Skyline Conference Fall Sport Preseason Coaches Polls Released

NEW YORK – The league's coaches have cast their predictions as the Skyline Conference has released the results of the Preseason Coaches Polls for the fall season.

Three Bears squads checked in at seventh position in their respective polls—women's soccer, women's volleyball, and women's tennis—the highest placement garnered by the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) in the fall polls.

The 2019-20 athletic season commences this Friday with Men's Soccer opening their season against New Jersey City University at the Montclair State Invitational and Men's and Women's Cross Country competing in the SJC Long Island Friends and Alumni Meet. Women's Volleyball opens at home at the Hill Center on Saturday hosting William Paterson and Women's Soccer kicks off their campaign on Sunday against Gallaudet in the nation's capital. Women's Tennis travels to the Bronx on Tuesday to face Lehman in their season opener.  

Men's Cross Country Coaches Poll - Points
1. USMMA * (8) - 117
2. Maritime (3) - 108
3. St. Joseph's-Long Island - 87
4. Farmingdale State - 83
5. Manhattanville (1) - 78
6. Purchase - 74
7. Mount Saint Mary - 70
8. Sarah Lawrence - 46
9. Mount Saint Vincent - 45
10. Yeshiva - 37
11. Old Westbury - 24
12. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn - 23

Women's Cross Country Coaches Poll - Points
1. USMMA * (8) - 113
2. St. Joseph's-L.I. (2) - 102
3. Mount Saint Mary (1) - 93
4. Farmingdale State - 79
5. Sarah Lawrence - 68
6t. Maritime (1) and Mount Saint Vincent - 64
8. Manhattanville - 60
9. Purchase - 57
10. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn - 32
11. Yeshiva - 31
12. Old Westbury - 29

Men's Soccer Coaches Poll - Points
1. Mount Saint Mary * (6) - 112
2. Manhattanville (5) - 110
3. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (1) - 101
4. Maritime - 96
5. Old Westbury - 74
6t. Farmingdale State and St. Joseph's-Long Island, 70
8t. Purchase and Yeshiva, 43
10. Mount Saint Vincent, 27
11. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn, 26
12. Sarah Lawrence, 20

Women's Soccer Coaches Poll - Points
1. Farmingdale State * (10) - 100
2. Mount Saint Mary (1) - 89
3. Manhattanville - 73
4. Mount Saint Vincent - 62
5t. Sarah Lawrence and St. Joseph's-Long Island - 61
7. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn - 46
8t. Maritime and Purchase - 35
10. Old Westbury - 33
11. Yeshiva - 10

Women's Tennis Coaches Poll - Points
1. Purchase (4) - 45
2. St. Joseph's-Long Island * (3) - 44
3. Farmingdale State (1) - 37
4. Mount Saint Mary - 29
5. Manhattanville - 27
6. Yeshiva - 16
7. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn - 15
8. Sarah Lawrence - 11

Women's Volleyball Coaches Poll - Points
1. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (6), 114
2. Mount Saint Vincent * (4), 100
3. Manhattanville (2), 99
4. St. Joseph's-Long Island - 94
5. Mount Saint Mary - 89
6. Farmingdale State - 77
7. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn - 51
8. Maritime - 50
9. Old Westbury - 49
10. Sarah Lawrence - 35
11. Purchase - 22
12. Yeshiva - 12

First-place votes in parentheses    

*Defending champion