November 5, 2009
2009 Season - Top 10 in two polls heading into CCIW title match
Augustana will head into the championship match of the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin on Saturday night against Illinois Wesleyan ranked in the top 10 in the nation in two separate polls. The Vikings of head coach Scott Mejia, currently 17-1-1 overall, are ranked sixth in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll and eighth n the D3soccer.com list. Last week Augustana was sixth in the NSCAA and 10 th in the D3soccer.com poll.
The Vikings defeated Millikin 5-0 last night in the semi-final round of the CCIW tournament will now play Illinois Wesleyan (15-2-3) in the championship match on Saturday, November 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Ericson Field. The Titans are currently ranked 20 th by the NSCAA and 14 th by D3soccer.com. Illinois Wesleyan and Wheaton played to a 1-1 tie in the other semi-final on Wednesday night but the Titans advanced on penalty kick.
Augustana won its first ever CCIW championship with a 4-1 home field victory over Elmhurst on Saturday, October 31. The winner of the championship match will get the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. The Vikings have set a new school record for victories in a single season with the 17 wins so far this year.
2009 NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL RANKINGS
As of 11/04/09
|
NSCAA |
RECORD |
PREVIOUS |
THIS WEEK |
D3SOCCER |
RECORD |
PTS |
PREVIOUS |
|
Messiah |
17-0-1 |
1 |
1 |
Messiah (23) |
17-0-1 |
621 |
1 |
|
Williams |
15-0-0 |
2 |
2 |
Williams (3) |
15-0-0 |
600 |
2 |
|
Trinity |
14-0-0 |
3 |
3 |
Trinity (Texas) |
14-0-0 |
577 |
3 |
|
Rowan |
15-1-1 |
4 |
4 |
Puget Sound |
16-1-0 |
525 |
4 |
|
Puget Sound |
16-1-0 |
5 |
5 |
Rowan |
15-1-1 |
517 |
5 |
|
AUGUSTANA |
17-1-1 |
6 |
6 |
16-0-1 |
493 |
6 |
|
|
Concordia-Moorhead |
16-0-1 |
7 |
7 |
Washington |
13-2-1 |
468 |
8 |
|
Washington |
13-2-1 |
9 |
8 |
17-1-1 |
440 |
10 |
|
|
William Smith |
11-3-2 |
14 |
9 |
12-2-1 |
389 |
9 |
|
|
Johns Hopkins |
14-3-0 |
13 |
10 |
16-1-1 |
383 |
12 |
