Beaver Falls, Pa.  – The Geneva College Football program led by 25-year head coach Geno DeMarco has announced the 2017 football schedule. With five home games, the Golden Tornadoes look to pack Reeves Field to continue to be among the top attendance in the country.

 Geneva opens up the season against non-conference opponent Marietta College on September 2 at 7:00 p.m. This will be the third meeting ever against Marietta, with the last meeting being in 1961. Other teams traveling to Reeves Field will be Saint Vincent (Sep. 16 at 7:00 p.m.), Waynesburg (Oct. 7 at 3:00 p.m.), Case Western Reserve (Oct. 21 at 7:00 p.m.), and Washington & Jefferson (Nov. 4 at 1:00 p.m.).  Geneva’s homecoming is set for October 7 at 3:00 p.m. while welcoming the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets to College Hill.

On the road the Golden Tornadoes will face Thiel (Sep. 23 at 1:00 p.m.), Carnegie Mellon (Oct. 14 at 1:00 p.m.), Grove City (Oct. 28 at 1:30 p.m.), and lastly to all-time rival Westminster (Nov. 11 at 1:00 p.m.).

The composite schedule is as follows:

SEPTEMBER

02     H    Marietta  7:00 p.m.

09     A    Bethany  7:00 p.m.

16     H    Saint Vincent*  7:00 p.m.

23     A    Thiel*  1:00 p.m.

OCTOBER

07     H    Waynesburg*#  3:00 p.m.

14     A    Carnegie Mellon*  1:00 p.m.

21     H    Case Western Reserve*  7:00 p.m.

28     A    Grove City*   1:30 p.m.

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NOVEMBER

04     H    Washington & Jefferson*    1:00 p.m.

11     A    Westminster*  1:00 p.m.

* Presidents’ Athletic Conference

H = Home, A = Away

 

All home game tickets will be sold the day of the game at Reeves Field main gate box office window. Ticket prices are $6.00 for adults, $4.00 for senior citizens, $4.00 for veterans, and $4.00 for children. Geneva students receive free admission with school ID.

Follow all the action online on Geneva College’s redesigned athletic website set to launch on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at www.athletics.geneva.edu.

Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 40 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, Adult Degree Programs with fully online and classroom options, and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. U.S. News & World Report ranks Geneva as a Top Three Best Value Regional University with one of the Top 100 engineering programs in the nation. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God’s Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today’s world.