The preseason rankings in the NCAC are out:
2017 North Coast Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points)
1. Denison (7) 79
2. DePauw 66
3. Wittenberg (1) 62
4. Kenyon 56
5. Wooster (1) 46
6. Allegheny 34
Ohio Wesleyan 34
8. Oberlin 17
9. Hiram 11
Play begins this weekend, with games all three days.
Fri. 1 Loras vs. Denison (at Wheaton)
Allegheny @ Rochester Inst.
Capital @ Kenyon
Wittenberg @ Centre
Pitt.-Bradford @ Oberlin
Thiel @ Hiram
Wash. Univ. @ DePauw
Earlham @ Ohio Wesleyan
Bridgewater (Va.) vs. Wooster (at Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Sat. 2 Whitworth vs. Denison (at Wheaton College)
Allegheny @ Nazareth
Wooster @ Frostburg St. (at Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Wittenberg vs. Berry (at Danville, KY)
Sun. 3 Ohio Wesleyan @ Wash. & Jeff.
Bluffton @ Oberlin
Ill. Wesleyan @ Kenyon
Westminster @ Hiram
Some interesting matchups, with the marquee match on Friday, when #1 Wash U. travels to DePauw. Other interesting matchups include Wittenberg vs. Centre, both of Denison's matches (vs. Loras and Whitworth) and Illinois Wesleyan visiting Kenyon.