NEW LONDON, N.H. – August 14, 2019 – The Colby-Sawyer College women's soccer team has been chosen to finish seventh in the 2019 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Preseason Poll.
The Chargers enter their second season with the league. The team went 7-5 in GNAC play a season ago and earned the sixth seed in the postseason tournament.
Last year's champ, Saint Joseph's (Maine), was picked to repeat with 159 points and six first-place votes. Lasell, which lost in the finals, was slotted second with 150 points and three first-place votes. Johnson & Wales earned three first-place votes, while Emmanuel picked up the final first-place vote to be selected third and fourth, respectively.
The Chargers will host the top-3 vote getters in the preseason poll at Kelsey Field in October.
Colby-Sawyer will begin the season with a pair of matches hosted by Dean College on Aug. 30-31. The Chargers will play Rhode Island College and Fitchburg State. The team returns home to host Southern Maine on Sept. 4. Colby-Sawyer begins conference action on the road at Regis on Sept. 14 and will host Suffolk on Sept. 21. The 12-match GNAC slate will conclude on the road at Simmons on Oct. 30.
2019 GNAC Women's Soccer Preseason Poll
| Place |
Team |
Points |
1st Place |
| 1. |
Saint Joseph's (ME) |
159 |
6 |
| 2. |
Lasell |
150 |
3 |
| 3. |
Johnson & Wales |
149 |
3 |
| 4. |
Emmanuel |
135 |
1 |
| 5. |
Regis |
113 |
|
| 6. |
Simmons |
98 |
|
| 7. |
Colby-Sawyer |
94 |
|
| 8. |
Saint Joseph (CT) |
69 |
|
| 9. |
Norwich |
65 |
|
| 10. |
Suffolk |
61 |
|
| 11. |
Albertus Magnus |
45 |
|
| 12. |
Rivier |
32 |
|
| 13. |
Anna Maria |
13 |
|
Voting for the preseason poll was conducted among the league's head women's soccer coaches. Full GNAC release >
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