For Immediate Release
October 2, 2000


Only Nine Teams Higher Than
 RC in National Poll
Maroons are Off to Best Start in Team History, 9-0

SALEM, VA--Off to its best start in team history, the Roanoke College men’s soccer team climbed to the 10th spot in this week’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III national poll. The Maroons, who are 9-0 on the 2000 campaign, were ranked 17th in last week’s poll. In addition, the Maroons took sole possession of the number-two ranking in the South Region. For the previous two weeks they had shared the position with Christopher Newport.

Last week, Roanoke defeated two regional ranked opponents, Randolph-Macon and Hampden-Sydney. Bryan Vann scored in double-overtime to give RC a 2-1 win over the Yellow Jackets, while Ryan Pflugrad’s goal late in the second half against Hampden-Sydney propelled the Maroons to a 4-3 victory.

The Maroons are currently 4-0 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference heading into a showdown with Washington & Lee University on Wednesday afternoon. The Generals will head into Salem as the South Region’s fifth ranked team.

The complete October 2, 2000 NSCAA Division III men’s national poll is below:


	
	


	Rank	Team			Record
	1 	Williams (MA) 		6-0-0 
  	2 	Ohio Wesleyan		11-0-0 
   	3 	St. Lawrence (NY)	8-0-1 
    	4 	Greensboro (NC)		8-0-1 
  	5 	Trinity (TX)		8-0-0 
 	t6 	Linfield (OR) 		9-0-1 
  	t6 	Johns Hopkins (MD)	7-0-1 
   	8 	Richard Stockton (NJ) 	8-1-1 
    	9 	Plattsburgh (NY) 	9-0-0 
  	10 	Roanoke 		9-0-0 
     	11 	Rowan (NJ) 		10-1-0 
     	12 	Wheaton (MA) 		8-1-0 
       	13 	Drew (NJ)		7-1-1 
     	14 	DePauw (IN)		7-2-0 
     	15 	Wis.-Oshkosh 		9-1-0 
   	16 	Gustavus Adolphus (MN) 	8-1-0 
   	17 	Christopher Newport (VA)8-0-1 
    	18 	Elizabethtown (PA)	8-1-0 
    	19 	Rochester (NY)		6-1-0 
    	20 	Wilmington (OH)		8-1-2 
    	21 	Rhodes (TN)		8-2-0 
    	22 	Bowdoin (ME)		4-1-0 
   	23 	Nebraska Wesleyan 	8-1-1 
     	24	College of New Jersey 	7-2-0 
 	25 	Fredonia (NY)		8-1-0