REDLANDS, Calif. - The University of Redlands women's soccer schedule for 2026 has officially been released with the Bulldogs opening play up with a match-up against Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) in non-conference action on September 1 at Farquhar Field.
The Sagehens are the first of 18 match-ups for the Maroon and Grey. They will play eleven at home and seven on the road.  Then inside Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) play they will be at home six times and on the road another six.
 
Redlands and Pomona-Pitzer play twice this season with the second meeting on the road in Claremont on October 7 in their lone SCIAC match-up. The Sagehens won the SCIAC regular season title at 9-0-3 but lost to California Lutheran University (CLU) in the tournament championship game. They advanced all the way to the NCAA Quarterfinals where they lost to Emory University, 1-0, and finished their season 16-2-4. The two programs have a long shared history in SCIAC play, and Redlands has had its moments in the series, including a 1-1 tie in 2017 and a 1-0 win in 2015. The Bulldogs also met P-P in the SCIAC Tournament Semifinals in 2022, where they fell 3-2, the program's first tournament appearance since 2018.

In non-conference play the Bulldogs host Marian University on September 4. The Sabres were 8-8-4 overall last season and lost in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Tournament Quarterfinals. This will be a rare meeting between the two programs, giving Redlands a chance to build early non-conference momentum against an unfamiliar opponent.

The Bulldogs travel to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) on September 6 for a non-conference game. They then host the Athenas on September 26 in SCIAC play. CMS finished 8-2-2 in SCIAC play in 2025 and lost in the SCIAC Tournament Semifinal, 2-1, at CLU. They still advanced to the NCAA Championships where they lost 1-0 in the first round against the University of Puget Sound. Their overall record ended at 13-4-3. Redlands and CMS have built one of the program's longest-running local rivalries, with the U of R having back to back wins coming in 2022 and 2023.
 
On September 10 University of California, Santa Cruz comes to Farquhar for a non-conference game. The Banana Slugs finished 2025 at 6-9-2 overall with a 1-4 record against the SCIAC. Their season ended in the Coast-To-Coast Tournament Championship game against Christopher Newport University, 1-0. The Bulldogs and Banana Slugs meet occasionally, giving Redlands a fresh non-conference test at home.  They are deadlocked in the series at 7-7 going back to 2002 with the Bulldogs 2-3 over their last five meetings.
 
Three days later on September 13 the University of Chicago makes the trip west to face the Bulldogs. The Maroons had another highly successful season last fall, going 16-2-4 overall with a win over CLU. UChicago ended their season with a penalty kick loss to eventual national champion Washington University in St. Louis in the NCAA Semifinals. Hosting a program of UChicago's caliber is a marquee non-conference test and a chance for Redlands to measure itself against one of the country's top Division III teams at Farquhar Field.  These two teams have met once since 2002 with the Maroons winning 2-0 back in 2014.
 
Redlands begins SCIAC play at home on September 19 against the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The Beavers finished tied for eighth in SCIAC at 1-10-1 and were 1-11-2 overall. Redlands holds a commanding all-time edge in this series at 10-1-1, and the Bulldogs enter having split the series in 2025.
 
The first road SCIAC game comes on September 23 when the Bulldogs travel to face the Leopards of the University of La Verne (ULV). ULV finished in seventh place at 2-6-4 in SCIAC and 2-11-5 overall. Redlands has owned this series historically, leading the all-time series 34-7-5, highlighted by a dominant 34-2-4 stretch that ran from November 2002 to October 2022.  Over their last five meetings Redlands is 0-4-1.
   
The final game of September comes on the 30th in Thousand Oaks against CLU. The Regals make the return trip to Redlands on October 17. CLU went 9-2-1 in 2025 and finished second in SCIAC before winning the tournament and advancing to the NCAA Championships where their season ended in the third round against UChicago, 1-0. Their overall record finished at 17-4-2. CLU has been one of the top programs in the SCIAC in recent years, and games between the two schools remain a highly anticipated conference test each season with the last Bulldog win coming in 2018 (1-0).
 
Game one of two this season against Occidental College is on the road on October 3. The second game is at home on October 24. The Tigers finished fourth in SCIAC at 6-5-1. They beat Chapman University, 2-0, in the SCIAC Tournament First Round before falling 3-0 at Pomona-Pitzer. They ended the season 8-7-2 overall. Redlands has had recent success in this series, winning two of the last three meetings and going 4-5-1 over the last 10 games against the Tigers.

The first of two October matchups with Whittier College comes at Farquhar Field on the 10th with the road trip on the 31st. The Poets were the first team out of the SCIAC Tournament finishing in sixth place at 3-5-4. They finished 6-5-4 overall. Redlands has a solid all-time series record against the Poets going 31-9-2 since 2002, but have dropped four of the last five meetings.
    
In the span of a week the Bulldogs and Panthers of Chapman play twice with Redlands hosting on the 14th and Chapman on the 21st. The Panthers secured the fifth and final SCIAC Tournament spot at 5-4-3. They lost at Occidental in the tournament for a final overall record of 8-7-4. Redlands has found success at Farquhar Field against Chapman over the years, including wins in 2021 (3-2) and 2022 (2-0), and will look to keep that home form going in this year's meeting.  The U of R hold a slight 15-14-3 advantage over the Panthers and looking to snap a three-game losing skid going back to 2023.
 
The final unique opponent of the season is new SCIAC member Azusa Pacific University (APU) on October 28. This game will be a non-conference matchup. A very successful NCAA Division II program drops down with the department in 2026. They ended their final DII season 12-4-5 overall with a loss to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1-0, in the NCAA Third Round. With no prior meetings between the two programs, this matchup opens a brand-new chapter for the rivalry as APU transitions into the SCIAC.

At the conclusion of the regular season, the top five teams in the standings will advance to the SCIAC Tournament. The No. 4 and No. 5 teams will play in a first-round game with the winner advancing to face the No. 1 seed in the semifinals. The other semifinal will feature the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds. The two semifinal winners play in the championship for SCIAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Championships.