FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 26, 2014
Lasers garner eight first-place votes in voting
WINTHROP, Mass. – With eight first-place
votes and 138 points, Lasell College took first place in the 2014
Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Preseason
Poll, as voted upon by the league’s head coaches.
Lasell (17-4-1, 10-0-1 GNAC) topped Suffolk University in last
year’s GNAC title game, marking the Lasers’ fourth
straight conference crown, before being bested by Messiah in NCAA
Tournament play.
Returning for Lasell is the twin-sister duo of seniors
Bridget and Kayla
Lynch for the 2014 campaign, as Bridget registered 33
goals and seven assists for 73 points last season on her way to
being named the 2013 GNAC Offensive Player of the Year, as well as
the GNAC Tournament Most Valuable Player.
Kayla tallied 12 goals and six assists for 30 points last year,
while sophomore Devon Day is also back
after registering eight goals and eight helpers in her rookie
season.
Albertus Magnus (14-5-3, 9-2-0 GNAC) finished second in the poll
with two first-place votes and 121 points overall, while Saint
Joseph’s College of Maine (15-3-1, 9-2-0 GNAC) came in third
with 114 points and one first-place tally. Emmanuel College
(10-8-3, 7-2-2 GNAC) took the fourth position with 99 points and
Simmons College (8-11-1, 5-6-0 GNAC) rounded out the top-five with
97 points.
The University of Saint Joseph (10-5-3, 6-2-3 GNAC) finished sixth
with 85 points, followed by Johnson & Wales University (6-11-3,
4-5-2 GNAC) with 80 points, Suffolk (7-12-1, 6-5-0 GNAC) with 76
points, Mount Ida College (3-14, 2-9 GNAC) with 42 points, Rivier
University (5-11-1, 3-8-0 GNAC) with 38 points, Norwich University
(1-16, 1-10 GNAC) with 25 points and Anna Maria College (4-12-1,
0-11-0 GNAC) with 21 points.
Founded in 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is
an NCAA Division III association made up of 12 member institutions
and over 3,000 student-athletes across the New England region. Each
year, the GNAC sponsors and administers 17 championships, while
balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunities and community
involvement.
2014 GNAC
Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll
1. Lasell (8) - 138
2. Albertus Magnus (2) - 121
3. Saint Joseph's (ME) (1) - 114
4. Emmanuel - 99
5. Simmons - 97
6. Saint Joseph (CT) - 85
7. Johnson & Wales - 80
8. Suffolk (1) - 76
9. Mount Ida - 42
10. Rivier - 38
11. Norwich - 25
12. Anna Maria - 21
( ) - indicates number of first-place votes
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