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Seattle Pacific Now No. 6 in Men's Soccer National Rankings
October 4, 2006

SEATTLE (Oct. 3) Rising to its best ranking of the year, Seattle Pacific University is now tied for No. 6 among men's soccer programs in NCAA Division II.

Winners of six straight, the Falcons (9-2-0) moved two more spots and are tied with South Carolina Upstate in the NSCAA/adidas preseason rankings.

SPU remained No. 1 slot in the Far West Region, ahead of Seattle University and Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Defending national champion Fort Lewis (Co.) lost for the first time in 34 games and was replaced at No. 1 by Florida's Lynn.

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