KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Trinity University moved up two spots to seventh in the eighth regular season National Soccer Coaches Association (NSCAA)/Continental Tire Division III top 25 women's poll.
The Tigers beat the University of Dallas 7-1 and wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament. Trinity is now 8-1-1 in its last 10 matches and has allowed just eight goals in its 14 games (0.57 goals allowed per game).
Trinity improved to 11-1-2 and 7-0 in SCAC play. The Tigers return to action on Oct. 26 when they host SCAC rival Southwestern University.
Trinity jumped two up two spots to No. 7 in this week's D3soccer.com top 25 poll.
| Rank | School | Prev. | W-L-T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emory | 1 | 10-0-4 |
| 2 | Messiah | 2 | 14-1-1 |
| 3 | Hardin-Simmons | 3 | 13-0-1 |
| 4 | Ithaca | 4 | 15-0-1 |
| 5 | Virginia Wesleyan | 5 | 16-0-1 |
| 5 | Washington (Mo.) | 5 | 12-1-1 |
| 7 | Trinity (Texas) | 9 | 11-1-2 |
| 8 | Amherst | 10 | 11-1-1 |
| 9 | Aurora | 11 | 17-0-1 |
| 10 | Lynchburg | 12 | 15-0-3 |
| 11 | Middlebury | 17 | 11-1-1 |
| 12 | Centre | 8 | 15-1-0 |
| 13 | William Smith | 16 | 12-2-1 |
| 14 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 14 | 14-2-2 |
| 15 | Misericordia | 15 | 13-2-1 |
| 16 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 7 | 14-1-3 |
| 17 | College of New Jersey | 18 | 14-1-1 |
| 18 | Williams | 19 | 10-2-1 |
| 19 | Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) | 20 | 12-3-1 |
| 20 | College at Brockport | 24 | 14-1-2 |
| 21 | Carnegie Mellon | 21 | 10-1-2 |
| 22 | California Lutheran | 24 | 16-2-0 |
| 23 | Loras | 23 | 14-4-0 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins | 22 | 12-3-1 |
| 25 | Union | 13 | 13-2-0 |
Records are as submitted by the rankers and reflect the current 2012 record through Oct. 21
Also receiving votes: Brandeis, Springfield, Wartburg, MIT, Montclair State, University of Chicago, Thomas More, Bowdoin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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