ODU SOCCER MONARCHS 24^TH IN FINAL NSCAA COACHES POLL

KANSAS CITY, MO-- The 2014 Conference USA Champion Old Dominion University Soccer Monarchs (13-7-1) are 24th in the final NSCAA/Continental Tire Coaches Poll as released today.

On Oct. 29, the Monarchs were 7-6-1 and then won six straight which included the school's first ever C-USA tournament championship. ODU advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fifth straight year and 11th of the last 13 under head coach Alan Dawson, the nation’s 13^th winningest active coach.

The Monarchs defeated Saint Francis - Brooklyn, 3-0 in the first round before losing a heartbreaker to eighth seeded Georgetown, 2-1 with less than 10 seconds left in the second overtime period.

In all, the Monarchs played ten teams (winning five) who were ranked at one time in the coach’s poll during the season.

NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's - Final Postseason Ranking

 

Rank	School	1st Votes	Total Points	Prev.	W-L-T
1	University Of Virginia	22	596	22	14-6-3
2	UCLA	1	577	3	14-5-5
3	Providence College	1	553	10	16-5-2
4	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	0	495	NR	14-6-5
5	Georgetown University	0	482	11	14-4-5
6	University Of North Carolina	0	464	16	15-5-2
7	Creighton University	0	452	9	16-3-3
8	Michigan State University	0	417	13	12-5-6
9	University of Notre Dame	0	403	2	12-5-4
10	Syracuse University	0	375	4	16-4-1
11	Clemson University	0	318	7	14-7-3
12	University Of Washington	0	310	12	12-5-3
13	Xavier University	0	299	14	15-6-2
14	California-Irvine, University of	0	269	21	16-6-3
15	University Of California	0	257	18	11-7-1
16	Stanford University	0	245	1	13-2-3
17	Indiana University	0	235	5	12-5-5
18	University Of Louisville	0	223	15	11-6-3
19	University Of Maryland	0	205	6	13-6-3
20	University Of North Carolina-Charlotte	0	178	8	14-4-1
21	Saint Louis University	0	106	19	14-5-2
22	Coastal Carolina University	0	76	RV	16-6-1
23	Penn State University	0	54	RV	13-6-1
24	Old Dominion University	0	43	23	13-7-1
25	Dartmouth College	0	37	20	12-5-2

Also receiving votes: Ohio State University (25), Oregon State University (24), Northwestern University (20), University of North Carolina-Wilmington (12), Furman University (11), University Of Akron (11), University Of Kentucky (6), George Mason University (5), University of Alabama-Birmingham (4), American University (4), University Of New Mexico (3), Boston University (2), UNLV (2), University Of Denver (1), Oakland University (1)