Loyola to Host 2010 MAAC Soccer Championships at Rev. Harold Ridley, S.J. Intercollegiate Athletic Complex
MAAC Sports
Edison, N.J. ? Loyola College will host the 2010 MAAC Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championships at the Rev. Harold Ridley, S.J. Intercollegiate Athletic Complex.
The new complex will be known as the Reverend Harold Ridley, S.J. Intercollegiate Athletic Complex to honor Loyola's former president, who died in 2005.
The Intercollegiate Athletic Complex, which will be game-ready by the spring of 2010, is being constructed on a 71-acre parcel of land on the southwest corner of the intersection of I-83 and Cold Spring Lane, just a short distance from Loyola’s main campus.
The Complex will feature:
- 6,000-seat grandstand
- Sportexe Momentum synthetic turf field for NCAA lacrosse and soccer games
- Two practice fields
- Spacious, modern locker rooms for home and visiting team
- Multimedia team meeting rooms
- Weight-training suite
- First aid suite
- Coaching staff offices
- Press box
- Food, beverage and merchandise booths
- Presidential and VIP Spectator boxes
- Coaches’ locker rooms and lounge and officials’ locker rooms
Twenty-one acres of the site were formerly owned by Lifebridge Health while 50 were owned by the City. The Complex is a smart-growth project with a multitude of environmental benefits for recreational use of one of Baltimore’s few remaining unused parcels of land. Loyola will permanently maintain 29 acres of the 71-acre site as a conservation easement, which may eventually have a recreational trail.
The IAC will be home to both men’s and women’s soccer and lacrosse. Men’s and women’s soccer compete in the MAAC, men’s lacrosse competes in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and women’s lacrosse is a Big East Associate member.