WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – For the third time in four years, the Lycoming College women's soccer team has entered the United Soccer Coaches Regional Rankings, sitting eighth in Region V in the ranking released on Tuesday, Sept. 30, by the organization. This is the earliest in a season that Lycoming has earned a regional ranking in program history.
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Messiah (9-0), Swarthmore (6-1-2), Johns Hopkins (6-3-1), Franklin & Marshall (6-2-1), Scranton (6-2-1), Dickinson (6-2-1), York (Pa.) (5-3-2) take up the top seven slots in the poll ahead of Lycoming.
At 10-0-0, the Warriors are one of three programs in Division III with 10 wins this season along with Lake Forest (11) and Emory (10). They are one of just five teams left in the country with a perfect record, along with top-ranked Messiah (9-0-0), Lake Forest (11-0-0), Emory (10-0-0) and Brevard (7-0-0).
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Lycoming is paced by one of the most electric offenses in the country, sitting sixth in Division III with an average of 4.40 goals per game, fourth with 8.8 corner kicks per game and 20
th with 2.60 assists per contest.
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The Warriors have the top three point-scorers in the Landmark Conference with junior
Ella Magee (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) sitting fourth in D-III with an average of 3.0 points per game. First-year
Gabriella Rabinowitz (Sewell, N.J./Washington Township) is second in the conference at 1.5 points per game and junior
Mikayla Long (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) is third at 1.4.
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Four of the top five goal-scorers in the Landmark hail from Lycoming, with Magee leading the league at 1.1 per game, Rabinowitz second (0.7), Long fourth (0.6) and junior
Julia Bidelspach (Myerstown, Pa./ELCO) fifth (0.5). Magee also leads the Landmark and is seventh nationally in assists (0.8) and junior
Norah Mosley (Robbinsville, N.J./Allentown) is second in the league at 0.5 per contest.
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The Warriors will look to extend their program-record winning streak to 11 games on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m., when they head to Elmira College for their last non-conference game.
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