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Season starts a week later then the women's does, but still is fast approaching. No BE poll yet, but here are the NSCAA Preseason Poll and the College Soccer News preseason Poll:

http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/3108/NCAADivisionI/men/PreseasonPoll

Georgetown 9th
Marquette 12th
Creighton ARV(31st)
St. John's ARV (36th)

http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/polls/csn-preseason-top-30-poll/629-college-soccer-news-2014-top-30-preseason-poll

Georgetown 9th
Marquette 12th
Creighton ARV (35th)
St. John's ARV (40th)
Providence ARV (47th)

So I expect Georgetown and Marquette to be picked 1 and 2.

BE released their preseason poll today:

2014 Preseason Coaches’ Poll
Georgetown – 75 points (5 first-place votes)
Marquette – 75 (4)
Creighton – 63 (1)
St. John’s – 54
Providence – 48
Butler – 43
Xavier – 38
Villanova – 23
Seton Hall – 19
DePaul – 12

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year – Brandon Allen, Georgetown, Jr., F
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year – Axel Sjöberg, Marquette, R-Jr., D
Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year – Tomas Gomez, Georgetown, Sr.

Preseason All-BIG EAST *
Brandon Allen, Georgetown, Jr., F ^
Louis Bennett II, Marquette, So., M
Samuel Geiler, Seton Hall, So., M
David Goldsmith, Butler, So., F
Tomas Gomez, Georgetown, Sr., GK
Julian Gressel, Providence, So., F
Alex Muyl, Georgetown, So., F
C. Nortey, Marquette, R-Jr., F ^
Tim Parker, St. John’s, Sr., D ^
Timo Pitter, Creighton, Jr., M
Jose Ribas, Creighton, Sr., D
Axel Sjöberg, Marquette, R-Jr., D ^
Zach Steinberger, Butler, Sr., M
Will Walker, Xavier, R-Sr., M
Joshua Yaro, Georgetown, So., D

Creighton defeated #21 Wisconsin 4-2 last night in our final exhibition.

Hoyas earned a good draw @ #3 UVA this afternoon in their final tune up.

So far this preseason we have tied Tulsa 1-1 and beaten Ohio State 3-2. Our last exhibition is against Wright state tomorrow.

Creighton defeated #21 Wisconsin 4-2 in an exhibition match last week. Play #20 Stanford on Friday to open up the season.

All 10 Programs start their season today(times EST):

#9 Georgetown @ Indiana 8pm
#12 Marquette vs. #1 ND (@ Indiana) 5pm
Creighton vs #20 Stanford 8pm
Providence @ Bryant 3pm
Butler vs. Canisius 5pm
Villanova @ Marist 7pm
Seton Hall @ Rhode Island 7pm
St. John's @ WV 5:30pm
DePaul @ Wisconsin Milwaukee 8pm
Xavier vs. Lipscomb 7pm

hoyahooligan wrote:All 10 Programs start their season today(times EST):

#9 Georgetown @ Indiana 8pm
#12 Marquette vs. #1 ND (@ Indiana) 5pm
Creighton @ #20 Stanford 8pm
Providence @ Bryant 3pm
Butler vs. Canisius 5pm
Villanova @ Marist 7pm
Seton Hall @ Rhode Island 7pm
St. John's @ WV 5:30pm
DePaul @ Wisconsin Milwaukee 8pm
Xavier vs. Lipscomb 7pm

Creighton hosts Stanford fwiw.

yeah was just on my way back to correct that. Thanks.

Marquette had a 1-0 lead on #1 Notre Dame, but the Irish pulled out a 2-1 win.