East Tennessee State’s annual Meet the Team event will take place this Saturday at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium.
The event, scheduled from 1:30-3 p.m., is free and open to fans of all ages.
There will be stations that include field-goal kicking, passing drills and an area to suit up like a Buc and have your photo taken at midfield. The 2025 schedule posters and schedule cards will also be available for pickup at the event.
Buccaneer players will be on hand to sign posters and meet attendees. There will also be several giveaways at the event courtesy of Pepsi. Giveaways include an Xbox, Beats Headphones, a full-size ETSU helmet, and a game-worn jersey.
If weather impacts the event, it will be moved to the Ballad Health Athletic Center (ETSU Mini-Dome).
WOMEN’S SOCCER
It all starts for real today at North Alabama. Start time is 8 p.m.
The Lady Bucs will be at home on Sunday, facing UAB in a 1 p.m. battle.
MEN’S SOCCER
The second of two exhibitions — Cumberlands invades Summers-Taylor Stadium this Friday for a 6 p.m. match — helps complete the tune-up process for the regular season.
The Bucs’ first official match will be at Emory & Henry on Thursday, Aug. 21. Four days later, the Bucs welcome High Point for their home opener. Both contests begin at 6.
CROSS COUNTRY
The blue and gold-clad harriers get a five-meet, regular-season schedule going on Friday, Aug. 29. They’ll be competing in the USC Upstate Eye Opener with the women’s race beginning at 6:30 p.m. and the men at 7:30.
Additional meets consist of the Southern Showcase (Sept. 12), Hokie Invitational (Sept. 19), a University of Louisville-hosted race (Oct. 4) and the Roanoke Invitational (Oct. 18).
The Southern Conference’s championship event has been slated for Nov. 1.
VOLLEYBALL
Fans can get their first look at the Lady Bucs through an Aug. 22 exhibition inside Brooks Gym. Gardner-Webb supplies the opposition for the 7 p.m. match.
It’s then on to tournaments at the University of South Carolina (Aug. 29-30) and Akron/Cleveland State (Sept. 5-6).
ETSU makes its regular-season home debut against Virginia Commonwealth on Friday, Sept. 12. Action begins at 11 a.m. and is part of the two-day Buccaneer Classic.
The opening day has the Bucs meeting Western Kentucky in a 6:30 matchup. On Saturday, the Blue & Gold take on High Point with first serve scheduled for 2;30 p.m.
WOMEN’S TRIATHLON
ETSU opens up at home on Aug. 29 with the Buccaneer Collegiate Cup.
The Lake Davidson Sprint Triathlon (Sept. 14) and Robious Landing Triathlon (Sept. 28) will help prime the Lady Bucs for the East Region qualifier, an Oct. 25 event in Troutman, N.C.
MEN’S GOLF
The Bucs won’t journey far from home for their first tournament. They’ll tee it up in the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville Invitational, set for Sept 6-8.
There will be nine more events — trips to San Antonio, Chicago, Atlanta, Hawaii (Maui), South Carolina (John’s Island, Bluffton, Myrtle Beach, Charleston) and Georgia (Augusta) — before the Southern Conference tournament arrives.
WOMEN’S GOLF
The Lady Bucs open in Shizuoka, Japan, where they’ll be part of the Pan Pacific UGSL tournament (Sept. 4-6).
That’s the first of eight regular-season dates for ETSU, which pays visits to Colorado (Vail), South Carolina (Charleston, Hilton Head, Aiken), Knoxville, Florida (Palm City) and Georgia (Lake Oconee).
WOMEN’S TENNIS
A Sept. 20-22 stay in Nashville for the Belmont/Lipscomb Invitational shifts the Lady Bucs into gear for the fall season. On Sept. 21-22, ETSU will provide representation for the ITA All-American Championships in Cary, N.C.
The remainder of the fall season has the Lady Bucs pegged for the Charlotte Hidden Dual, ITA Regionals, Roberta Alison Fall Classic and ITA Conference Masters Championship.
MEN’S TENNIS
The fall schedule launches in late September (27-28) at the Eastern Kentucky Invitational. The ITA Regionals, MTSU Invitational, Elon Invitational, Virginia Tech Dynamic Duo tournament and ITA Conference Masters Championship follow over the next several weeks.
