WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — After its third consecutive trip to the Landmark Conference Championship, the Lycoming College men's soccer team was picked to finish sixth in the conference's preseason coaches poll, the conference office announced on Wednesday, August 26.
Three-time defending champion Catholic was picked to repeat again, garnering 79 points and seven first-place votes, with Scranton earning 70 points and two first-place nods coming in second. Moravian (64 points) and Drew (60 points) round out the top four, with Drew also notching the remaining first-place vote. Juniata was slotted fifth (41 points), just ahead of Lycoming (40 points), with Goucher (38 points), Susquehanna (30 points), Elizabethtown (19 points) and Wilkes (9 points) rounding out the poll.
Third year head coach John Schwien guided his group to a 7-7-5 campaign and 3-3-3 mark in the Landmark in 2025, finishing sixth and blitzing Moravian 4-2 in the first round of the Landmark Conference Championship before falling to eventual champion Catholic in the semifinals.
The Warriors bring back two of their top three scorers from a year ago, sophomores Leandro Cruz (Nottingham, Md. / Loyola Blakefield) and Xavier Dandridge (Baltimore, Md. / Archbishop Curley), who combined for nine goals and three assists. Junior keeper Jace Bennett (Spring Mills, W. Va. / Falling Waters) is also back in goal after playing every minute a season ago, notching seven shutouts and tying for third in the Landmark with 78 saves.
