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Seattle Pacific Men Jump to No. 8 in National Soccer Poll
September 26, 2006

SEATTLE (Sept. 26) Seattle Pacific University has risento a season-best men's soccer national ranking of No. 8 in NCAA Division II.

Winners of five straight, the Falcons (8-2-0) jumped eight spots from No. 16. They had been as high as No. 9 in the NSCAA/adidas preseason rankings.

SPU also took over the No. 1 slot in the Far West Region. Seattle University and Cal State Dominguez Hills are ranked 16th and 24th, respectively, in the nation.

Defending national champion Fort Lewis (Co.) reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the poll.

Rank	School	Prev.	W-L-T
1	Fort Lewis (Colo.)	1	10 - 0 - 0
2	Lynn (Fla.)	2	7 - 0 - 0
3	Franklin Pierce (N.H.)	3	8 - 0 - 1
4	Dowling (N.Y.)	4	9 - 0 - 0
5	South Carolina Upstate	7	6 - 0 - 1
6	Carson-Newman (Tenn.)	10	6 - 0 - 2
7	Drury (Mo.)	6	8 - 1 - 3
8	Seattle Pacific (Wash.)	16	7 - 2 - 0
9	Limestone (S.C.)	8	8 - 0 - 2
10	West Florida	12	8 - 1 - 1
11	Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)	17	8 - 0 - 1
11	Incarnate Word (Texas)	14	6 - 0 - 2
13	Southern Connecticut State	10	7 - 1 - 1
14	East Stroudsburg (Pa.)	20	8 - 0 - 3
15	Lewis (Ill.)	13	8 - 2 - 0
16	Seattle University	23	8 - 2 - 0
17	Rollins (Fla.)	17	8 - 1 - 0
18	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	5	9 - 1 - 0
19	Northeastern State (Okla.)	22	7 - 1 - 2
20	C.W. Post (N.Y.)	15	7 - 1 - 1
21	Lander (S.C.)	19	7 - 1 - 0
22	Southern New Hampshire	24	6 - 2 - 2
23	SIU-Edwardsville	21	4 - 3 - 3
24	Cal State Dominguez Hills	8	7 - 4 - 0
24	Wisconsin-Parkside	25	8 - 1 - 1