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TWU Soccer Field Construction
TWU Athletics is opening a new soccer field in the fall of 2007. The inaugural soccer game is scheduled for Aug. 24 between the Pioneers and Southwest Baptist University at 2 p.m. Admission is free and commemorative t-shirts will be given away while supplies last.
Construction on the new TWU Soccer Field, located east of Pioneer Hall where Mary Hufford Hall used to stand, was completed in 2006-07. The Pioneers played three seasons off campus at the UNT Intramural Fields during the planning and construction of the new facility. The field was designed by Schrickel, Rollins and Associates, Inc., of Arlington, Texas, and American Civil Constructors of Irving, Texas, was the general contractor for the project. The complex is completed enclosed with fences and includes a competition field, scoreboard, admissions gate, bleacher seating as well as hillside seating, team benches, public address system, and irrigation system. The competition field features Celebration Bermuda grass, a rapidly growing hybrid that is drought tolerant and requires moderate watering, mowing and maintenance.
The project, which is being built in phases to include lights, an elevated press box, storage, and permanent seating in the future, now gives the Pioneers an on-campus home again. The TWU Soccer Field will also be used for summer camps, postseason high school and college games, and coaching clinics.
Mary Hufford Hall was demolished in January 2006 after the University completed construction on the Lowry Woods community, new apartment-style housing on the east side of campus, allowing residents to move into the new apartments August 13, 2005.
More TWU Soccer Field Construction Photos(started on 9/14/06)
Photos from 10/13/06
Photos from 9/14/06
Photos from 8/4/06
Photos from 7/27/06
Photos from 7/20/06
Photos from 7/18/06
Photos from 7/13/06
Photos from 7/10/06
Demolition of Mary Hufford Hall (started on 1/3/06)
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