(Photo Courtesy of Hampton Athletics)

The Hampton Pirates are the 60th DI program and sixth from the SoCon to announce their 2022 men’s lacrosse schedule. The Pirates did not play last season and are coming into their first season under head coach Chazz Woodson and in the SoCon.

Pirates’ 2022 Schedule:

Date	Home	Away	Notes
2/5	Christopher Newport (DIII)	Hampton
2/12	Virginia Wesleyan (DIII)	Hampton
2/19	Mount St. Mary’s	Hampton
2/21	Hampton	VMI
2/26	Bellarmine	Hampton
3/5	St. Bonaventure	Hampton
3/19	Hampton	Cleveland State
3/26	Hampton	Richmond	SoCon
4/9	Mercer	Hampton	SoCon
4/15	Hampton	High Point	SoCon
4/17	Hampton	Jacksonville	SoCon
4/23	VMI	Hampton	SoCon

New Opponents

Christopher Newport (DIII), High Point, Mount St. Mary’s, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Virginia Wesleyan (DIII)

Team’s Dropped

Furman (program dropped), NJIT

Key Games

2/5 @ Christopher Newport (DIII): The Hampton Pirates open up the season on the road against one of two DIII opponents in Christopher Newport. It will mark the first game for the Pirates since March 11th, 2020 and will be the debut of the Chazz Woodson era at Hampton.

2/21 vs VMI: Hampton has their home opener against conference and in-state foe VMI in late February. This will be one of two matchups against the Keydets and will count as a non-conference game. The Pirates have faced the Keydets four times in history and have lost all four matchups. A win would be huge for the Pirates as they have yet to win a DI game since the program’s inception.

3/26 vs Richmond: The Pirates end the month of March with a historic game as they host the Richmond Spiders in their first-ever conference matchup. This contest will officially see Hampton lacrosse enter the next stage of its development as they begin play in the SoCon.