August 29, 2012

Women’s Soccer Receiving Votes in NSCAA Top 25 Poll

NSCAA Top 25 Poll
Soccer Times Poll

KANSAS CITY, KS. – The UNCG women's soccer team is off to a 2-1 start and holds a win over then No. 7 Wake Forest. This week, the Spartans are receiving votes in the NSCAA/Continental Tire Top 25 women's soccer poll and are ranked seventh in the NSCAA Southeast poll.

UNCG started the season with a tough 1-0 loss in double overtime against SEC foe Georgia, but rebounded with two-straight wins against Wake Forest (1-0) and UNC Asheville (7-0) this past weekend.

The victory against the Demon Deacons was the highest ranked win in program history as Wake Forest was ranked as high as No. 5 in the Soccer Times publication.

The Spartans picked up two votes in the Top 25 NSCAA poll and are receiving a vote in the Soccer Times coaches poll this week.   

 The Blue and Gold also entered the NSCAA Southeast poll for the first time this season ranked and is seventh ahead of three ACC schools in North Carolina, Wake Forest and Maryland.  

 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Women's - Southeast - Poll 2 

Rank

School

Prev.

W-L-T

1

Florida State 
DA Central Florida 1-0;

  

2-0-0

2

Boston College 
DA Boston University 1-0; DA Connecticut 4-3;

  

3-0-0

2

Duke 
LA Florida 2-3 OT;

  

2-1-0

4

Virginia 
DH North Carolina-Wilimington 2-0; DH Liberty 3-0;

  

3-1-0

6

Miami 
LA Central Florida 0-1; DH Morehead State 4-0;

  

2-2-0

7

UNCG  
DH North Carolina-Asheville 7-0; DA Wake Forest 1-0;

  

2-1-0

8

North Carolina 
TH Florida 0-0;

  

0-1-1

8

Wake Forest 
DA Charlotte 2-0; LH North Carolina-Greensboro 0-1;

  

2-1-1

10

Furman 
DH Troy 1-0; DH Clemson 1-0 OT;

  

3-1-0

10

Maryland 
LA Ohio State 0-1;

  

1-1-1


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