Bullets Earn Third Regional Ranking of the Year
Men’s Soccer 10/12/2021 1:22:00 PM
For the third time this season, the Gettysburg College men’s soccer team has captured a regional ranking, checking in at No. 8 in this week’s United States Coaches weekly Division III Region V poll.
Gettysburg is coming off a 2-0 week that included a 5-2 non-conference victory against Susquehanna University and a 2-0 triumph at 16th-ranked Centennial Conference rivals Franklin & Marshall College.
The Bullets (7-3-1, 3-2 CC) were one of four teams from the Centennial Conference to be ranked in the regional poll, joining No. 1 Johns Hopkins University (9-0-2, 5-0 CC), No. 3 Swarthmore College (9-2, 4-1 CC), and No. 4 Franklin & Marshall College (9-2, 3-2 CC). Also appearing were No. 2 Messiah University (9-0-2), No. 5 Lebanon Valley College (9-2), No. 6 Elizabethtown College (8-2-1), and No. 7 Alvernia University (8-2).
In the CC standings, Gettysburg is tied with three other schools with a 3-2 record. Holding the top spot is Johns Hopkins (5-0), Swarthmore is second (4-1), while Franklin & Marshall, Washington College, and Haverford all hold a 3-2 record as well.
The Bullets resume their schedule on Wednesday when they host Salisbury University at 7 p.m. in a non-conference affair.
