NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- The Christopher Newport University men's soccer team (13-1-1) slipped in the national polls this week, dropping out of the top spot. According to the D3soccer.com National Rankings, the Captains are still the #4 team in the country, while the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) lists CNU as the #10 team.
Christopher Newport, who held the top spot in the rankings for three straight weeks, posted a 1-1-1 mark last week, snapping a program-best 12-game winning streak. The Captains dropped a 3-2 decision at N.C. Wesleyan, receiving votes in the D3Soccer.com Poll, followed by a 2-0 victory over Methodist and a 2-2 draw at Virginia Wesleyan.
For the first time all year, CNU also dropped out of the top spot in the NSCAA Regional Rankings, as #8 Salisbury (12-1-3) leapt ahead of the #10 Captains.
Christopher Newport returns to action tomorrow night at Shenandoah in USA South action. The game will kick-off at 7 pm.
NSCAA/HendrickCars.com Coaches Poll
| Rank |
School |
Prev |
W-L-T |
| 1 |
Swarthmore (Pa.) |
2 |
11-0-2 |
| 2 |
Dominican (Ill.) |
4 |
13-0-1 |
| 3 |
Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.) |
5 |
9-0-3 |
4
|
Ohio Wesleyan |
6 |
10-1-2 |
| 5 |
Middlebury (Vt.) |
13 |
10-1-0 |
| 6 |
Wisconsin-Whitewater |
8
|
10-0-2 |
| 7 |
Trinity (Texas) |
6 |
12-2-0 |
| 8 |
Salisbury (Md.)
|
18
|
12-1-3 |
| 9 |
Messiah (Pa.)
|
10
|
12-1-0 |
| 10 |
Christopher Newport University (Va.)
|
1 |
13-1-1 |
| 11 |
DePauw (Ind.)
|
14 |
14-0-2 |
| 12 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
12 |
14-0-2 |
| 13 |
SUNY Brockport
|
15 |
10-1-2 |
| 14 |
Bowdoin (Maine)
|
22 |
7-1-2 |
| 15 |
Washington (Mo.)
|
11
|
10-1-3 |
| 16 |
Pacific (Ore.) |
16
|
11-1-2 |
| 17 |
Williams (Mass.)
|
3
|
8-1-2 |
| 18 |
Emory (Ga.)
|
9
|
11-1-2 |
| 19 |
Muhlenberg (Pa.) |
19 |
8-0-5 |
| 20 |
Calvin (Mich.)
|
17 |
10-1-3 |
| 21 |
Rochester (N.Y.), University of
|
20
|
7-1-5 |
| 22 |
Redlands (Calif.), University of
|
RV |
9-1-2 |
| T23 |
Dubuque (Iowa), University of
|
24 |
12-2-0 |
| T23 |
Kenyon (Ohio)
|
NR |
11-1-1 |
| 25 |
Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)
|
21
|
9-2-1 |
D3Soccer.com National Rankings
| Rank |
School (No. 1 Votes) |
W-L-T |
Pts |
Prev. |
| 1 |
Messiah (14) |
12-1-0 |
611 |
3 |
| 2 |
Dominican (7)
|
13-0-1 |
597
|
4
|
| 3 |
Swarthmore (4)
|
11-0-2 |
552 |
2 |
| 4 |
Christopher Newport
|
13-1-1 |
539 |
1
|
| 5 |
Stevens |
9-0-3 |
530 |
5 |
| 6 |
Trinity (Texas)
|
12-2-0 |
483 |
9
|
| 7 |
Ohio Wesleyan
|
10-1-2 |
449 |
11 |
| 8 |
UW-Whitewater |
10-0-2 |
395
|
12
|
| 9 |
Emory |
11-1-2 |
359
|
7
|
| 10 |
Calvin |
10-1-3 |
350 |
6
|
| 11 |
Carnegie Mellon
|
9-2-1 |
326 |
10 |
| 12 |
Williams |
8-1-2 |
319 |
8
|
| 13 |
Johns Hopkins
|
10-2-3 |
289 |
15
|
| 14 |
Salisbury |
12-1-3 |
275 |
18
|
| 15 |
DePauw |
13-1-1 |
274 |
16
|
| 16 |
Washington (Mo.)
|
10-1-3 |
255
|
13
|
| 17 |
Rochester |
6-1-6 |
205 |
14 |
| 18 |
Middlebury |
10-1-0 |
199
|
22
|
| 19 |
Muhlenberg |
8-0-5 |
192 |
17
|
| 20 |
York (Pa.) |
12-4-0 |
175 |
20
|
| 21 |
UW-Oshkosh |
14-0-2 |
165 |
21
|
| 22 |
Brockport State
|
10-1-2 |
128
|
24
|
| 23 |
Kenyon |
11-1-1 |
97
|
--
|
| 24 |
New York Institute
|
8-2-3 |
59
|
--
|
| 25 |
Bowdoin |
7-1-2 |
56
|
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