KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Sept. 8, 2015) - Despite opening the 2015 campaign at 1-0-1, the LIU Post men's soccer team slipped to No. 15 in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America Top-25 Poll, released Tuesday.

In their season opener at Adelphi (Sept. 3), the Pioneers found themselves down 2-0 with less than 10 minutes to go in regulation.

Sophomore forward Jason Lampkin (Hawardon, North Wales, U.K.) found the back of the net in the 83rd minute to make it 2-1, before junior defenseman Joey Forgaard (Stavanger, Norway) drew a foul in the box. Graduate midfielder Tom Bowen (Aberdovey, Wales, U.K.) connected on a penalty kick just 3:33 later to tie it. Neither team would score in overtime and the game ended in a 2-2 draw.

In the green and gold's second contest against then-No. 16 Southern Connecticut State, it was Lampkin again that got things going. The sophomore scored all three Pioneer goals and senior keeper Jesper Malmstrom (Linkopping, Sweden) made three saves to earn his first win of the season.

Head Coach Andreas Lindberg and the Pioneers are back in action Thursday (Sept. 10), when they take on 17th-ranked Merrimack College, as part of the Purple Knight Classic in Bridgeport, Conn. The contest is a re-match of the 2014 NCAA Division II East Region Championship in which LIU Post won, 2-0. Kickoff is slated for 4 p.m.

2015 NSCAA Division II Top-25 Poll - Sept. 8, 2015
1. Lynn
2. Charleston
3. Young Harris
4. Southern New Hampshire
5. Seattle Pacific
6. Saginaw Valley State
7. Lindenwood
8. Limestone
9. Midwestern State
10. Florida Tech
11. Notre Dame (Ohio)
12. Colorado State - Pueblo
13. Northwest Nazarene
14. Fort Hays State
15. LIU Post
16. Northwood
17. Merrimack
18. Bloomsburg
19. Christian Brothers
20. Quincy
21. Sonoma State
22. St. Edward's
23. Wingate
24. Northeastern State
25. Pfeiffer

Also Receiving Votes: East Stroudsburg, Regis (Colo.), Nova Southeastern, Wilmington (Del.), Upper Iowa, Tiffin, California State - Monterey Bay, Chowan, Clayton State