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UNCG men's soccer ranked 13th in NSCAA Preseason Top 25
GREENSBORO, NC – The UNC Greensboro men’s soccer team is ranked No. 13 in the nation in the NSCAA Preseason Top 25, which was released earlier this week.
The Spartans, who were also No. 13 in the College Soccer News Preseason Top 30 when that poll was announced last week, return seven starters from last year’s squad that finished 19-3-1 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 16. UNCG was No. 1 in the nation for four weeks during the regular season last year for the first time as a Division I member and went on to win the Southern Conference title.
Led by All-American Randi Patterson, who may be a candidate for National Player of the Year this season, UNCG will open the pre-season this Sunday night, August 21 with an exhibition match at third-ranked Duke beginning at 7 pm.
Other NSCAA-ranked teams on the 2005 UNCG schedule include No. 19 Connecticut, No. 10 Wake Forest and No. 17 North Carolina.
NSCAA PRE-SEASON TOP 25:
Rank School
Record
Final ’04 Rank
1 Indiana
University
18-4-2
1
2 University of
Maryland
17-6-2
3
3 Duke
University
18-6-0
4
4 UC Santa
Barbara
21-2-2
2
5 St. John's
University
12-6-4
T5
6 University of
Virginia
18-5-1
T5
7 Southern Methodist
University
16-4-1
11
8 University of New
Mexico
17-1-2
10
9
UCLA
14-4-2
14
10 Wake Forest
University
14-5-2
12
11 Virginia Commonwealth
University12-6-3
7
12 Creighton
University
14-4-2
13
13 UNC
Greensboro 19-3-1
9
14 University of
Tulsa
12-7-4
8
15 Boston
College
13-5-2
15
16 University of Notre
Dame
13-3-3
17
17 University of North
Carolina 10-9-2
NR
18 Ohio State
University
12-7-2
16
19 University of
Connecticut
12-8-3
22
20 University of
California
13-4-3
18
21 Santa Clara
University
15-6-0
NR
22 Old Dominion
University
13-6-2
19
23 Penn State
University
10-4-8
T20
24 Northwestern
University
15-6-2
RV
25 Saint Louis
University
9-8-1
NR
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