Still rising

Yesterday, the NCAA released its regional ranking with the Rose-Hulman women’s soccer team ranked third in the Great Lakes region. This gives Rose some good footing as we approach the end of the regular season. In other polls, the women’s soccer team continues their climb through the rankings as they raised one spot in two regional polls. With their 6-1 win over University of Dallas, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) voted Rose-Hulman the fourth best team in the Great Lakes region. At d3kicks.com, where a math based formula is used to determine power rankings, Rose-Hulman currently stands at number two, just below Wittenberg University of Ohio who is ranked 24th nationally by d3kicks.com and 12th nationally by the NSCAA.

With the hardest part of their schedule behind them, the women continue to dominate the competition as the conference tournament approaches. The team has already broken the single season record for wins, racking up 14 so far and only falling to two teams, one being Wittenberg. Since then, the women have been on an 11 game winning streak. In the conference, the Engineers hold on to the top spot with a perfect 5-0 record and are only two conference wins away from clinching the regular season title, which would give the Engineers home field advantage during the conference tournament.

Tomorrow, the women return to conference action, taking on the Beavers of Bluffton University at 1 p.m. at Jim Rendel Field. The Beavers currently stand eighth in the conference with a 1-4 record and 4-8-1 overall. On Tuesday, the Engineers take on take on the Franklin Grizzlies who stand ninth in the conference at 0-6 and 0-14-1 overall. The Engineer-Grizzly match-up begins at 5 p.m. at the IM fields.