MEN

The Southern Connecticut men’s soccer team has been selected fourth in the 2010 Northeast-10 Conference Coaches’ preseason poll.

The Owls are coming off a successful 2009 season in which they qualified for the NCAA Tournament, reached the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament final and finished with a 14-5-2 mark.

New Haven was selected 14th.

Here’s a look at the poll:
1. So. New Hampshire (7) – 162

2. Franklin Pierce (2) – 153

3. Le Moyne – 149

4. Southern Connecticut – 138

5. Merrimack – 120

6. Bentley – 88

7. Saint Anselm – 82

8. Assumption – 76

9. American Int’l – 74

10. UMass Lowell – 72

11. Saint Michael’s – 61

12. Stonehill – 50

13. Saint Rose – 33

14. New Haven – 16


WOMEN

The Southern Connecticut women’s soccer team has been selected seventh in the 2010 Northeast-10 Conference preseason coaches’ poll. The Owls were ranked as high as No. 6 in the region last year. New Haven was picked to finish 11th.

Saint Rose was selected as the preseason favorite to win the league.


Here’s a look at the poll:
1. Saint Rose (14) – 224

2. Franklin Pierce – 209

3. UMass Lowell – 184

4. Merrimack – 177

5. Adelphi (1) – 164

6. Stonehill – 143

7. Southern Connecticut (1) – 132

8. Saint Anselm – 127

9. American Int’l – 103

10. Assumption – 96

11. New Haven – 86

12. Le Moyne – 81

13. So. New Hampshire – 72

14. Saint Michael’s – 57

15. Bentley – 47

16. Pace - 18