COMPLETE NSCAA DIVISION II MEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Southern New Hampshire University men's soccer team is ranked No. 7 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division II preseason ranking released last week.  The Penmen finished No. 7 in last year's final poll after being ranked No. 1 for much of last season.

Defending NCAA Division II national champion Lynn University sits atop the preseason poll, followed by University of Charleston, Quincy University, Colorado Mesa University, Young Harris College and Cal State-Los Angeles.  After the Penmen, Seattle Pacific University, Mercyhurst University and Limestone College round out the top 10.  Fellow Northeast-10 Conference members Merrimack College and Southern Connecticut State University are ranked No. 15 and 16, respectively.

SNHU returns a total of 17 players from last season's squad that finished 17-1-2 and captured the program's second-straight NE-10 regular season title and third-straight NE-10 tournament crown while making its seventh straight NCAA tournament appearance, the nation's longest active streak.  Southern New Hampshire is a combined 39-2-3 over the past two seasons and 76-10-3 since the start of the 2011 season.

Southern New Hampshire opens the 2015 season on Sunday, September 6 when the Penmen host Chestnut Hill College in a 4:00 non-conference contest at Larkin Field.

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