Men's Soccer Listed Eighth in Preseason NSCAA Top-25 Poll
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Aug. 7, 2014) - The college soccer season kicks off in a few weeks and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America announced its Continental Tire preseason Top-25 rankings for Division II on Thursday. The LIU Post men's soccer team found itself ranked eighth heading into the 2014 campaign.
The green and gold are coming off a 2013 season that saw the Pioneers finish 18-2-2, capture a second-straight East Coast Conference Championship and make an appearance in the NCAA East Region final.
The Penmen of Southern New Hampshire, the reigning NCAA Division II National Champions, and runner-up Carson-Newman earned the respective No. 1 and No. 2 slots. Simon Fraser was third, while Rockhurst and Rollins completed the Top-5.
LIU Post return one of the team's two 2013 NSCAA All-America picks. Senior forward
Eivind Austboe (Stavanger, Norway), who was also dubbed the Daktronics National Player of the Year and ECC Offensive Player of the Year, paced the squad 24 goals and 10 assists for a 58-point output. His goal and point totals were tops in the conference, while the Stavanger, Norway native's assist mark was second-best. Furthermore, Austboe was slotted third in the nation in goals, goals per game and points per game, and fourth in total points.
Head Coach
Andreas Lindberg and the Pioneers kick off 2014 on Thursday, Sept. 4, when they take on Southern Connecticut State at 4 p.m. in Garden City, N.Y. in the opening game of the Adelphi Alumni Invitational.