Bard men's soccer to face five foes the Raptors beat last season

Bard College men's soccer will face five of the six non-conference foes the Raptors beat in 2024 matchups.

The Raptors open the 2025 season with three road contests before hosting City College of New York on Sept. 6.

The Ferrari soccer & lacrosse complex — opened in 2005 and converted to FieldTurf in 2018 — in Annandale-on-Hudson will host nine contests in all.

Last season, the Raptors beat 2025 foes Pratt, SUNY Canton, CCNY and Purchase and Sarah Lawrence and lost to Saint Joseph's Brooklyn and SUNY Morrisville. Posting an 0-8-1 Liberty League mark, the Raptors bowed to RPI, Ithaca, Vassar, Rochester Institute of Technology, Clarkson, Saint Lawrence, Hobart and Skidmore and tied Union.

T.J. Kostecky has been head coach since 2019 — he is expected to return one grad student, two rising seniors, 11 rising juniors and eight rising sophomores. Five freshmen have joined the program.

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Bard men's soccer

(2024: 6-10-1; 0-8-1 Liberty League, tenth place)

2025 schedule

Fri. 29 - at SUNY Canton (3-15-1, 0-9 SUNYAC), 4 p.m.; Sat. 30 - at SUNY Potsdam (6-9-3, 2-6-1 SUNYAC), 2 p.m.

September

Thur. 4 - at Saint Joseph's Brooklyn (8-7-3, 6-3-2 Skyline, fourth), TBD; Sat. 6 - City College of New York (5-7-4, 5-0-2 CUNYAC, T-first), 2 p.m.; Wed. 10 - Sarah Lawrence (5-13-2, 2-8-1 Skyline, tenth), 7:30 p.m.; Sat. 13 - at Pratt (2-11-3, 1-5 Atlantic East, sixth), TBD; Wed. 17 - at SUNY Old Westbury (6-10-1, 2-9 Skyline, eleventh), 3:30 p.m.; Sat. 20 - SUNY Morrisville, 2 p.m.; Sat. 27 - Hobart* (5-6-6, 4-2-3 Liberty, fourth), 2 p.m.

October

Wed. 1 - at Vassar* (13-4-3, 6-1-2 Liberty, first), 7 p.m.; Sat. 4 - at Saint Lawrence* (9-2-7, 5-0-4 Liberty, second), 2 p.m.; Wed. 8 - RPI* (3-11-3, 1-5-3 Liberty, ninth), 7 p.m.'; Sat. 11 - Clarkson* (7-2-8, 2-2-5 Liberty, T-sixth), 2 p.m.; Wed. 15 - Purchase (1-15, 0-11 Skyline, twelfth), 7 p.m.; Sat. 18 - at Skidmore* (6-4-7, 5-2-2 Liberty, third), 2 p.m.; Wed. 22 - Union* (6-8-5, 2-4-3 Liberty, eighth), 7 p.m.; Sat. 25 - at Rochester Institute of Technology* (7-10-1, 4-4-1 Liberty, fifth), 2 p.m.

November

Sat. 1 - Ithaca* (7-7-4, 3-4-2 Liberty, sixth), 2 p.m.; Tues. 4 - L:iberty League quarterfinals; Fri. 7 - Liberty League semifinals; Sun. 9 - Liberty League finals

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

Bard recent records

Under head coach T.J. Kostecky: 2024 - 6-10-1 (0-8-1 Liberty League); 2023 - 6-7-2 (0-7-2); 2022 - 4-10-1 (0-9); 2021 - 4-11 (0-9); 2020 - COVID, no season; 2019 - 1-14-2 (0-9)

Under head coach Brandon Jackson: 2018 - 3-13-1 (0-9); 2017 - 3-12-1 (0-8-1); 2016 - 6-8-3 (1-7)

Under head coach Andy McCabe: 2015 - 7-9-1 (1-7); 2014 - 5-12 (1-7); 2013 - 2-17 (0-8)

Under head coach Devon Tomson: 2012 - 3-14-2 (0-8)

Previous seasons: 2011 - 5-12-1 (0-7-1); 2010 - 8-9-1 (5-3-1 Skyline); 2009 - 7-9-2 (4-4 Skyline); 2008 - 7-8-1 (5-3 Skyline); 2007 - 5-12 (2-7 Skyline); 2006 - 12-6-1 (5-3 Northeastern Athletic); 2005 - 4-13-1 (3-7-1 Northeastern Athletic)

2025 roster

Rising grad student — No. 31 Gavin Hersey, GK

Rising seniors — No. 8 Ben Steketee, MF; No. 11 Sam Gerber, F

Rising juniors — No. 2 Jamie Coequyt, MF; No. 3 James Bird, D; No. 4 Henry Skeltis, MF; No. 5 Brandon Alchy, MF; No. 7 Frankie Perera-Modica, MF; No. 10 Mateo Betelu, D; No. 16 Luca Costanzo, MF; No. 20 Pablo Ortega, MF; No. 21 Benett Hathaway, MF; No. 22 Emmett Olson, MF; No. 34 Kincade Avery, GK

Rising sophomores — No. 9 Devon Green, F; No. 12 Pape Davidson, D; No. 15 Timothy Bogush, D; No. 17 Zac Sparacio, D; No. 24 Julian Koulish, MF; No. 25 Devin James, F; No. 33 Julian Landau, GK; No. 99 Will Beane-Rosenberg

New freshmen — No 1 Jake Sudit, GK; No. 13 Mikhail O'Garro, F/MF; No. 14 Aiden Trapp (Warwick), D/MF; No. 19 Lincoln Knapp, D; No. 23 Colin Mott, F/MF

Coaches: T.J. Kostecky, head coach; Jeroen Hofstede, assistant; Nic Soucy, volunteer assistant

This article originally appeared on Poughkeepsie Journal: Bard College men's soccer schedule 2025