Six South Atlantic Conference Teams Present in United Soccer Coaches Men's Regional Rankings

Six South Atlantic Conference Teams Present in United Soccer Coaches Men's Regional Rankings
September 25, 2018

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The United Soccer Coaches announced its fourth week of Division II men's soccer regional rankings on Tuesday (Sept. 25), with six teams representing the SAC in the southeast.

Wingate leads the way for the conference, moving up to third in the region and gaining a national ranking at No. 20. The Bulldogs won 1-0 versus Tusculum in a defensive battle. The lone score came by way of an Oscar Perez header after a cross from Federico Andreani.

Queens University of Charlotte is in the fifth spot for the second week after picked up an 8-2 home win over conference foe formally regionally-ranked Catawba. The Royals had seven different scorers in the match, headed up by two goals from Edmundo Robinson and two assists from Keegan Burton.

Gaining a spot in the poll is No. 6 Carson-Newman. The Eagles added two SAC wins to their record with defeats of regionally-ranked Lincoln Memorial 3-2 and Coker 4-1. SAC AstroTurf Offensive Player of the Week Tobias Solem Karlsen racked up four goals in the two games, with a hat trick against Coker, and scored the game-winner of both contests.

Lenoir-Rhyne dropped down a spot to No. 7 after splitting their week of conference opponents. The Bears fell to regionally-ranked Mars Hill 2-1 and won over Newberry 5-2. Florian Simon and Victor Cascon netted two goals apiece between the two matchups.

Lincoln Memorial moves up to the No. 9 spot after splitting their two conference games. Falling to fellow regionally-ranked Carson-Newman 3-2, while shutting out Catawba 3-0, the Railsplitters were fueled by two goals and an assist coming off the foot of Victor Peres. 

Closing out the regional poll at No. 10 is Mars Hill. Drawing even on the week with a 2-1 win over regionally-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne and 1-0 loss at Anderson, the Lion's goalkeeper Brian Salzman collected 11 saves and only relinquished two.

South Atlantic Conference action will continue tomorrow, Wednesday, September 26.

2018 United Soccer Coaches NCAA DII Men's Southeast Region Poll Week 4

  1. Young Harris College
  2. Lander University
  3. Wingate University
  4. Limestone College
  5. Queens University of Charlotte
  6. Carson-Newman University
  7. Lenoir-Rhyne University
  8. Chowan University
  9. Lincoln Memorial University
  10. Mars Hill University

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