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Women’s Soccer heads to Drake for first road matchup
8/21/2026 9:12:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Tommies set to face Drake Bulldogs
ST. PAUL, MINN.- After opening the 2026 season on home turf, the Tommie women's soccer team hits the road to take on the Drake Bulldogs on August 23rd. Kick-off is slated for 1 p.m. at Mediacom Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
Where to Watch
All St. Thomas Women's Soccer home games and away Summit League contests can be viewed on the Summit League Network with a Midco Sports Plus subscription.
Live stats for all St. Thomas home games can be viewed on Tommiesports.com with links available on the Tommie Women's Soccer team's schedule page.
Scouting the Bulldogs
Drake will enter Sunday's match up, having already played three games in their 2026 campaign. The Bulldogs are 1-2-0 and are coming off a 2-0 win over Iowa State. The Tommies and Bulldogs all-time series is knotted a 1-1-2 with the last two meeting ending in a tie in both 2023 and 2024. St. Thomas's lone win over Drake came back in 2022 on home turf when the Tommies defeated the Bulldogs 2-0.
New era of Tommie Soccer
Tommie soccer is entering a new era this season with the addition of a brand-new coaching staff. Gretta Macdonald, Becca Brandt, and Alex Piekarski are the new faces on the sideline and have taken the rains of Tommie Women's soccer.
Becca Brandt will be the interim head coach for the 2026 season as Head Coach Gretta Macdonald takes a leave of absence.
Brandt comes to St. Thomas with numerous coaching experience, most recently she served on Macdonald's staff for one season at St. Cloud State. Becca also spent time at UW-Madison as an assistant and recruiting coordinator (2022-2025). Brandt also spent her playing career at UW-Madison from 2014-2018; she served as the team captain in 2017.
Alex Piekarski also joins the Tommie staff as an assistant with a vast coaching resume. Piekarskie spent two seasons with Macdonald at SCSU. Prior to that, he spent five seasons as the head coach of Northwestern Oklahoma State. He also spent time as the head coach at NAIA Hastings College, and an assistant at Utah State and Wayne State College.
2026 Tommies
The Tommies return 15 to the squad and have added 10 new additions.
Schedule Talk
The St. Thomas Tommies will play seven games on home turf at South Field during the 2026 season. Five of the seven home games will be Summit League contests.
Follow Along
For any and all information regarding the University of St. Thomas women's soccer team, follow along on Instagram and X at @TommieWSoccer.
