NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- For the second straight week the Christopher Newport men's soccer team was receiving votes in the Division III National Rankings released by the United Soccer Coaches and D3soccer.com. The Captains, off to a 4-3-1 start this season, announced a cancellation to the Wednesday evening matchup scheduled against York College of Pennsylvania and will now return to action on Saturday, October 9 against St. Mary's (Md.).
Christopher Newport has been ranked as high as No. 16 in the United Soccer Coaches poll this season. Leading the week 3 rankings is Washington & Lee, who the Captains played earlier this month. CNU also played No. 18 Emory and is slated to take on No. 8 Johns Hopkins later in the season.
With the announcement of Wednesday's cancellation, the next game on the schedule is against another highly-rated team as St. Mary's College of Maryland comes to Captains Field for a Saturday night matchup. The Seahawks have been ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation and are now receiving votes in both Top-25 polls.
CNU is coming off a 2-1 win against the University of Mary Washington. The Captains improved to 4-3-2 overall and extended the team's home unbeaten streak to 17 games dating back to the last home match of the 2018 campaign.
UNITED SOCCER COACHES TOP 25 -- NCAA DIII MEN
NATIONAL - POLL 3 - SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
| Rank |
School |
Prev |
W-L-T |
| 1 |
Washington & Lee University |
2 |
7-0-1 |
| 2 |
Trinity University (Texas) |
5 |
7-0-0 |
| 3 |
Calvin University |
7 |
7-1-2 |
| 4 |
Tufts University |
1 |
5-0-1 |
| 5 |
SUNY Oneonta |
11 |
6-0-1 |
| 6 |
Middlebury College |
13 |
6-0-0 |
| 7 |
Ohio Wesleyan University |
8 |
6-0-2 |
| 8 |
Johns Hopkins University |
22 |
5-0-2 |
| 9 |
Messiah College |
4 |
6-0-2 |
| 10 |
United States Coast Guard Academy |
14 |
7-0-1 |
| 11 |
New York University |
10 |
6-1-1 |
| 12 |
SUNY Cortland |
18 |
8-2-1 |
| 13 |
Otterbein University |
19 |
6-0-1 |
| 14 |
Claremont-McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
20 |
6-1-1 |
| 15 |
Montclair State University |
RV |
8-1-1 |
| 16 |
Carthage College |
16 |
6-1-2 |
| 17 |
University of Rochester |
6 |
4-0-3 |
| 18 |
Emory University |
25 |
4-1-2 |
| 19 |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
RV |
6-3-0 |
| 20 |
Amherst College |
NR |
5-1-0 |
| 21 |
Babson College |
21 |
6-2-0 |
| 22 |
Carleton College |
RV |
5-1-2 |
| 23 |
University of Redlands |
23 |
5-1-1 |
| 24 |
Washington College (Md.) |
NR |
6-2-0 |
| 25 |
Franklin & Marshall College |
24 |
6-1-0 |
Records shown are through games of Sept. 26, 2021
Also receiving votes: Washington University (Mo.), University Of Chicago, Wheaton College (Ill.), Christopher Newport University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Wilmington College, Wheaton College (Mass.), Connecticut College
