Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Gets Second No.1 Ranking (08-22-02)
8/22/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Aug. 22, 2002
Bloomington, Ind. - The Indiana University men's soccer team is ranked No. 1 in the preseason adidas/NSCAA national poll released Thursday by the National Soccer Coaches' Association of America. The top-ranking marks the Hoosiers' second in preseason polls as IU also received the nod in the College Soccer News top 30 poll released earlier this month.
Stanford, St. John's and North Carolina, the three teams in addition to Indiana that reached College Cup in 2001, and Virginia round out the top five in the poll.
The Hoosiers will battle No. 20 Kentucky to open their exhibition season on Friday, Aug. 23, at 6:30 p.m. before facing Virginia on Sunday, Aug. 25, at Noon. Both games are a part of the IPFW Soccer Showcase and will be played at the Hefner Soccer Fields in Ft. Wayne, Ind.
As always, Indiana will face a tough schedule in 2002 and it will waste no time getting started. The Hoosiers will open the regular season at home in the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic at Bill Armstrong Stadium against No. 7 Rutgers on Friday, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, Aug. 30, IU will battle ninth-ranked Clemson at 8 p.m.
adidas/NSCAA Preseason Poll
Rk. School
1. Indiana University
2.Stanford University
3. St. John's University
4. University of North Carolina
5. University of Virginia
6. University of Connecticut
7. Rutgers University
8. Southern Methodist University
9. Clemson University
10. University of Maryland
11. Saint Louis University
12. University of Washington
13. UCLA
14. Fairleigh Dickinson University
15. University of Alabama-Birmingham
16. University of South Carolina
17. Penn State University
18. Boston College
19. Creighton University
20. University of Kentucky
21. Furman University
22. Loyola College (Md.)
23. Syracuse University
24. University of San Diego
24. Wake Forest University
