SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Union College women's ice hockey team announced its 2025-26 schedule on Tuesday afternoon, as the team will begin a new era at the M&T Bank Center with a slate of 33 regular-season matchups against seven non-conference opponents and all 11 members of ECAC Hockey.
"The 2025-26 season is going to be an exciting one for our program and we are looking forward to getting on the ice at the M&T Bank Center," said head coach Tony Maci. "Playing in a new arena will be a great opportunity to help our program improve, and hosting the Ice Breaker Tournament is going to be another special chance to showcase our program and the city of Schenectady."
Union is slated to play 19 games at home in its first season at the brand-new M&T Bank Center, including eight of the team's first 10 games of the year and eight of its 11 non-conference games overall.
Union opens the season at home on September 26 and 27, hosting Franklin Pierce University in the first two games ever played at the M&T Bank Center. Friday's game is set for 6 p.m., followed by a 3 p.m. opening faceoff on Saturday.
The Garnet Chargers then hit the road for their first away series at Merrimack College on October 3 and 4, before returning to Schenectady to begin a three-weekend homestand, starting with a series against the University of New Hampshire on October 10 and 11 as part of Homecoming and Family Weekend.
Union hosts the defending national champions, the University of Wisconsin, along with the University of Vermont and Saint Anselm College for College Hockey Inc.'s Ice Breaker Tournament on October 17 and 18. The Garnet Chargers will face Saint Anselm in the opening round on Friday, followed by a matchup with either Vermont or Wisconsin in the championship or consolation game on Saturday. ECAC Hockey play begins at home the following weekend, when Union welcomes Clarkson University and St. Lawrence University on October 24 and 25 for games against two of the seven ECAC teams that finished nationally ranked in the USCHO.com poll last season.
The following weekend, the Garnet Chargers travel to face Quinnipiac University and Princeton University on October 31 and November 1, before returning to the Capital Region to play Rensselaer in Troy on November 7 as part of a home-and-home weekend that concludes on November 8, in Schenectady. Union continues ECAC play by welcoming defending ECAC Hockey champions Cornell University and conference runner-up Colgate University to M&T Bank Center on November 21 and 22.
The garnet and white take a break from conference play to host the newest member of Division I hockey, the University of Delaware, on November 28 and 29, before wrapping up the first half of the season on the road at Harvard University and Dartmouth College on December 5 and 6.
The Garnet Chargers commence the second half of the season with road games at Yale University and Brown University on January 2 and 3. Union returns home the following weekend to host Princeton and Quinnipiac on January 9 and 10, before heading to the North Country for rematches against St. Lawrence and Clarkson on January 16 and 17.
Union wraps up non-conference play on January 24 with the annual Capital District Mayor's Cup showdown against Rensselaer at MVP Arena in Albany, as the Garnet Chargers look to keep the trophy in Schenectady for a second straight year.
The Garnet Chargers conclude the regular season with a stretch of ECAC play, including home games against Brown and Yale (January 30 and 31), a road trip to Colgate and Cornell (February 6 and 7), and a final home series against Dartmouth and Harvard on February 13 and 14 before heading into the postseason.
Season tickets for the 2025-26 season are available now by visiting UnionAthletics.com/tickets. Benefits of season tickets include tickets to the Women's Ice Breaker Tournament in October and the annual Mayors' Cup games at MVP Arena; access to special events only for season ticket holders, including a preseason meet-and-greet with the men's and women's teams at M&T Bank Center; as well as other perks.
