Football, soccer, volleyball and cross country are coming to the end of their seasons, and that means one thing for sports fans: the University of New Haven is stepping back onto the court.

Men and women’s basketball teams start this Wednesday; here is this week’s schedule. The women’s team tips off their first home game this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Charger Gymnasium, against Saint Rose. The women’s team won on Saturday against Dominican College, so they’ll come into the game 1-0.

The next home game for both teams is not until Saturday night, when the Men’s team will tip off against Concordia at 7 p.m. They have their actual first game on the road Wednesday at Holy Family.

Both teams return home on the Nov. 20 to take on Le Moyne starting at 5:30 p.m. The women’s game is first followed by the men’s shortly after. Both teams are coming into this season with high hopes— they have a large chunk of players returning; the men’s team only has three freshman players, while the women’s team has none.

Both teams also have a good majority of their starters coming back with their biggest players coming back for another go around. The biggest news from this offseason was Ty Grace becoming the head coach of the women’s basketball season, and the 16th coach in their history.

Grace brings 13 years of Division I experience to the sideline, after being an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Seton Hall University most recently.

Anne Donovan, Head Coach, Connecticut Sun and former co-worker of Grace said, “Ty is an up and coming star in the coaching world. She will do great things for the program at New Haven.”

Students are excited and ready for the season to tip off, and this week it finally happens.