St. Thomas began its first season at the Division I level knowing that it wasn't expected to compete with many of its new opponents.

The Tommies began their season with a bad if unsurprising 2–12 loss to the defending national runner-up, St.

The second game, however, was much better; even though it was a loss, it was a much closer affair and demonstrated that St. Thomas could at least rise to the level of play.

While the Tommies started the season 0–7, there were a few close games and the team finally broke through with its first D-I win in late October.

After the victory, the St. Thomas offense went dormant for several months, scoring more than 2 goals on just one occasion until mid-January.