KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the United Soccer Coaches final Division II poll of the 2021 spring season, Carson-Newman sits at No. 22, as announced by the organization on Tuesday.
This is the first time since the 2013 season that C-N has ended the year as a ranked unit, sitting at No. 2 that season.
The Eagles broke into the ranking this season back on April 6 with a spot at 14th. They moved down to No. 20 in the last poll that was released on April 16.
Head coach Stephen Lyons' group went 7-2-1 on the year with semifinal run in the South Atlantic Conference Tournament where it entered as the No. 1 seed for a second-straight season. It tied for the nation's second-most shutouts on the season with seven and led the conference in most statistics, including 21 goals, 22 assists, 64 points and 16.80 shots per game.
Carson-Newman landed seven players on All-SAC teams by season's end for a second consecutive year and heralded the league's top freshman for the first time since 2006 with Theo Hardenby Öhrwall receiving the program's second accolade.
C-N is one of three SAC teams to be ranked in the poll, joining No. 6 Wingate and No. 16 Lenoir-Rhyne.
|
Rank |
School |
Prev |
W-L-T |
|
1 |
University Of Charleston |
1 |
10-0-0 |
|
2 |
Franklin Pierce University |
2 |
6-0-0 |
|
3 |
Ohio Valley University |
3 |
11-0-0 |
|
4 |
University Of Indianapolis |
5 |
13-0-4 |
|
5 |
Lander University |
4 |
8-0-1 |
|
6 |
Wingate University |
6 |
7-1-1 |
|
7 |
West Texas A&M University |
8 |
8-2-0 |
|
8 |
Rogers State University |
9 |
6-0-2 |
|
9 |
Colorado School Of Mines |
15 |
7-0-1 |
|
10 |
Union University |
13 |
6-1-0 |
|
11 |
Concordia College (NY) |
17 |
7-1-0 |
|
12 |
Point Loma Nazarene University |
12 |
5-0-0 |
|
13 |
Saginaw Valley State University |
7 |
8-1-0 |
|
14 |
Colorado Mesa University |
10 |
6-1-1 |
|
15 |
Notre Dame College |
21 |
7-3-0 |
|
16 |
Lenoir-Rhyne University |
14 |
6-1-1 |
|
17 |
Erskine College |
16 |
7-1-0 |
|
18 |
Mississippi College |
18 |
5-1-0 |
|
19 |
Davis & Elkins College |
11 |
7-2-0 |
|
20 |
Midwestern State University |
22 |
7-3-1 |
|
21 |
Fresno Pacific University |
19 |
5-1-1 |
|
22 |
Carson-Newman University |
20 |
7-2-1 |
|
23 |
Cedarville University |
23 |
7-2-1 |
|
24 |
Maryville University of St. Louis |
RV |
11-4-2 |
|
25 |
Northeastern State University |
25 |
5-3-0 |
