Men's Soccer Chosen No. 2 in GPAC Preseason Poll
(Sioux City, Iowa) – Northwestern College totaled 116 points for first place in the 2022 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Preseason Men's Soccer Coaches' Poll. The Raiders garnered eight of twelve first place votes. Northwestern was the 2021 GPAC regular season men's soccer champions. Hastings was picked second with 110 points and three first place votes while Morningside was picked third with one first place vote and 100 points. Briar Cliff and Concordia round out the top five respectively.
(Sioux City, Iowa) – Northwestern College totaled 116 points for first place in the 2022 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Preseason Men's Soccer Coaches' Poll. The Raiders garnered eight of twelve first place votes. Northwestern was the 2021 GPAC regular season men's soccer champions.
Hastings was picked second with 110 points and three first place votes while Morningside was picked third with one first place vote and 100 points. Briar Cliff and Concordia round out the top five respectively.
In 2021 Northwestern went 10-1 in GPAC play and posted an overall record of 16-4-1. Hastings won the GPAC Postseason Tournament and was third in the regular season with a record of 8-2-1 and overall record of 12-5-2.
The 2022 NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship will on November 29-December 5, at the Jack Allen Soccer Complex in Decatur, Alabama. Opening rounds will be November 17-19 on campus sites. The GPAC will receive two automatic bids to the NAIA Postseason in 2022.
The 2022 GPAC men's soccer season schedule will consist of eleven (11) league games as all 12 teams will compete for the conference crown. Presentation College continues to play in the GPAC as an affiliate member in men's and women's soccer.
2022 GPAC Preseason Men's Soccer Coaches' Poll:
Place – Team – Pts (1st Place Votes)
1. Northwestern - 116 (8)
2. Hastings - 110 (3)
3. Morningside – 100 (1)
4. Briar Cliff - 92
5. Concordia – 83
6. Midland - 70
7. Jamestown - 44
8. Mount Marty - 42
9. Doane - 36
10. Dordt - 34
11. Dakota Wesleyan - 32
12. Presentation – 11
