NAIA Top-25 Coaches Poll: 3

Kansas City, MO – The UC men's soccer team has finished up non-conference play with their new ranking in the NAIA Coaches' Poll of 15th, with 256 points, announced by the national office on Wednesday.

The Patriots are holding a 3-2-1 record with a three-match win streak. UC has had a tough schedule to get their quality wins. They have victories over Rio Grande who was #13 at the time of the match as well as West Virginia Tech and Lyon College, who have both been mentioned in a poll this season.

Cumberlands has excelled on the defensive end of the field so far this season, only conceding three goals over their six matches. The three goals against gives them a .50 goals against average, tying them for 10^th best in the NAIA. In their six matches, three of them have been shutouts, which ranks for 15^th best across all NAIA teams.

Stephen Appiah leads the team in goals, having netted five already. Appiah has over half of the team's goals with Storm Hollensted, Tiago Duarte, Rodrigo Riveros and Antonis Seraphides scoring the other four.

Not only are the Patriots one of the top teams in the nation, but also atop the Mid-South Conference. Bethel is the only other team in the MSC to be ranked, coming into this week's poll at #23 with 112 points.

Cumberlands will look to continue their success into MSC play with their conference opener this week. The team will take on Freed-Hardeman in Henderson, TN at 7 PM on Thursday, September 22.

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