33 pm WIU will play at Minnesota on Nov 16th, WIU will supposedly receive $110,000 for the game

 

Finally a game I can make in person since leaving the summit league

WIU will play Iowa with a $105,000 guarantee 

WIU is supposedly  playing in preseason tournament at Canisius this upcoming season.

Why can’t the website update the roster.   We’re already trying to sell tickets for next season.

The schedule has been posted: https://goleathernecks.com/sports/mens- ... l/schedule

Home games vs Simpson College, CSU Bakersvield, St. Ambrose, East-West University
Away games at Valpo, Minnesota, Canisius, Coastal Carolina, Houston Christian, Indiana, Iowa, and South Dakota

Looks like they're mostly sticking with the double-header M/W schedule this year (didn't know if that would change with the departure of Tennessee Tech and Little Rock).
Combined M+W conference schedule looks like this: 
12/11 - Men vs TSU
1/02 - Both vs SIUE
1/07 - Both at TSU
1/09 - Both at SEMO
1/14 - Both vs EIU
1/16 - Both vs UT Martin
1/21 - Both at Morehead State
1/23 - Both at USI
1/28 - Both vs SEMO
1/30 - Both at SIUE
2/04 - Both at UT Martin
2/11 - Both vs Lindenwood
2/13 - Both vs Morehead State
2/18 - Both at EIU
2/20 - Women vs TSU
2/25 - Both vs USI
2/27 - Both at Lindenwood
 
 

ST_Lawson wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 12:58 pm The schedule has been posted: https://goleathernecks.com/sports/mens- ... l/schedule

Home games vs Simpson College, CSU Bakersvield, St. Ambrose, East-West University
Away games at Valpo, Minnesota, Canisius, Coastal Carolina, Houston Christian, Indiana, Iowa, and South Dakota

Looks like they're mostly sticking with the double-header M/W schedule this year (didn't know if that would change with the departure of Tennessee Tech and Little Rock).
Combined M+W conference schedule looks like this: 
12/11 - Men vs TSU
1/02 - Both vs SIUE
1/07 - Both at TSU
1/09 - Both at SEMO
1/14 - Both vs EIU
1/16 - Both vs UT Martin
1/21 - Both at Morehead State
1/23 - Both at USI
1/28 - Both vs SEMO
1/30 - Both at SIUE
2/04 - Both at UT Martin
2/11 - Both vs Lindenwood
2/13 - Both vs Morehead State
2/18 - Both at EIU
2/20 - Women vs TSU
2/25 - Both vs USI
2/27 - Both at Lindenwood
 
 

 

Safe to assume that the games against St. Ambrose, Simpson, East-West, and Culver Stockton are exhibition games and do not count towards the overall record? If not, disappointing to play 4 non d1 schools

jtrinaldi wrote: Thu Aug 20, 2026 10:43 am Safe to assume that the games against St. Ambrose, Simpson, East-West, and Culver Stockton are exhibition games and do not count towards the overall record? If not, disappointing to play 4 non d1 schools

 

A couple might be, but probably not all. We had three non-D1's at home last year. We have one non-conference home D1 game this year, against CSU Bakersfield, which is the return game of a H&H from last year. We probably don't have it in our budget to be paying other D1's to come to Western Hall if it's not part of a H&H, but hopefully we can work to set up more of those in the future.

I'm hoping that maybe one or two of our road mid/low-major D1 games this year are the start of a H&H (Canisius, Coastal Carolina, Houston Christian, South Dakota). I'd really like to see us get H&H's scheduled with some of our old conference-mates in the Summit and Horizon...Omaha, KC, Fort Wayne, IU Indy (used to be IUPUI). It looks like the women's side is doing a bit of a better job with that, hosting (again, probably as part of H&H series) Fort Wayne, Loyola, along with games at Bradley, Valpo, Chicago State, and Omaha. Of those, I'd imagine at least one or two are H&H series.