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Men's Soccer Picked Second in UAA Poll

08/24/07

The New York University men’s soccer team, which advanced to its first NCAA Division III Final Four in 2006 and comes into the 2007 season ranked #4 in the national NSCAA/adidas Coaches’ Poll, has been predicted to finish second in the University Athletic Association (UAA) in a preseason poll conducted by the UAA coaches.

The Violets finished 15-4-4 last year and set team records for wins, consecutive wins (10), and unbeaten streak (12), while finishing a best ever second in the UAA. NYU advanced to the Final Four before losing 3-0 to eventual national champion Messiah College in the national semifinals.

Washington University, which returns all 11 starters among its 23 letterwinners, enters the new season as the favorite to capture the 2007 UAA title. The Bears earned four first-place votes in gaining top honors with 43 points.

Seven points separated the top four teams in this year's poll, with each earning at least one first-place vote.

NYU is the coaches' choice to finish second in the standings, earning a pair of first-place votes in tallying 40 points. Head coach Joe Behan’s team returns its top scorer, senior Jeritt Thayer (11 goals, 4 assists, 26 points), the Violets’ first-ever UAA Player of The Year.

Case Western Reserve University, which won its last four UAA contest en route to claiming its first Association championship, garnered a first-place vote in being picked to finish third with 38 points. The University of Rochester is predicted to finish fourth in the standings, picking up the remaining first-place vote in totaling 36 points.

Rounding out the remaining teams in the poll, in order, are the University of Chicago (27 points), Carnegie Mellon University (20), Emory University (12), and Brandeis University (9).

Last year, a record five Association teams - Case, Chicago, NYU, Rochester, and Washington - earned berths into the NCAA Division III Championship field, with NYU becoming only the third UAA team to reach the championship round.