River States Conference

#RSC Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll picks Asbury (Ky.) as 2019 favorite

8/9/2019 12:00:00 AM

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The 2019 River States Conference Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll has predicted Asbury (Ky.) University as the top team for this year. The poll was conducted with voting from the 11 RSC women's soccer head coaches.

Asbury won the RSC Championship last year posting a record of 10-8-2 overall and 6-2-1 RSC. The Eagles went on to the NAIA National Championship Opening Round after being second place in the RSC regular season. Asbury received 91 total votes in the preseason poll and five of the 11 first-place votes.

IU East was picked second this preseason with 82 votes and four first-place votes. The Red Wolves had the best overall record in the conference last year at 12-4-4 and made it to the RSC finals last year. They were edged out by Asbury on penalty kicks, 7-6, after the game ended, 0-0, including two overtimes.

Point Park (Pa.) was chosen third in the poll coming off its RSC regular-season title of 2018. The Pioneers were 11-8 overall, 7-2 RSC and earned 75 votes in the poll. Carlow (Pa.) was picked fourth with 71 votes after being 9-8-1 overall, 6-2-1 RSC last year. That was good for third place in the standings. University of Rio Grande (Ohio) followed close behind at fifth in the poll. The RedStorm had 70 votes -- including one first-place vote -- and were fourth place in the conference last year at 5-3-1 RSC.

Ohio Christian University was predicted in sixth place and earned 59 votes. The Trailblazers were 7-7-4 overall, 4-2-3 RSC last year. They are picked to once again take the final postseason spot. WVU Tech received 51 votes to take seventh place in the poll. The Golden Bears received the final first-place vote making it four different teams to be mentioned in the top spot.

Cincinnati Christian University was next in eighth place with 37 votes followed by Midway (Ky.) University in ninth with 31. IU Kokomo, a first-year program for 2019, was chosen 10th with 24 votes followed by Brescia (Ky.) University in 11th

2019 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES' POLL (AUG. 8, 2019)
(First-Place Votes in Parenthesis)