KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Trinity University moved up two spots to third in the third regular season National Soccer Coaches Association (NSCAA)/Continental Tire Division III top 25 poll.
The Tigers beat Our Lady of the Lake University, 3-0, in their only game of the week. Trinity has now won all four of its games via shutouts and has yielded just one goal the entire season.
Trinity also jumped up two spots to third in this week's D3soccer.com top 25 poll. The Tigers return to action on Sept. 21-22 when they host the University of Dallas and travel to Southwestern University for their first two Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference games this season.
NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division III Women's - National - Poll 3
| Rank | School | Prev. | W-L-T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3 | 5-0-0 |
| 2 | Emory | 2 | 4-0-2 |
| 3 | Trinity (Texas) | 5 | 4-0-1 |
| 3 | Messiah | 4 | 4-1-1 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 7 | 4-0-1 |
| 6 | Amherst | 7 | 2-0-0 |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins | 6 | 5-1-1 |
| 8 | Ithaca | 12 | 6-0-0 |
| 9 | Middlebury | 10 | 3-0-0 |
| 10 | William Smith | 1 | 4-1-1 |
| 11 | Lynchburg | 11 | 6-0-1 |
| 12 | Washington (Mo.) | 9 | 5-1-0 |
| 13 | Centre | 13 | 5-0-0 |
| 14 | Virginia Wesleyan | 14 | 6-0-1 |
| 15 | Augustana | 15 | 5-0-0 |
| 16 | College of New Jersey | 17 | 6-0-0 |
| 17 | Union (N.Y.) | 19 | 6-0-0 |
| 18 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 16 | 5-0-1 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 23 | 5-0-1 |
| 20 | Ohio Northern | 20 | 2-0-2 |
| 21 | Misericordia | 21 | 5-0-1 |
| 22 | SUNY Fredonia | NR | 4-1-0 |
| 23 | Wartburg | 22 | 5-1-1 |
| 24 | Brandeis | 18 | 5-1-0 |
| 25 | Linfield | NR | 6-0-0 |
Records are as submitted by the regional rankers and reflect the current 2012 record through Sept. 16
Also receiving votes: Carnegie Mellon, Westfield State, Alma, Springfield, SUNY New Paltz, Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), Stevens Institute of Technology, Bowdoin, Wisconsin-Stevens Point
