Maryland Men's Soccer Moves To No. 4 In NSCAA Poll
9/23/2002 8:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 23, 2002
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland men's soccer team rose to No. 4 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll this week after spending the last week at No. 6. The Terrapins have spent the last three weeks in the poll's Top 10. Five of the Terps' opponents this season are ranked in the current poll, including No. 8 Wake Forest, who Maryland meets on Friday at 7:00 p.m. in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Sunday's victory over No. 20 Duke was the Terps' third meeting with a team in the NSCAA Top 25. Then-No. 6 Maryland beat Duke 3-0 to raise their record against ranked teams to 2-1. In the first meeting on Sept. 1, then-No. 20 Kentucky upset the Terps 2-1 at the Virginia Soccer Classic when Maryland was ranked No. 10. The Terps then met No. 8 Loyola on Sept. 11 earning a commanding 3-1 win over the Greyhounds, also when Maryland was ranked No. 10.
2002 NSCAA Poll School Record PR 1. Stanford 7-0-0 1 2. St. John's 5-1-1 2 3. South Carolina 7-0-1 4 4. Maryland 7-1-0 6 5. Indiana 5-1-2 9 6. Southern Methodist 5-1-1 8 7. Loyola Marymount 6-0-2 17 8. Wake Forest 4-0-2 10 9. Boston 4-1-1 - 10. Notre Dame 4-1-2 5 11. Clemson 4-1-1 14 12t. Bradley 6-0-2 - 12t. Penn State 5-3-0 - 14. San Diego 7-1-0 13 15. Connecticut 4-2-0 7 16. UCLA 4-1-0 3 17. North Carolina 5-2-0 22 18. American 6-2-0 12 19. Rutgers 2-2-1 11 20. Creighton 5-2-1 16 21. Boston College 3-1-0 15 22. Columbia 3-0-0 - 23. Seton Hall 4-2-1 - 24. Furman 4-1-1 - 25. UC-Santa Barbara 6-0-0 - Also receiving votes: Virginia, Tulsa
