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Coastal Carolina Women's Soccer Picked as Preseason Favorite in Big South

       

Coastal Carolina Women's Soccer Picked as Preseason Favorite in Big South

CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina women’s soccer team was picked as the favorite in the 2004 Big South Conference Pre-Season Poll, the conference office announced today (Aug. 17). The Lady Chants received 143 points overall, including five first-place votes. The 2003 squad, in Coastal’s fourth season of women’s soccer, went 10-9-2, earning the most single-season wins in program history. The Lady Chants also made their mark by tying for the regular season conference title for the first time.

Coastal was picked no lower than third in 17 of the 18 ballots eclipsed Liberty University, who had seven first-place votes, but only 129 total points. Coastal and Liberty tied for the Big South regular-season troplhy last season. Radford University was picked third with 122 points, including one first-place vote. The University of North Carolina at Asheville was selected fourth with one first-place vote and 107 total points. High Point University follows with two first-place votes and 91 points. Birmingham-Southern was selected sixth with 81 points. The poll was rounded out with Charleston Southern University (61 points, two first-place votes), Winthrop University (58) and Virginia Military Institute (28).

The Lady Chanticleers will start their 2004 schedule with three home matches, beginning with a game against Wofford College, Friday, August 27 at 4 p.m. After that the Lady Chants will host North Carolina State University on August 29 at 1 p.m. and Western Carolina University on August 31 at 4 p.m.

The 2004 Big South Women’s Pre-Season Poll is voted on by the Conference’s Head Coaches and the Sports Information Directors.

Listed below are the points each team received in the voting. The number in parentheses is the number of first-place votes each team received.

Combined Votes
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Coastal Carolina (5) 45 72 21 0 5 0 0 0 0 143
Liberty (7) 63 8 21 12 25 0 0 0 0 129
Radford (1) 9 48 28 24 5 8 0 0 0 122
UNC Asheville (1) 9 8 28 48 5 8 0 0 1 107
High Point (2) 18 0 7 12 35 8 9 2 0 91
Birmingham-Southern 0 8 7 6 15 36 9 0 0 81
Charleston Southern (2) 18 0 7 0 0 8 6 22 0 61
Winthrop 0 0 7 6 5 4 24 12 0 58
VMI 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 16 28