KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Trinity University moved up two spots to fifth in the ninth regular season National Soccer Coaches Association (NSCAA)/Continental Tire Division III top 25 women's poll.
The Tigers beat the Southwestern University 8-0 and will head to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament as the No. 1 seed. Trinity is now 8-1-1 in its last 10 matches and has allowed just eight goals in its 15 games (0.53 goals allowed per game).
Trinity improved to 12-1-2 and 8-0 in SCAC play. The Tigers return to action on Nov. 3 when they take on the winner of the Austin College vs. Centenary College SCAC quarterfinal match.
Trinity jumped up one spot to No. 6 in this week's D3soccer.com top 25 poll.
NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division III Women's - National - Poll 9
| Rank | School | Prev. | W-L-T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Messiah | 1 | 16-1-1 |
| 2 | Hardin-Simmons | 3 | 15-0-1 |
| 3 | Virginia Wesleyan | 5 | 18-0-1 |
| 4 | Washington (Mo.) | 5 | 15-1-1 |
| 5 | Trinity (Texas) | 7 | 12-1-2 |
| 6 | Amherst | 8 | 13-1-1 |
| 7 | Lynchburg | 10 | 17-0-3 |
| 8 | Emory | 1 | 11-1-5 |
| 9 | Centre | 12 | 16-1-0 |
| 9 | Ithaca | 4 | 16-1-1 |
| 11 | Middlebury | 11 | 12-2-1 |
| 12 | William Smith | 13 | 12-2-2 |
| 13 | Misericordia | 15 | 15-2-1 |
| 14 | Augustana | NR | 15-3-0 |
| 15 | Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) | 19 | 14-3-1 |
| 16 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 16 | 15-1-4 |
| 17 | Aurora | 9 | 17-1-1 |
| 18 | College at Brockport | 20 | 14-1-2 |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon | 21 | 11-1-3 |
| 20 | Loras | 23 | 15-4-0 |
| 21 | Montclair State | RV | 15-1-1 |
| 22 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 14 | 15-3-2 |
| 22 | Williams | 18 | 11-3-1 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins | 24 | 14-3-1 |
| 24 | College of New Jersey | 17 | 14-1-3 |
| 24 | Union | 25 | 14-2-0 |
Records are as submitted by the rankers and reflect the current 2012 record through Oct. 28
Also receiving votes: Wartburg, Brandeis, Rochester Institute of Technology, Texas-Tyler, Springfield, University of Chicago, Rowan, MIT, Bowdoin, Wisconsin-Whitewater
