2026 Women’s Soccer Top 25

CentPA · September 12, 2026, 04:38:45 PM

Quote from: SimpleCoach on September 12, 2026, 10:28:34 AM
Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on September 10, 2026, 10:07:45 AMCWRU women remain undefeated.

More than that, they look very good. Best I've seen this program in the last 2? 3? Years?

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I would agree CWRU looked really good this year, BUT they just lost their game today to Grove City at home 0-2!

Case Western looked really "off" especially in the second half.

CentPA · September 12, 2026, 04:44:35 PM

For the first time ever, Messiah and NYU played each other today (at Messiah) and Messiah was able to come away with their first win of the season 2-1.

No idea where Messiah is going to end up when the rankings come out this Tuesday. They are currently 1-1-2. They will definitely drop - it is just a question of how far and do they stay in the top 25.

SimpleCoach · September 12, 2026, 05:12:23 PM

Quote from: CentPA on September 12, 2026, 04:38:45 PM
Quote from: SimpleCoach on September 12, 2026, 10:28:34 AM
Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on September 10, 2026, 10:07:45 AMCWRU women remain undefeated.

More than that, they look very good. Best I've seen this program in the last 2? 3? Years?

SC.

I would agree CWRU looked really good this year, BUT they just lost their game today to Grove City at home 0-2!

Case Western looked really "off" especially in the second half.

Of course. I wont watch a game because I think... oh, they got this one... then they blow it. Typical. I think I just have to figure out how I can watch all 400+ games across all DIII so I don't miss this sort of thing....

SC.

DagarmanSpartan · September 12, 2026, 05:13:32 PM

Lost to Grove City 2-0 today though.

CentPA · Reply #34 - Re: 2026 Women’s Soccer Top 25

William Smith with a nice win today against #21 Carnegie Mellon at home 2-1.

William Smith looked really good in the first half taking a 1-0 lead into half time. Fortunately, for them, they got a early goal in the 2nd half to take a 2-0 lead and then had to hang on for the last 40 minutes as Carnegie Mellon got a goal back about 10 minutes later. Carnegie Mellon ended up out shooting William Smith 13-2 in the second half but couldn't find the equalizer.

CentPA · Reply #35 - Re: 2026 Women’s Soccer Top 25

Wash U continues to roll. They beat Elmhurst at home (senior day) 4-0.

Always enjoy listening to Jay Murray call their home games. He mentioned that Coach Conlon had to coach against his own daughter today as Courtney Conlon (senior) starts in midfield for the Bluejays. After the game, Jay will typically interview a player (senior Julia Moore today), and then interview Coach Conlon. It was interesting to hear him talk about coaching against his daughter's team and how proud he is of her.

CentPA · Reply #36 - Re: 2026 Women’s Soccer Top 25

#14 California Lutheran got upset yesterday in an away game in Texas against Texas Lutheran 0-1.

Now they have to quickly regroup as they have a tough SCIAC opening conference game against #6 Pomona-Pitzer this Wednesday. Pomona-Pitzer wants to get things turned back around as well, as they are coming off their own 0-1 loss on Friday to a tough #3 Chicago team at home.

Of course all of these rankings numbers will change on Tuesday so we'll have to see where they stand by the time they play on Wednesday.

When I went to read the recap of the California Lutheran game yesterday on their website (https://clusports.com/news/2026/9/13/womens-soccer-regals-drop-preseason-finale-to-texas-lutheran.aspx), I hesitated for a second thinking I must have clicked on a scrimmage game! The recap headline begins: Regals Drop Preseason Finale to Texas Lutheran.