Roanoke College Men’s Soccer Team Ranked #23 in Nation

W&L, Virginia Wesleyan and Bridgewater Ranked Regionally

Salem, Va. – The Roanoke College men’s soccer team is ranked #23 in the most recent National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III Poll. In addition, the Maroons are ranked 3^rd in the South Region. Washington and Lee, Virginia Wesleyan and Bridgewater are ranked eighth, ninth and tenth in the region, respectively.

The Maroons are currently 7-2-1 on the season. Washington and Lee is the lone unbeaten team in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) with a 5-0-2 record. Virginia Wesleyan sits at 7-2 overall while Bridgewater is having its best season in school history with a 9-2 start.

Roanoke is currently led by sophomore Elliott Stallings (Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg) who has tallied 19 points on seven goals and five assists in 10 games. Sophomore midfielder Paul Schwartz (Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman) is second on the team in scoring with three goals and two assists for eight points. Harper Thorsen (Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg) has played 722 minutes in goal, giving up just five goals and making 17 saves for a .773 saves percentage.

The complete national poll is as follows:

NSCAA Division III Poll

1. Trinity

2. Denison

3. Emory

4. St. Lawrence

5. Redlands

6. Amherst

7. Carnegie Mellon

8. Montclair State

9. Wisconsin-Oshkosh

10. Elizabethtown

11. Greensboro

12. Middlebury

13. Ohio Wesleyan

14. UC-Santa Cruz

14. Hamilton

16. Stevens Tech

17. Baldwin-Wallace

18. Rhodes

19. Plattsburgh State

20. Johns Hopkins

21. Bowdoin

22. Ramapo

23. Roanoke

24. Gustavus Adolphus

25. Williams

The South Region Rankings are as follows:

1. Emory
2. Greensboro
3. Roanoke
4. York (Pa.)
5. St. Mary’s
6. Salisbury
7. Christopher Newport
8. Washington and Lee
9. Virginia Wesleyan
10. Bridgewater