Women's Soccer: WVU 10th in Final Poll
December 10, 2003 11:43 AM | General
By Lainie Guiddy for MSNsportsNET.com
December 10, 2003
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - After compiling a 17-4-2 record in the 2003 season, the West Virginia University women's soccer team finds itself ranked 10th in the final National Soccer Coaches Association of the America poll.
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| Lisa Stoia was a two-time BIG EAST midfielder of the year and first team All-America selection.(All-Pro Photography/Dale Sparks) |
The Top 10 finish is the highest finish in the history of the WVU women's soccer program. It also marks the 20th-straight week that the Mountaineers have been ranked in the national Top 25.
Throughout the course of the season, West Virginia faced six teams who finished the season ranked in the Top 15. The Mountaineers went 2-3-2 against those teams, earning victories over Connecticut (No.2) and Tennessee (No.12), falling to Penn State (No.6), Notre Dame (No.9), and Florida State (No.4) and tying Villanova (No.15) twice.
West Virginia advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history in 2003, falling to eventual Final Four qualifier Florida State, 3-2, in double overtime.
