Tuesday,
November 6, 2001
BLUE HOSE WOMEN’S SOCCER RANKED #8
IN
2001 NCAA DIVISION II SOUTHEAST REGION RANKINGS
CLINTON,
SC — Presbyterian
College women’s soccer program is ranked #8 in the final
regular season NSCAA/addidas Regional Rankings announced today.
The
Blue Hose (11-5-2) are ranked #8 in the final regular season
NCAA Division II Southeast Region ranking. Presbyterian ended
their season over the weekend at the 2001 Food Lion/South
Atlantic Conference Tournament where they advanced to the
championship match. The #2 seed Blue Hose tied #1 seed Tusculum
College 1-1 after four overtime periods, but lost on penalty
kicks to the Pioneers who were declared champions. Presbyterian
advanced to the finals with a 2-1 win over #7 seed Mars Hill in
the opening round and a 1-0 double overtime win over #3 Catawba
in the semifinals.
The
top three teams in the poll advance to the NCAA Division II
tournament. Barton
College, who defeated Pfeiffer University in the championship
match of the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC), will
host the winner of the Belmont Abbey-North Florida match.
Both teams were defeated in the semifinal round of their
respective conference tournaments.
Belmont Abbey and North Florida will play on Wednesday,
Nov. 7.
The
following is the NSCAA/addidas 2001 NCAA Division II Southeast
Region ranking for the week of November 5, 2001:
| Rk | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | Barton College | 15-1-1 |
| 2 | Belmont Abbey College | 13-4-1 |
| 3 | North Florida Univ. | 14-5-0 |
| 4 | USC Spartanburg | 15-3-1 |
| T-5 | Tusculum College | 16-2-3 |
| T-5 | Francis Marion Univ. | 15-5-1 |
| 7 | Pfeiffer Univ. | 12-6-2 |
| 8 | Presbyterian | 11-5-2 |
| 9 | Longwood College | 13-3-1 |
| 10 | Wingate University | 12-5-1 |