Women's Soccer Slated 3rd in GPAC Preseason Poll
(Sioux City, Iowa) – The University of Jamestown totaled 143 points for first place in the 2022 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Preseason Women's Soccer Coaches' Poll. The Jimmies garnered eleven of thirteen first place votes. Jamestown was the GPAC regular season champion in 2021.
Briar Cliff University was picked second with 133 points and two first place votes. The Chargers won the 2021 GPAC Postseason Tournament Championship and was the regular season runner-up. Hastings was picked third with 108 points. Morningside and Midland round out the top five respectively.
The 2022 NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship will be played November 29 – December 5, 2021, at the Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama. The opening round will be played November 17-19 on campus sits. The GPAC will once again receive two automatic bids to the NAIA Postseason in 2022
The 2022 GPAC women's soccer season schedule will consist of 12 league games as all 13 teams will compete for the conference crown. Presentation College will again play in the GPAC as an affiliate member in men's and women's soccer.
2022 GPAC Preseason Women's Soccer Coaches' Poll:
Place – Team – Pts (1st Place Votes)
1. Jamestown – 143 (11)
2. Briar Cliff – 133 (2)
3. Hastings – 108
4. Morningside – 106
5. Midland – 105
6. Concordia – 96
7. Dordt – 80
8. College of Saint Mary – 64
9. Dakota Wesleyan – 56
10. Northwestern – 52
11. Doane - 30
12. Presentation – 28
13. Mount Marty – 13
