Richard Bland No. 17 In Final Regular Season NJCAA Division I Poll
SOUTH PRINCE GEORGE, Va. -- Richard Bland College has been ranked No. 17 in this week's final regular season NJCAA Division I Men's Soccer Poll. The Statesmen enjoyed their finest season in the five-year history of the program, finishing with a school record of 17-3, while ranked among the Top 20 for the last nine consecutive weeks.
In addition to the school-record for wins, Richard Bland also established new program records for season goals (68), assists (62), points (198), fewest goals allowed (18) and shutouts (11). The Statesmen, coached by fourth-year head coach Eduardo de Souza and second-year assistant coach Nick Surkamp, have now attained three-straight 10-win seasons under the guidance of de Souza (44-31-5).
Richard Bland was the regular season champions of NJCAA Region 10 with a record of 13-1, before finishing as runners-up at the Region 10 Tournament on October 28-29 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Statesmen qualified for the NJCAA Division I Southeast District Tournament for the second consecutive season, but fell to nationally-ranked No. 6 Eastern Florida State College 2-1 in a semifinal match on Nov. 3 in Louisburg, North Carolina.
Richard Bland was ranked among the Top 20 for the first-time ever on September 12. Unbeaten St. Louis (Mo.) Community College (22-0) was ranked No. 1 in this week's poll for the seventh-straight week.
Rank | College | State | Record | Points | Prev |
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1 | St. Louis | MO | 22-0-0 | 20 | 1 |
2 | Schoolcraft | MI | 15-0-0 | 19 | 2 |
3 | Yavapai | AZ | 21-2-3 | 18 | 5 |
4 | Tyler | TX | 19-2-0 | 17 | 4 |
5 | Monroe College | NY | 12-1-2 | 16 | 3 |
6 | Indian Hills | IA | 17-2-0 | 15 | 7 |
7 | Mercer County | NJ | 19-3-1 | 14 | 15 |
8 | Louisburg | NC | 16-5-0 | 13 | 17 |
9 | Pima | AZ | 17-4-3 | 12 | 8 |
10 | Kansas City Kansas | KS | 11-3-2 | 11 | 14 |
11 | Eastern Florida State | FL | 12-3-0 | 10 | 6 |
12 | Iowa Western | IA | 11-3-1 | 9 | 9 |
13 | Marshalltown | IA | 13-3-0 | 8 | 10 |
14 | Georgia Military | GA | 14-3-0 | 7 | 11 |
15 | Cloud County | KS | 14-3-0 | 6 | 12 |
16 | Daytona State | FL | 14-3-0 | 5 | 13 |
17 | Richard Bland | VA | 17-3-0 | 4 | 18 |
18 | Waubonsee | IL | 17-4-1 | 3 | 19 |
19 | Mississippi Gulf Coast | MS | 13-3-1 | 2 | 20 |
20 | Illinois Central | IL | 10-8-2 | 1 | RV |