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