Women's Soccer | 10/8/2019 1:37:00 PM

October 8, 2019-Off to the best start after ten games in school history, the Emporia State women's soccer team has debuted at #14 in this week's United Soccer Coaches National Rankings.

The Hornets are now 8-2-0 overall, 3-0-0 and all alone in first place in the MIAA.   This is the first time in school history Emporia State has cracked the national Top 25 after receiving votes in the national poll twice last year.

Emporia State is led by freshman forward Mackenzie Dimarco.  The Pleasant Hill, Mo. native is leading the nation in game winning goals with four and is ranked fourth with 11 goals on the season.  With eight regular season matches left, her 11 goals rank third on the Hornets single season list behind Brandie Booth's 17 goals in 2003 and Amelie Heuhn's 12 in 2015.

She is one of eight Hornets to score a goal this season. Sophomore Gabby Crowell has three goals and two assists while freshman Hannah Woolery has two goals and four assists.  Seniors Tanna Benefiel, Kennedy Hoffman and Daniela Cardona each have two goals as does sophomore Aislinn Hughes.

Defensively Emporia State has given up one or fewer goals in seven of their ten matches on the year and have allowed five or fewer shots in five matches.  They have three shutouts on the year with Jillian Patton recording two of them while combining with Tori Bailey on the third.

The Hornets are one of three MIAA teams in this week's top 25.  Central Missouri is ranked fifth while Central Oklahoma comes in at #24. There are four teams from the Central region in the top 25 with NSIC leader Concordia-St.Paul ranked #22.

Emporia State, who has won an MIAA leading 13 straight home matches, is on the road to Oklahoma this weekend as they travel to MIAA newcomer Rogers State on Friday and then to Northeastern State on Sunday.

United Soccer Coaches National Poll
October 8, 2019
No.     School     Prev     W-L-T
1     Colorado-Colorado Springs     1     10-0-0
2     California-San Diego     2     8-0-1
3     Grand Valley State     3     7-1-0
4     Flagler College     6     8-0-0
5     Central Missouri     7     8-1-1
6     Millersville     8     9-0-0
7     College Of Saint Rose     10     8-0-1
8     West Chester     12     7-1-0
9     Mississippi College     24     6-1-0
10     Cal State-Los Angeles     15     5-1-0
11     Rollins College     16     6-2-0
12     Lenoir-Rhyne     11     9-1-0
13     Dallas Baptist     18     7-0-1
14     EMPORIA STATE     NR     8-2-0
15     Western Washington     17     7-2-0
16     Colorado School Of Mines     9     9-1-1
17     McKendree     25     8-1-1
18     Lee University     5     6-2-0
19     Stonehill College     NR     7-2-1
20     North Georgia     20     7-1-0
21     Bloomsburg     22     8-1-0
22     Concordia-St. Paul     RV     7-0-2
23     Southern New Hampshire     21     6-3-0
24     Central Oklahoma     14     7-1-2
25     Ashland     RV     7-1-1
Records shown are through games of Oct. 6, 2019
Also receiving votes: Sonoma State, Rockhurst, Cal State Stanislaus, Minnesota State-Mankato, West Florida, East Stroudsburg, Wingate, Pace
MIAA Teams in Bold
Central Region Teams in Italics