Abilene, Tx - Hardin-Simmons University Head Women’s Soccer Coach, Marcus Wood has released the Cowgirl’s 2007 Schedule. The team win travel to London England on August 8-16 before starting 2-a-days on Tuesday, August 21. In London the Cowgirls will play the world famous Arsenal Ladies, Charlton Athletic and Cambridge University. The team will also have training sessions with the staff from Tottenham Hotspur and will attend Chelsea’s opening day match against Birmingham.

HSU opens the home portion of the regular season on Friday, Aug. 31 at 2:00 p.m. when it hosts Trinity University at the HSU Soccer Complex. Trinity and HSU have eliminated each other from each of the last 3 NCAA National Championship Tournaments. Both teams have consistently been ranked in the NSCAA and D3 Kicks National Rankings. On Saturday, September 1 the Cowgirls will travel to Georgetown, TX to play Southwestern University at 4:00 pm. On Monday, September 3 the Cowgirls return home to play College of the Southwest at 4:00 pm. College of the Southwest qualified for the NAIA National Tournament in 2006. Coach Wood said, “3 games in 4 days will be a difficult test but our student-athletes just want to play. “

The following weekend, the Cowgirls travel to Marshall, TX to play Austin College and Rhodes. Both teams finished in the upper tier of the very competitive SCAC conference in 2006.

The Cowgirls open conference play at home against conference contender TLU on Friday, September 14 at 2:00 pm. Other home conference games include Schreiner, Concordia, UT-Tyler, Mississippi College, Louisiana College and McMurry University.

The Cowgirls go on the road in the conference to play East Texas Baptist, LeTourneau, UT-Dallas, Ozarks, Howard Payne and Mary Hardin Baylor. The only other non-conference game will be Tuesday, September 25 at home at 4:00 pm against Abilene Christian University. ACU is an NCAA D2 opponent.

The 2006 squad fell just short of an appearance in the Final Four in Orlando after advancing to the Elite Eight for the first-time. The Cowgirls fell at Wheaton, who went on to win their 2nd national title in the last 3 years. HSU has won nine of the eleven ASC Championships. The Cowgirls have also been consistently ranked among the best teams in America, having appeared in the National Top 10 rankings in each of the past 3 seasons.