STANDISH, Maine – The weekly national and regional NCAA DIII Men's Soccer polls have been announced and, for the second-consecutive week, Saint Joseph's College is ranked sixth and 10th in the D3soccer.com and United Soccer Coaches dockets, respectively, and third in the United Soccer Coaches New England Region poll.
Saint Joseph's, 14-0-0 overall and 10-0-0 in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play through October 15th, defeated Norwich University (3-0) and Albertus Magnus College (10-0) last week and remains as the only NCAA DIII Men's Soccer program in the country without a loss or tie.
In the sixth United Soccer Coaches national rankings some movement has occurred in the top five, as #1 Messiah College and #2 University of Chicago swap spots for the second week in a row, #3 Tufts University moves up two spots, and both #4 Calvin College and #5 Connecticut College fall one position from last weeks' rankings.
In the seventh D3soccer.com weekly poll, Saint Joseph's is one of four teams to receive a first-place vote and, with 779 total points, sits behind Messiah (968), Calvin (954), Chicago (903), Tufts (876), and Lynchburg (806).
Led by fifth-year Head Coach Adrian Dubois, the Monks remain third in the United Soccer Coaches regional rankings behind Tufts (11-0-2) and Connecticut (10-0-2). Middlebury College (7-2-3), Amherst College (8-3-1), Salve Regina University (13-0-2), Roger Williams University (13-2-0), WPI (9-2-2), Williams College (7-3-2), and Babson College (7-2-4) make up the remainder of the regional poll.
Through 14 games, Saint Joseph's has outscored opponents by a collective 55-1 score with a 340-57 shots advantage. After posting a 19-0-2 record in 2017, the Monks have extended their undefeated streak to 35 games, the longest active streak in NCAA DIII Men's Soccer and the 14th streak of 30 or more all-time. The last time a team posted an undefeated streak of 30 or more games was Rutgers-Camden, which went 37 matches without a setback during the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
The NCAA DIII Men's Soccer record for longest undefeated streak is held by Wheaton (IL), which went 66 games without a loss from September of 1996 to November of 1998.
Saint Joseph's currently leads NCAA DIII Men's Soccer in save percentage (.960), shutout percentage (.929), goals against average (0.071), and won-lost-tied percentage (1.000) and ranks second in shots on goal per game (12.36), third in points per game (10.86), fourth in scoring offense (3.93), fifth in assists per game (3.00), goals (55), and total points (152), and seventh in total assists (42).
The Monks return to action tonight when they travel to Gorham for a clash with in-state rival University of Southern Maine. Kick-off at Hannaford Field is set for 7:30 PM.
