CHARGERS SOCCER TABBED THIRD IN CACC PRESEASON POLL

New Haven, Conn. (8/15/22) Wilmington University was tabbed first in the 2022 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll, which was announced on Monday by Commissioner Dan Mara. The Wildcats, who advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season, earned 148 points in the voting and seven first-place votes. The voting for the poll was conducted by the league's 13 head coaches in the sport.

CHARGERS SOCCER TABBED THIRD IN CACC PRESEASON POLL
August 15, 2022

Courtesy of CACC Athletics

New Haven, Conn. (8/15/22)  Wilmington University was tabbed first in the 2022 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll, which was announced on Monday by Commissioner Dan Mara. The Wildcats, who advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season, earned 148 points in the voting and seven first-place votes. The voting for the poll was conducted by the league's 13 head coaches in the sport. 

Post University, the reigning CACC Champion, was second in the preseason rankings with 147 points and four first-place nods. Both WilmU and Post tied for first place in the CACC standings following the regular season during the 2021 campaign.

Dominican University rounded out the top three in the preseason poll, as the Chargers earned 134 points and one first-place tally. Dominican advanced to the CACC Championship Final last season. Georgian Court University (4th, 115 pts) was the other school to earn a first-place vote in the rankings, as the Lions received one nod for the top spot.

The 2022 season gets underway next Thursday, Aug. 25, with several conference teams in action. The regular season will be a buildup to the 2022 CACC Championship, which will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 1 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals and championship final on Nov. 4 and 6, at Holy Family University in Philadelphia. The quarterfinals will be held at the sites of the highest seeds. The winner of the CACC Championship will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II East Region Tournament in late November at a site to be determined.

Sport sponsorship within the conference will rise from 12 schools to 13 for the 2022 campaign, as University of the Bridgeport enters the CACC as a new member beginning in the 2022-23 academic year.

2022 CACC MEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL
1. Wilmington University 148 (7)
2. Post University 147 (4)
3. Dominican College 134 (1)
4. Georgian Court University 115 (1)
5. Holy Family University 100
6. Thomas Jefferson University 95
7. Nyack College 86
8. University of Bridgeport 79
9. Goldey-Beacom College 69
10. Felician University 67
11. Chestnut Hill College 50
12. Bloomfield College 41
13. Caldwell University 39 

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The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.