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Mountaineers No. 2 in NSCAA Poll
September 13, 2016 05:26 PM | Women's Soccer
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University women’s soccer team is ranked No. 2 in today’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Poll.
Today’s ranking is two spots higher than the Mountaineers’ (6-0-1) position last week and matches the program’s best-ever NSCAA ranking. The squad hit No. 1 in this week’s TopDrawerSoccer.com and Soccer America Polls, both released yesterday.
WVU received six of the available 31 first-place votes for 734 points.
Stanford (6-0-1) ranks No. 1, having received 16 first-place votes for 746 total points. Previous No. 1 Florida State (5-1) received eight first-place votes for 709 points and dropped to No. 3. Florida (5-1) received one first-place vote for 683 points and sits at No. 4, and Virginia (7-1) shows 653 points and ranks No. 5.
BYU (6-1) ranks No. 6 and is followed by North Carolina (5-1-1) at No. 7. Texas A&M (5-2) ranks No. 8, and Duke (5-2-1) and Minnesota (6-2) rank No. 9 and No. 10, respectively.
Texas Tech (6-1-1), the only other Big 12 Conference team ranked this week, checks in at No. 24. Georgetown (6-1), the Mountaineers’ Sept. 18 opponent, enters the poll at No. 18.
Riding a six-match win streak, WVU returns to Morgantown this weekend to close its home nonconference schedule at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. WVU opens against Princeton (6-0) on Friday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. The Mountaineers will then play host to the Hoyas on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m.
Friday is Olympic Night, and fans wearing their country’s favorite colors will receive free admission. Additionally, it’s WVU Faculty/Staff Night, and all WVU faculty and staff members also will receive free admission with a valid WVU Staff I.D.
Sunday is Youth Soccer Day, and all youths under the age of 13 who wear a youth soccer jersey will receive free admittance. A free soccer clinic will follow the match, weather permitting.
Tickets for both matches are available now at WVUGAME.com. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for youths under the age of 13 and senior citizens, and $2 for groups of 10 or more. WVU students are admitted free with a valid WVU Student I.D.
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