October 25, 2005
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville men's soccer team will enter the postseason with the top ranking in the land.
For the third time this season the Cougars have garnered the top spot in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas Division II poll.
SIUE was ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll and in the Sept. 14 poll.
The Cougars heads into their Great Lakes Valley Conference quarterfinal matchup with Bellarmine riding a nine game-winning streak.
SIUE will take on the Knights at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at the SIUE practice fields behind Korte Stadium.
The Cougars finished the regular season with a 15-1-1 overall record and, 11-0-1 in the GLVC.
SIUE coach Ed Huneke and his Cougars are the No. 1 seed in the GLVC tournament for the third consecutive year.
The Cougars have gone 34 GLVC regular season games without a loss. SIUE is 30-0-4 in conference regular season play since falling to Missouri-St. Louis on Oct. 18, 2002.
Victor Pacheco (San Luis, Brazil) leads the team with 20 points (seven goals and six assists). Mike Banner (Washington, D.C.) and GLVC Player of the Week Ross Beveridge (Dunfermline, Scotland) are tied for second on the team with six goals.
SIUE ranks second in the nation with a 0.40 goal against average having outscored its opponents 35-7 this year.
2005 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer - National
October 25, 2005
Rank School W-L-T Prev.
1 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 15-1-1 2
2 Fort Lewis College (Colo.) 14-0-1 3
3 Dowling College (N.Y.) 11-0-3 4
4 Saint Leo University (Fla.) 13-1-0 19
5 USC Upstate 11-1-2 6
6 Seattle Pacific University 10-2-3 5
7 Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) 15-1-0 7
8 Dominican College (N.Y.) 14-1-0 8
9 Lynn University (Fla.) 13-1-0 1
10 New York Institute of Technology 11-2-2 12
11 Cal State Dominguez Hills 13-3-2 10
12 Truman State University (Mo.) 13-3-0 --
13 Southern Connecticut State University 10-3-3 13
13 Clayton State (Ga.) 9-3-4 16
15 Catawba College (N.C.) 11-3-1 --
16 Colorado School of Mines 12-4-1 14
17 University of Central Arkansas 12-2-1 9
18 Merrimack (Mass.) 10-4-2 17
19 Rockhurst University (Mo.) 12-4-1 11
19 UC San Diego 10-4-1 20
21 Shepherd University (W. Va.) 14-2-1 21
22 University of the Incarnate Word (Texas) 10-4-2 23
23 University of North Carolina-Pembroke 10-3-3 --
24 Lincoln Memorial University (Tenn.) 12-3-0 --
25 Slippery Rock University (Pa.) 11-6-1 --
Also receiving votes: Franklin Pierce, Midwestern State, Seattle University
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