Corban Men's Soccer Selected to win CCC 2017 Title
Corban University Selected To Win Men’s Soccer Title
LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Corban University men’s soccer program has earned the top spot in the 2017 Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) preseason coaches’ poll.
The Warriors received nine first place votes and a total of 188 points. Corban finished last year going 20-3 overall, 11-2 in conference play, sharing the regular season title with Rocky Mountain College and went on to win the postseason tournament.
Rocky landed in second place on the poll with 179 points and three first place votes. The Battlin’Bears finished 13-5-2 overall and 10-1-2 in CCC. The University of Providence is picked third with 149 points and earned one first place nod. The Argo’s advanced to the CCC tournament championship game in 2016 eventually losing to Corban.
Closing out the top half of the conference are Southern Oregon University (135) in fourth, Carroll College (128) in fifth, The Evergreen State College (120) in sixth and Northwest University (118) in seventh. Carroll received one first place vote.
Eastern Oregon University landed at number eight with 105 points in the preseason poll. Rounding out the remaining teams are Oregon Tech (92), The College of Idaho (65), Northwest Christian University (63), Warner Pacific College (45), Multnomah University (33), and Walla Walla University (16).
Both Corban and Rocky advanced to the NAIA men’s soccer championships in 2016 with Rocky losing out in the opening round while Corban was eliminated in the round of 16.
The conference postseason tournament has an eight team single-elimination format featuring the top eight finishers in the regular season standings. Conference play is set to begin Friday, Sept. 15.
2017 CCC Men's Soccer Coaches' Preseason Poll
|
Team |
Points |
2016 CCC |
2016 Overall |
| 1. |
Corban (9) |
188 |
11-2 |
20-3 |
| 2. |
Rocky (3) |
179 |
10-1-2 |
13-5-2 |
| 3. |
Providence (1) |
149 |
8-5 |
10-9-1 |
| 4. |
Southern |
135 |
9-2-2 |
11-3-3 |
| 5. |
Carroll (1) |
128 |
5-6 |
8-9-1 |
| 6. |
Evergreen |
120 |
8-1-4 |
9-2-4 |
| 7. |
Northwest |
118 |
7-6 |
11-8 |
| 8. |
Eastern Oregon |
105 |
6-6-1 |
11-6-2 |
| 9. |
Oregon Tech |
92 |
6-6-1 |
9-8-2 |
| 10. |
College of Idaho |
65 |
3-10 |
4-12 |
| 11. |
Northwest Christian |
63 |
4-7-2 |
8-8-2 |
| 12. |
Warner Pacific |
45 |
3-8-2 |
4-10-2 |
| 13. |
Multnomah |
33 |
1-12 |
3-14 |
| 14. |
Walla Walla |
16 |
0-13 |
0-13 |
The NAIA men’s soccer preseason poll will be released August 15th.