Bridgeport Women's Soccer Moves Up Two Spots To Number 15 In NSCAA National Division II Poll
Team Enters This Week's Action On A Seven-Match Winning Streak
Bridgeport, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport women's soccer team, under the direction of eighteenth-year head coach Magnus Nilerud, has moved up two spots and is now ranked number 15 in the nation by National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Last week, UB checked in at number 17 in the nation after being number 18 two weeks ago..
Bridgeport also held down the number 17 spot in the nation three weeks ago. UB was ranked number four in the NSCAA Preseason Poll and moved up to number three, four weeks ago, and the Purple Knights were slotted at number 10 in the second and third polls of the 2016 season.
The team is also ranked number two in the East Region behind Adelphi University in the NSACA Regional Rankings.
This week, the UB women's soccer team will play a pair of home East Coast Conference matches hosting Roberts Wesleyan College at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and Daemen College at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday at Knights Field.
NSCAA NCAA Division II Women - National - Poll 7 - October 18, 2016
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Rank |
School |
Prev. |
W-L-T |
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1 |
1 |
13-0-1 |
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2 |
2 |
13-1-1 |
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|
3 |
5 |
13-0-0 |
|
|
4 |
4 |
12-1-0 |
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|
5 |
6 |
11-2-0 |
|
|
6 |
8 |
8-1-2 |
|
|
7 |
12 |
11-1-1 |
|
|
8 |
14 |
10-1-1 |
|
|
9 |
9 |
12-2-0 |
|
|
10 |
3 |
12-2-0 |
|
|
11 |
13 |
11-1-0 |
|
|
12 |
15 |
9-1-2 |
|
|
13 |
11 |
11-2-1 |
|
|
14 |
20 |
6-1-2 |
|
|
15 |
17 |
10-3-0 |
|
|
16 |
RV |
12-1-2 |
|
|
17 |
16 |
11-3-0 |
|
|
18 |
18 |
11-1-0 |
|
|
19 |
10 |
11-1-2 |
|
|
20 |
19 |
9-2-1 |
|
|
21 |
24 |
10-3-0 |
|
|
22 |
23 |
11-3-0 |
|
|
23 |
RV |
10-3-1 |
|
|
24 |
7 |
11-3-1 |
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|
25 |
NR |
9-2-2 |
Also receiving votes: Central Washington University (6), Bellarmine University (6), Armstrong State University (5), Lee University (4), Edinboro University (3), Northeastern State University (2)