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Men's Soccer Ranked Among Nation's Best

       

Men's Soccer Ranked Among Nation's Best

CONWAY, SC — Coastal Carolina's undefeated men's soccer program is now ranked in all four national polls.

The Chanticleers (9-0-1) improved their standing in three rankings and are listed for the first time in the Soccertimes.com Top 25, tying Virginia at 24th.Coastal moved up six spots to 19th in the NSCAA coaches poll, one slot to 21st in the Soccer America magazine list, and made the biggest jump from 25th to 18th in the CollegeSoccerNews.com poll.Coach Shaun Docking's squad is ranked 4th in the powerful South Region, three spots ahead of defending national champ North Carolina.

Coastal Carolina hosts Big South Conference foe Charleston Southern Wednesday and can tie the school record for consecutive wins.

Chanticleer Rankings

CollegeSoccerNews.com 18th
NSCAA/Coaches Poll 19th
Soccer America Magazine 21st
SoccerTimes.com 24th (tie)

Chanticleer Superlatives

Ranked 1st in the NCAA in winning percentage (.950)

Ranked 2nd in NCAA, Goals per game (3.56)

One of four remaining unbeaten teams (Wake Forest, Bradley, Loyola-Marymount)

Forward Josph Ngwenya 3rd in NCAA Division I in scoring - 3.10 points/gm; 9th in goals scored- 1.20 goals/ gm and 12th in assists - 0.70 assists/gm.

Forward Mike Littlefield ranks 5th in NCAA in scoring - 2.80 points/gm and 3rd in goals scored- 1.30 goals/gm.