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August 16, 2005 SIUE Men’s Soccer Grabs No. 1 Spot In National Rankings EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville men’s soccer team will open the 2005 season ranked first in the preseason National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas poll. The defending Great Lakes Region and Great Lakes Valley Conference champions jumped ahead of defending NCAA Champion Seattle for the top ranking. The Cougars finished last season ranked second after falling to the Redhawks 2-1 in the NCAA Division II National Championship game. SIUE coach Ed Huneke begins his 20th season at the helm of the SIUE program with a career record of 209-144-25. This marks the first time that one of Huneke’s teams has started the season ranked first in the country. “It’s a complement to what we did last year,” said Huneke. “Our interest is really to be No. 1 at the end of this year.” The Cougars return 10 of 11 starters from last year’s squad that posted a 19-3-2 record tying the school-mark for most wins in a season. During the 2004 campaign SIUE ranked fifth nationally with a goals against average of 0.64. SIUE battles Lindenwood in a scrimmage tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Korte Stadium before closing out the preseason on Sunday at home against Eastern Illinois at 6:30 p.m. The Cougars open up the regular season on the road at Christian Brothers on Aug. 26. SIUE’s home opener is Aug. 28 as regional rival Ashland visits Korte Stadium at 2 p.m. 2005 NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer - National August 16, 2005 1 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 19-3-2 2 2 Seattle University 22-0-1 1 3 Dowling College (N.Y.) 17-2-5 3 4 University of North Carolina-Pembroke 16-3-0 4 5 University of the Incarnate Word (Texas) 18-4-1 5 6 Tusculum College (Tenn.) 17-3-2 6 7 Southern Connecticut State University 15-1-4 7 8 University of Central Arkansas 11-6-3 8 T9 Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) 17-2-1 9 T9 Franklin Pierce College (N.H.) 15-5-4 10 11 Cal State Bakersfield 15-5-4 11 12 UW-Parkside 13-4-3 12 13 Rollins College (Fla.) 12-4-3 13 14 Clayton State (Ga.) 12-4-4 15 15 Cal State Dominguez Hills 17-3-3 17 16 Fort Lewis College (Colo.) 15-4-2 14 T17 Lewis Univeristy (Ill.) 16-3-3 18 T17 Lock Haven Univeristy (Pa.) 15-5-3 16 19 UMass-Lowell 15-3-2 19 20 Catawba College (N.C.) 14-5-0 20 21 Lynn (Fla.) 12-5-0 -- 22 Queens University (N.C.) 14-1-3 22 23 University of Montevallo (Ala.) 11-5-2 23 24 California University (Pa.) 12-7-2 24 25 Northeastern State University (Okla.) 18-5-0 21 -siue cougars- |