South Easton, MA – The Northeast-10 released the Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll as voted on by the league's coaches earlier this afternoon. The Panthers, last year's conference tournament runner up, registered sixth in the 15-team ranking. St. Rose tops the charts, narrowly edging American International by just four votes.
Adelphi posted an 11-7-3 overall record, 6-6-3 NE-10 mark last year and made conference history by becoming the first team to make it to the championship round as a number eight seed after upsetting AIC and Merrimack. They kick off their season this Thursday on the road when they take on non-conference opponent Chestnut Hill at 7pm.
The Golden Knights, coming off a 20-3-2 season and another national semifinal appearance, took the top spot with 189 points, just ahead of American International College, which finished with 185 points. Both programs received seven first-place votes in the poll.
The third- through sixth-place teams all finished a mere five points apart in the poll voting. The University of New Haven finished third with 147 points and the remaining first-place tally, while Merrimack College was fourth with 146 points. Southern New Hampshire University, the 2012 Northeast-10 Champions, came in at the No. 5 spot with 143 points, just one point ahead of sixth-place Adelphi University.
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2013 Northeast-10 Men's Soccer Coaches' Preseason Poll
1. Saint Rose – 189 (7)
2. American International – 185 (7)
3. New Haven – 147 (1)
4. Merrimack – 146
5. Southern New Hampshire – 143
6. Adelphi – 142
7. Franklin Pierce – 132
8. Southern Connecticut – 119
9. Stonehill – 80
10. Pace – 74
11. Saint Anselm – 65
T12. Bentley – 42
T12. Saint Michael's – 42
14. Assumption – 38
15. Le Moyne – 31
( ) – indicates first-place votes
