Purple Knights Continue To Climb Up In NSCAA Division II Women's Soccer National Poll
UB Now Ranked Number 13 In The Country
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 13 in the nation by National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Last week, UB checked in at number 15 in the nation after being number 17 two weeks ago.
Bridgeport also held down the number 17 spot in the nation for back-to-back three and four 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 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 plays its regular season home finale on Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. versus Queens (N.Y.) College and travels to Mercy College on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
NSCAA NCAA Division II Women - National - Poll 8 - October 25, 2016
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Rank |
School |
Prev. |
W-L-T |
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1 |
1 |
15-0-1 |
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2 |
2 |
15-1-1 |
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3 |
3 |
15-0-0 |
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|
4 |
4 |
14-1-0 |
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|
5 |
5 |
13-2-0 |
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|
6 |
7 |
13-1-1 |
|
|
7 |
8 |
12-1-1 |
|
|
8 |
9 |
14-2-0 |
|
|
9 |
14 |
7-1-3 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
14-2-0 |
|
|
11 |
11 |
12-1-1 |
|
|
12 |
6 |
8-1-3 |
|
|
13 |
15 |
12-3-0 |
|
|
14 |
22 |
13-3-0 |
|
|
15 |
16 |
14-1-2 |
|
|
16 |
18 |
13-1-0 |
|
|
17 |
17 |
13-3-0 |
|
|
18 |
19 |
12-1-3 |
|
|
19 |
12 |
10-1-3 |
|
|
20 |
20 |
10-2-2 |
|
|
21 |
23 |
12-3-1 |
|
|
22 |
25 |
11-2-2 |
|
|
23 |
RV |
12-2-1 |
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|
24 |
NR |
11-3-0 |
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|
25 |
NR |
12-1-2 |
Also receiving votes: Central Washington University (1), American International College (1), Minnesota State University-Mankato (1)