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Seattle Pacific Men Rocket to No. 5 in Poll
September 6, 2005

SEATTLE (Sept. 6) Thanks to their best start in 12 years, the Seattle Pacific University men's soccer team has rocketed to No. 5 in the NCAA Division II coaches poll.

Going into Tuesday night's game at Cal Poly Pomona, the Falcons (3-0-1), unranked in the preseason, earned their best position in the NSCAA/adidas ratings since 1999. SPU will play at No. 12 Cal State Dominguez in Carson, Ca., Saturday.

Tusculum (Tn.) is No. 1, followed by Southern Illinois Edwardsville and Central Arkansas.

1	Tusculum College (Tenn.)	2-0-0
2	Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville	3-1-0
3	University of Central Arkansas	4-0-0
4	Dowling College (N.Y.)	1-0-2
5	Seattle Pacific University	3-0-1
6	Midwestern State University (Texas)	2-0-0
7	Clayton State (Ga.)	3-1-1
7	Merrimack (Mass.)	3-1-0
9	East Stroudsburg University (Pa.)	4-0-0
10	University of Wisconsin, Parkside	4-0-0
11	Lynn University (Fla.)	1-0-0
12	Carson-Newman College (Tenn.)	3-0-0
12	Cal State Dominguez Hills	2-0-0
14	Fort Lewis College (Colo.)	1-0-0
15	USC Upstate	3-0-0
16	Barry University (Fla.)	3-0-0
17	Dominican College (N.Y.)	3-1-0
18	New York Institute of Technology	3-0-0
18	UC San Diego	2-0-0
20	Colorado School of Mines	4-0-0
21	University of Indianapolis	3-0-0
22	Mount Olive College	3-0-0
23	Lenoir-Rhyne College (N.C.)	3-0-1
24	Nova Southeastern University (Fla.)	2-0-0
24	Caldwell College (N.J.)	1-0-0