2019 CACC WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL RELEASED

August 20, 2019

2019 CACC WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL RELEASED

New Haven, Conn. (8/20/19) Georgian Court University was picked as the No. 1 team in the 2019 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll, which was announced on Tuesday by Commissioner Dan Mara. GCU, which claimed last season's CACC regular season championship, earned 159 points in the voting, including six first-place votes. The voting for the poll was conducted by the league's 13 head coaches in the sport.

New Haven, Conn. (8/20/19) Georgian Court University was picked as the No. 1 team in the 2019 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll, which was announced on Tuesday by Commissioner Dan Mara. GCU, which claimed last season's CACC regular season championship, earned 159 points in the voting, including six first-place votes. The voting for the poll was conducted by the league's 13 head coaches in the sport.

Rounding out the top three included reigning CACC Champion Caldwell University (2nd, 149, 4) and Goldey-Beacom College (3rd, 137, 1). Caldwell knocked off Georgian Court in last year's semifinals, and went on to win the CACC title with a victory over Holy Family University in the final. HFU was slated fourth in the 2019 preseason poll with 122 points and a pair of first-place nods. G-B advanced to the CACC semis for the second year in a row in 2018.

The 2019 CACC women's soccer season kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 5, as the regular season will be a build up to the 2019 CACCC Women's Soccer Championship on Nov. 12, 15 & 17. The top-eight teams from the regular season standings will qualify for the conference post-season tournament, as the first round will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the sites of the highest seeds. The semifinals will be played on Friday, Nov. 15, with the final to be contested on Sunday, Nov. 17. Post University will serve as the host institution for the CACC semifinals and final. The winner of the 2019 CACC Championship will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II East Region Tournament, which will be held the following week at a site to be determined.

2019 CACC WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL

Rank	School	Points	1st-Place Votes
1.	Georgian Court University	159	6
2.	Caldwell University	149	4
3.	Goldey-Beacom College	137	1
4.	Holy Family University	122	2
5.	Wilmington University	117
6.	Jefferson	115
7.	Post University	85
8.	Felician University	65
9.	Dominican College	62
10.	Chestnut Hill College	53
11.	Bloomfield College	47
12.	Nyack College	38
13.	Concordia College	31

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.