UNCG No. 20 in NSCAA poll, enters SoccerTimes.com poll at No. 22
GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNCG's women's soccer is up one spot to No. 20 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Hendrickcars.com National Rankings and has made its debut in the SoccerTimes.com Top 25 at No. 22.
This week is the fourth straight for the Spartans in the NSCAA poll. UNCG entered the poll for the first time since 1997 on Oct. 5, checking in at No. 24. The following week, the Spartans jumped two spots to No. 22, then advanced one more spot to No. 21 on Oct. 19.
After receiving votes in the previous eight SoccerTimes.com polls, UNCG finally broke in for the first time this week. Prior to this week, the Spartans had never appeared in the SoccerTimes.com poll, which is in its 14th year of existence.
UNCG is off to a school-record 15-1-1 start and is 10-0-0 in the Southern Conference. With wins over Western Carolina and Appalachian State last week, the Spartans clinched their fifth straight SoCon regular-season crown and the top seed in the upcoming league tournament.
The Spartans are currently riding a 12-match winning streak, matching the school record set in 2007. The streak is just the third of 10 games or longer in school history, all of which have come in the last four seasons.
UNCG's winning streak is also tied for the third-longest active streak in the nation, behind only streaks by Hofstra (16) and Stanford (14). UNCG is one of just nine teams nationwide with at least 15 wins on the year, and its .912 winning percentage is fourth in the nation behind only Portland (.944), Stanford (.941) and Hofstra (.941).
The Spartans are also ranked a season-best No. 16 in this week's Soccer America poll. UNCG is 28th in the latest RPI rankings, released by the NCAA on Tuesday.
UNCG completes regular-season play Wednesday at Elon, when it will try to close out its fourth unbeaten SoCon season in the last five years. The Spartans are 48-2-2 in league play since 2006, with both of the losses coming last season. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. in Elon, N.C.
NSCAA/Hendrickcars.com National Rankings
Rank
Team
Pts
Last W-L-T
1 Stanford
(34)
850
1
15-0-2
2
Portland
816
2
17-1-0
3 Notre
Dame
753
4
15-1-2
4 North
Carolina
729
3
14-2-1
5
Maryland
725
6
13-2-1
6 Texas
A&M
686
7
15-3-0
7
Virginia
623
8
11-2-2
8
Florida
585
12
14-2-2
9 Florida
State
541
10
12-3-1
10 Santa
Clara
469
11
11-4-2
11 Oklahoma State
457
5
14-3-1
12 UC
Irvine
438
15
15-1-2
13
Marquette
428
16
14-3-2
14 Boston College
393
9
11-4-1
15 Oregon
State
366
19
13-1-1
16
Illinois
350
13
11-3-1
17 South Carolina
295
18
14-3-2
18 Ohio
State
262
17
13-3-1
19
BYU
260
14
13-2-2
20
UNCG
222
21
15-1-1
21
Hofstra
179
22
16-1-0
22
Denver
157
24
16-2-0
23 Southern
Cal
87
RV 9-4-3
24 West
Virginia
73
RV 12-4-1
25
Texas
63
RV 11-4-3
SoccerTimes.com Top 25
Rank
School
W-L-T Pts
Last
1 Stanford
(16)
15-0-2 400 1
2
Portland
17-1-0 384 3
3 North
Carolina
14-2-1 355 2
4
Maryland
13-2-1 349 4
5 Notre
Dame
15-1-2 340 5
6 Texas
A&M
15-3-0 316 6
7
Virginia
11-3-2 299 7
8 Florida
State
12-3-1 281 8
9
Florida
14-2-2 274 10
10 Oregon
State
13-1-1 236 14
11 Santa
Clara
11-4-2 226 12
12 Boston
College
11-4-1 216 11
13 South
Carolina
14-3-2 206 15
14
Marquette
14-3-2 169 17
15 Oklahoma
State
14-3-1 159 9
t16
BYU
13-2-2 135 13
t16 UC
Irvine
15-1-2 135 21
18 Southern
Cal
9-4-3 112
23
19 Ohio
State
13-3-1 110 16
20
Illinois
11-3-1 102 18
21 Wake
Forest
11-6-1
64 22
t22
UCLA
9-6-1
47 19
t22
UNCG
15-1-1
47
nr
24 New
Mexico
11-1-4
42 t24
25 West
Virginia
13-4-1
39 nr
Number in parentheses indicates number of first place votes
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