Women's Soccer Returns to National Top-10 At Number Seven
Team Opens ECC Championship Tournament Play At Home On Wednesday At 6 PM
Bridgeport, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport women's soccer team, under the direction of eighteenth-year head coach Magnus Nilerud, has returned to the Top 10 in the nation at number seven in this week's NCAA Division II National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Rankings. Last week, UB checked in at number 13 after being slotted at number 15 two weeks ago and number 17 the week before that.
Bridgeport also held down the number 17 spot in the nation for back-to-back polls four and five weeks ago. UB was ranked number four in the NSCAA Preseason Poll and moved up to number three, five weeks ago, and the Purple Knights were slotted at number 10 in the second and third polls of the 2016 season.
The team also moved up to number one East Region in the NSACA Regional Rankings.
This week, the UB women's soccer team hosts Roberts Wesleyan College at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday in the 2016 East Coast Conference Championship Tournament semifinals. If the top-seeded Purple Knights win on Wednesday, they will host the ECC Championship match at 3:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon at Knights Field.
NSCAA NCAA Division II Women - National - Poll 9 – November 1, 2016
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Rank |
School |
Prev. |
W-L-T |
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1 |
1 |
17-0-1 |
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2 |
2 |
16-1-1 |
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3 |
3 |
17-0-0 |
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4 |
4 |
16-1-0 |
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|
5 |
5 |
15-2-0 |
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6 |
10 |
16-2-0 |
|
|
7 |
13 |
14-3-0 |
|
|
8 |
8 |
16-2-0 |
|
|
9 |
7 |
14-1-1 |
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|
10 |
NR |
12-3-1 |
|
|
11 |
11 |
15-1-1 |
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|
12 |
6 |
14-2-1 |
|
|
13 |
14 |
15-3-0 |
|
|
14 |
16 |
15-1-0 |
|
|
15 |
15 |
16-1-2 |
|
|
16 |
NR |
13-3-1 |
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|
17 |
19 |
12-1-3 |
|
|
18 |
18 |
14-1-3 |
|
|
19 |
20 |
12-2-2 |
|
|
20 |
9 |
8-2-3 |
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|
21 |
21 |
14-3-1 |
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|
22 |
22 |
13-2-2 |
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|
23 |
24 |
12-3-1 |
|
|
24 |
25 |
14-1-2 |
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|
25 |
12 |
9-2-3 |
Also receiving votes: Lenoir-Rhyne University (6), Barry University (5), Edinboro University (4), Azusa Pacific University (2), Minnesota State University-Mankato (2), Ashland University (1)