The season-opening western road trip trend will continue for St. Thomas Aquinas.
St. Thomas Aquinas as part of unveiling its 2027 schedule announced that it will play a non-conference road match against UC San Diego in its season opener on Jan. 6.
This will be the first all-time meeting between the two programs but the third consecutive year St. Thomas Aquinas has played its season opener across the county. The fourth-year program from New York that has won two ECC championships also is attempting to earn its first all-time win against a MPSF or Big West opponent.
The Trojans finished last season in second place in the ECC and advanced to the ECC Tournament finals for the third straight year. In addition, St. Thomas Aquinas in non-conference was 3-2 against the EIVA highlighted with a road win against Harvard.
Outside attacker Kyran Versteegen was named the 2026 ECC Player of the Year and was second in the nation with a 4.03 kills per game average.
UC San Diego ended the 2026 season at No. 11 in the national coaches poll and reached the Big West Tournament semifinals. Among the starters slated to return for the Tritons includes outside attacker Sebastiano Sani who was in the nation’s top 30 averaging 3.52 kills per game.
Along with opening the season at UC San Diego, St. Thomas Aquinas will have a road match against the defending Big West champions Long Beach State on Jan. 8. The team also will have an exhibition match against the NAIA program The Master’s during its West Coast road trip.
This will be the Trojan’s first all-time meeting against the Beach.
2027 St. Thomas Aquinas schedule
Jan. 6 at UC San Diego
Jan. 8 at Long Beach State
Jan. 20 vs. CCNY
Jan. 22 at Long Island
Jan. 28 at Princeton
Jan. 30 vs. D’Youville
Feb. 5 vs. Barry (at Harvard)
Feb. 6 vs. Lincoln Memorial (at Harvard)
Feb. 12 vs. Long Island
Feb. 13 at Monroe
Feb. 19 vs. Daemen
Feb. 20 at Sacred Heart
Feb. 24 vs. John Jay
Feb. 26 vs. Manhattan
Feb. 27 vs. Merrimack
March 5 vs. Monroe
March 13 at American International
March 19 vs. Dominican
March 26 at Mercy
March 27 vs. Roberts Wesleyan
April 9 vs. American International
April 10 at Dominician
April 17 vs. Mercy
April 24 at Roberts Wesleyan