Pre-season Poll
NATIONAL - PRE-SEASON POLL - AUGUST 1, 2023
Rank School Prev W-L-T
1 Johns Hopkins University 1 23-0-2
2 Case Western Reserve University 2 20-1-1
3 Messiah University 3 21-2-3
4 Virginia Wesleyan University 4 19-3-4
5 Misericordia University 5 21-1-1
6 Christopher Newport University 6 19-0-3
7 William Smith College 7 14-2-6
8 Carnegie Mellon University 8 14-3-2
9 Trinity University (Texas) 9 21-1-2
10 Washington University (Mo.) 10 11-5-7
11 Amherst College 11 18-3-0
12 Williams College 12 11-5-3
13 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 13 21-2-1
14 Emory University 14 13-5-1
15 Loras College 15 20-1-3
16 University of Scranton 16 17-3-2
17 Montclair State University 17 17-3-1
18 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18 15-5-3
19 Calvin University 19 18-1-1
20 Pacific Lutheran University 20 17-2-3
21 SUNY Cortland 21 13-1-6
22 Trinity College 22 7-5-7
23 Wartburg College 23 16-3-2
24 Tufts University 24 11-6-2
25 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 25 17-1-1
Congrats to #2 Case Western Reserve defeating #5 Misericordia.
Crazy impressive streaks by both teams:
CWRU extended its regular season non-conference winning streak to 36 matches, while the loss was the first in the regular season for Misericordia since September 29, 2021, a streak of 31 consecutive matches.
https://athletics.case.edu/news/2023/9/8/no-2-womens-soccer-defeats-no-5-misericordia-2-0.aspx