Virginia Wesleyan, W&L Both Ranked Nationally in Women’s Soccer

Lynchburg Ranked Regionally

 

 

Salem, Va. - Virginia Wesleyan College is ranked 13th in the current National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll.  Washington and Lee is also ranked #17 in the poll.  Virginia Wesleyan (16-1-1) and W&L (12-1-2) also ranked regionally in the number two and three positions, respectively.  Lynchburg College (13-5-2) is ranked eighth in the South Region.

 

            The Marlins are led by Katie Barg (Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge) who has posted 29 points, including 11 goals and seven assists.  Coming in second for Virginia Wesleyan is Beth Cochenour (Ludlow, Mass./Ludlow) who has contributed seven goals and three assists for 17 points.  Laura Wiederwax (Stafford, Va./Brooke Point) has allowed just eight goals this season.  In her 1,335 minutes of play, she has recorded 50 saves and has a saves percentage of .862.

           

            Washington and Lee is led by freshman Anne Wiltshire (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) who has scored 12 goals and given out six assists for 30 points.  Fontaine Marcoux (Washington, DC/Potomac) comes in second for the Generals tallying seven goals and eight assists for 22 points.  Goalkeeper Emily Barker (Clifton, Va./Mount Vernon) has spent 962 minutes in goal this season.  She has allowed seven goals and made 23 saves for a .767 saves percentage.

 

            The complete national poll is as follows:

 

NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Poll

 

1.  Trinity (Texas)

2.  Chicago

3.  Ohio Wesleyan

4.  Wheaton (Mass.)

5.  Puget Sound

6.  Scranton

7.  Wheaton (Ill.)

8.  Union

9. Willamette

10.  Allegheny

11. Amherst

12.  SUNY-Oneonta

13.  Virginia Wesleyan

14.  Messiah

15. DePauw

16.  Washington

17.  Chapman

17.  Washington and Lee

19.  Bates

20.  Montclair State

21.  William Smith

22.  College of New Jersey

23.  Whitworth

24.  St. Benedict

25.  Nazareth

 

            The South Region rankings are as follows:

 

1. Trinity (Texas)

2.  Virginia Wesleyan

3.  Washington and Lee

4.  Emory

5.  Hardin-Simmons

6. Christopher Newport

7.  Rhodes

8.  Lynchburg

9.  Greensboro

10.  University of Texas at Dallas