8.19.10 | Women's Soccer
Baker women earn No. 17 preseason ranking
BALDWIN CITY, Kan. - The Baker women's soccer team will enter this season as the No. 17 team in the country according to the 2010 NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll. This is the highest preseason ranking the women have ever had and it marks the first time they have garnered top-20 honors in the preseason.
Three first-team all-HAAC performers — Christine Janssens, Chelsea Dunn and Alix Schiraldi — return to lead the Wildcat women's soccer team, 13-7 in 2009.
Dunn, a defender, was the conference defensive player of the year and received honorable mention for the All-American team.
"As senior leaders, Christine and Chelsea are fantastic," Houser said. "One leads from front, one leads from back. They understand how to battle."
On Schiraldi, Houser said, "I think she is ready to break out. I think she'll let go a little bit and score a few more goals."
For the first time in program history, Baker cracked the national rankings, climbing as high as No. 15 last fall before finishing at No. 21 in the final poll.
"We've been getting a step better every year," Houser said.
Top newcomers are Amber Pickering from Sapulpa, Okla., and Jordan Dolbin, a transfer from Cal State Fullerton
Ashley Ukena, Topeka, and Erin Kraus, Lee's Summit, Mo., are other key players.
View the full 2010 schedule here.
2010 NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll - (Aug. 17)|
RANK |
LAST WEEK^ |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2009 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
2 |
Lee University (Tenn.) (20) |
21-2-1 |
621 |
|
2 |
12 |
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) |
15-5-4 |
586 |
|
3 |
5 |
Concordia University (Ore.) |
21-3-0 |
572 |
|
4 |
1 |
Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) (2) |
19-3-2 |
569 |
|
5 |
4 |
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) |
17-3-2 |
552 |
|
6 |
6 |
Martin Methodist College (Tenn.) |
18-3-2 |
515 |
|
7 |
9 |
Graceland University (Iowa) |
19-2-2 |
488 |
|
8 |
8 |
California Baptist University |
17-5-1 |
484 |
|
9 |
3 |
William Carey University (Miss.) |
20-2-1 |
470 |
|
10 |
11 |
Indiana Wesleyan University |
18-3-1 |
430 |
|
11 |
10 |
McKendree University (Ill.) |
17-3-2 |
419 |
|
12 |
7 |
Vanguard University (Calif.) |
13-2-6 |
417 |
|
13 |
15 |
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) |
15-5-2 |
365 |
|
14 |
RV |
California State University-San Marcos |
10-5-4 |
326 |
|
15 |
18 |
Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) |
18-3-3 |
323 |
|
16 |
16 |
Marian University (Ind.) |
17-2-1 |
288 |
|
17 |
21 |
Baker University (Kan.) |
13-6-0 |
259 |
|
18 |
14 |
Simon Fraser University (B.C.) |
7-7-3 |
256 |
|
19 |
23 |
John Brown University (Ark.) |
12-6-0 |
236 |
|
20 |
17 |
Trinity Christian College (Ill.) |
14-5-4 |
227 |
|
21 |
20 |
College of Idaho |
14-3-0 |
204 |
|
22 |
22 |
Houghton College (N.Y.) |
15-2-4 |
158 |
|
23 |
RV |
The Master's College (Calif.) |
15-5-2 |
146 |
|
24 |
RV |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) |
14-6-0 |
134 |
|
25 |
RV |
Oklahoma City University |
11-7-1 |
118 |
Others receiving votes:
Saint Ambrose University (Iowa) 93; Northwood University (Fla.) 65; Kansas Wesleyan University 64; Carroll College (Mont.) 52; William Jewell College (Mo.) 50; Dakota Wesleyan University (S.D.) 49; William Jessup University (Calif.) 36; Missouri Baptist University 35; Science and Arts of Oklahoma (Okla.) 34; University of Mobile (Ala.) 28; Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) 21; Concordia University (Calif.) 21; Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio) 19; Robert Morris University (Ill.) 18; Spring Arbor University (Mich.) 18; Lindenwood University (Mo.) 13; Midland Lutheran College (Neb.) 9; McPherson College (Kan.) 7; Union University (Tenn.) 7; University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) 6; Faulkner University (Ala.) 4; Park University (Mo.) 1; Grace College (Ind.) 1; Benedictine College (Kan.) 1; Lyon College (Ark.) 1; Brenau University (Ga.) 1
^ Final rating from 2009 regular season Top 25 (Nov. 10, 2009)
* Submitted by the raters and reflecting the final 2009 record
