Bridgeport Men's Soccer Tabbed Number Three In 2023 Preseason Coaches Poll

New Haven, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport men's soccer team has been picked to finish third in the 2023 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) regular season standings in a preseason poll of conference head coaches released on Monday.

Last season, the Purple Knights went 10-5-4 overall and post an 8-2-2 conference record, as they advanced to the quarterfinals of the CACC Championship Tournament.

Bridgeport will open this season's schedule on Thursday, August 31 when UB host local rival the University of New Haven under the lights at Knights Field at 7:00 p.m.  The team will open its conference schedule at home on Saturday, September 16 versus the Rams of Thomas Jefferson University.

Below is the complete 2023 CACC Men's Soccer Preseason Soccer Poll:

New Haven, Conn.-Post University, which has won the last four titles when all conference schools have competed in a season (2018, '19, '21, '22), was picked to finish first in the 2023 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll, as announced on Monday by Commissioner Dan Mara. The Eagles earned 130 points and nine first-place votes in the voting conducted by the league's 12 head coaches in the sport. 

Wilmington University was tabbed second in the poll with 109 points and a first-place nod, while the University of Bridgeport rounded out the top three in third with 108 points. WilmU reached the conference semifinals last season before falling to Post, while Bridgeport qualified for the postseason in 2022, which was the school's inaugural run as a league member.

Post returns several letterwinners for Ted Haley's squad, as the Eagles will not only look to capture the conference crown once again in 2023, but also make another extended run in the NCAA Division II Tournament.

The CACC men's soccer regular season gets underway on Thursday, Aug. 31, with several teams in action. The regular season will be a buildup to the CACC Men's Soccer Championship Tournament, which will be held from Nov. 6-12, including the quarterfinal contests on the 6th at the sites of the highest seeds, and the semifinals and final on Nov. 10 & 12, on the Bridgeport campus in Connecticut. The winner of the tournament will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament the following weekend at a site to be determined.

2023 CACC MEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL

1. Post University 130 (9)
2. Wilmington University 109 (1)
3. University of Bridgeport 108
4. Holy Family University 98 (1)
5. Thomas Jefferson University 93 (1)
6. Felician University 84
7. Georgian Court University 80
8. Caldwell University 55
T9. Chestnut Hill College 50
T9. Dominican University 50
11. Goldey-Beacom College 36
12. Bloomfield College 31

() - First-Place Votes in Parenthesis

ABOUT THE CACC
The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference is an NCAA Division II Conference composed of 12 institutions in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The member institutions are Bloomfield College, University of Bridgeport, Caldwell University, Chestnut Hill College, Dominican (N.Y.) University, Felician University, Georgian Court University, Goldey-Beacom College, Holy Family University, Post University, Thomas Jefferson University, and Wilmington University.