Saturday, February 25, 2012

Chowan Football Releases 2012 Schedule

MURFREESBORO, North Carolina - The Chowan University Department of Athletics has released the 2012 football schedule.

The 2012 season is marked with five home contests which is the most home games since the 2007 season. The Hawks will also hit the road for five games. Chowan is coming off a 3-7 season with a 5th place CIAA finish (2-5). Chowan garnered home wins against Livingstone and Shaw and ended the season with a huge road victory over Bowie State University. Head Coach Tim Place and his band of Hawks will use that momentum heading into the 2012 playing season.

"We are pleased to have a balanced schedule this season," stated Place on his playing schedule for the 2012 season. "We have the utmost respect for every team on our schedule this year. We are going to take it one game at a time and see where that leads us."



The Hawks will open the season with back-to-back road trips with stops at Livingstone College on September 1st and Virginia Military Institute September 8th. They will open their home playing season with Shorter University (GA) on September 15th. Shorter is transitioning to NCAA DII status after competing as a member of the NAIA's Mid-South Conference in Georgia.

Chowan will travel to Shaw University on September 22nd to open CIAA cross over play. The Hawks picked up a big win over the Bears last season, stunning them with a 34-32 Homecoming victory.

Chowan will turn around to host three consecutive home CIAA match ups. On September 29th the Hawks will host Fayetteville State University out of the South Division, thesecond of the team's cross over match ups. The Hawks will start divisional play on October 6th with a visit from Bowie State University. Homecoming will feature the Hawks against Virginia Union University on October 15th in another divisional match up.

Chowan hits the road for their next two CIAA North Division games with stops at Elizabeth City State on October 20th and Virginia State on October 27th. They will wrap up the regular season on November 3rd wtih a visit from Lincoln University (PA) for the annual Hall of Fame game.

CHOWAN UNIVERSITY 2012 FOOTBALL

DATE    OPPONENT    LOCATION     TIME

9/1 at Livingstone, Salisbury, NC  TBA
9/8 at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA  TBA
9/15   Shorter, Murfreesboro, NC  TBA
9/22 at Shaw, Raleigh, NC  TBA
9/27   Fayetteville State, Murfreesboro, NC   6:00 PM
10/6   Bowie State, Murfreesboro, NC   6:00 PM
10/13 Virginia Union (Homecoming), Murfreesboro, NC   6:00 PM
10/20 at Elizabeth City State, Elizabeth City, NC   TBA
10/27 at Virginia State, Ettrick, VA   TBA
11/3  Lincoln (Pa.) Hall of Fame, Murfreesboro, NC  12:00 PM

COURTESY: CHOWAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION

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