RELEASED: August 15, 2001

DANVILLE, KY—The days of sitting poolside and drinking lemonade are over for 208 Centre College students as they return to campus Aug. 19. The College's varsity athletes report for fall practice that day. The first day of classes for the fall semester is Sept. 3.

Centre has seven fall sports. Field hockey has 18 athletes reporting, women's soccer 25, men's soccer 41, women's cross country 11, men's cross country 17, volleyball 17 and football 79.

The first home match for each fall sport is as follows: Women's soccer — Aug. 26 (Georgetown, exhibition, 1 p.m.); Men's soccer — Aug. 26 (Georgetown, exhibition, 3 p.m.); Volleyball — Aug. 28 (scrimmage with Thomas More, Midway, Cumberland, Brescia, Union, and Campbellsville, noon); Football — Sept. 8 (Earlham, 1:30 p.m.); Field hockey — Sept. 12 (Hanover, 5 p.m.); Cross country — Sept. 15 (Centre Invitational, 10 a.m.).

More information on fall sports and season schedules are available on Centre's Web site at www.centre.edu/web/sports/athletics.html.

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