Men's Soccer Moves Up To #12 In United Soccer Coaches Poll

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's soccer team jumped up to the No. 12 position in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, which was released by the organization on Tuesday.

The Bluejays moved up 13 spots from No. 25 after finishing last week 1-0 with a 3-0 win against Butler on Saturday to open BIG EAST play and improve to 4-1-1 overall.

Creighton's current ranking marks the program's highest since Oct. 18, 2016 when the Bluejays were No. 10.

Sven Koenig leads the team in points (6) and goals (3) after posting a pair goals against Butler. The Bluejays have also tallied two consecutive shutouts and 205 consecutive minutes without allowing a goal. Overall, freshman Paul Kruse has surrendered only two goals through the first six matches of the season and owns a 0.32 goals against average, which ranks 6th nationally.

Creighton is the lone BIG EAST team ranked inside this week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25. Xavier (27) and Villanova (5) each received votes.

Wake Forest continued to hold the No. 1 ranking for the fourth consecutive week, while Indiana and North Carolina also held their positions at No. 2 and 3, respectively. Denver and Michigan State rounded out the top five.

The Bluejays return to the pitch on Saturday afternoon for their first BIG EAST road match. Creighton will matchup against Villanova for a match scheduled to kickoff at 3 p.m. Central.

United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 4 - September 18, 2018

Rank	School	1st Votes	Total Points	Prev.	W-L-T
1	Wake Forest University	24	694	1	7-0-0
2	Indiana University	2	673	2	6-1-0
3	University Of North Carolina	2	638	3	5-1-0
4	University Of Denver	0	607	5	6-0-1
5	Michigan State University	0	587	4	5-0-2
6	University Of Louisville	0	551	7	4-1-0
7	University Of Kentucky	0	543	6	4-0-1
8	University of Notre Dame	0	422	8	3-1-1
9	Duke University	0	408	10	3-1-0
10	United States Air Force Academy	0	384	23	7-1-0
11	University of North Carolina-Wilmington	0	356	14	5-1-0
12	Creighton University	0	345	25	4-1-1
13	University of California, Davis	0	297	17	5-0-2
14	Virginia Tech	0	256	16	4-1-2
15	University Of Portland	0	246	20	5-0-2
16	University Of Washington	0	220	9	5-2-0
17	Saint Mary's College of California	0	207	RV	7-0-0
18	North Carolina State University	0	197	18	5-1-0
19	University Of Massachusetts-Lowell	0	188	15	5-1-2
20	Old Dominion University	0	176	RV	4-1-1
21	University Of Michigan	0	156	RV	5-1-1
22	University Of Virginia	0	135	19	2-0-2
23	UCLA	0	122	11	4-2-0
24	Coastal Carolina University	0	113	21	3-1-0
25	Fordham University	0	104	12	3-0-2

Also receiving votes: Stanford University (96), University of Central Florida (92), California State University, Northridge (82), Colgate University (51), UIC (44), Xavier University (27), New Hampshire, University of (26), University Of Rhode Island (13), University Of Vermont (12), Clemson University (9), Charlotte (6), University of Connecticut (5), Villanova University (5), University Of California (3), Bradley University (2), University Of San Francisco (2)

Men's Soccer Moves Up To #12 In United Soccer Coaches Poll

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