After beforehand unranked Tennessee upset North Carolina — the reigning nationwide champs and No. 1 ranked workforce within the sport — there was certain to be some shuffling within the United Soccer Coaches Ballot for ladies’s school soccer.
Voters within the ballot didn’t need to look far for a brand new No. 1 workforce. The Tar Heels’ bitter rivals nestled simply 11 miles north of Chapel Hill, the Duke Blue Devils, are the brand new top-ranked workforce within the nation.
The brand new Coaches Ballot was launched Tuesday and it marks the second time within the final two seasons that the Blue Devils have appeared atop it.
Duke was a No. 1 seed in final 12 months’s School Cup, however fell to the Tar Heels within the Last 4. This season, the Blue Devils had been the preseason No. 4 ranked workforce and began the 12 months off with a 3-2 house victory over No. 11 Penn State — thanks to 2 objectives and an help from junior ahead Mia Minestrella. The victory was the primary for brand spanking new head coach Kieran Corridor, who took over the reins of this system following the retirement of longtime Duke coach Robbie Church.
Stanford is second within the newest ballot and Florida State is third, making the highest three an All-ACC group.
Whereas North Carolina rebounded from its loss to Tennessee with a win over Siena, the Tar Heels fell from first to twelfth within the newest ballot. The Woman Vols at the moment are sixth after beginning the season unranked. Tennessee added to its win whole after topping the Tar Heels by blowing out Jap Kentucky 9-0.
Duke is now 17-0 in house openers and prolonged its successful streak at Koskinen Stadium to 14 video games. The Blue Devils will intention to increase that streak once more on Thursday once they host Northwestern at 6 p.m. ET with protection on ACC Community Further.
