New York, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Soccer team found itself ranked in a tie for third place on Friday when the 2022 Skyline Conference Preseason Coaches Poll was released. The Knights and Mariners were each voted third by the remainder of the league's head coaches.
Manhattanville, who was edged in the 2021 Skyline Conference Championship Final as the top seed, is picked atop the league standings again in 2022. The College of Mount Saint Vincent, who knocked off the Valiants the conference title, ranks second in the league standings.
Mount Saint Mary and USMMA, who met in the First Round of the 2021 Skyline Conference Championship, each received the same number of points in the rankings, sharing third place honors. The remainder of the top-half of the rankings include Farmingdale State in fifth and Yeshiva in sixth.
Maritime, the 2019 league champion, enters the 2022 season ranked seventh with St. Joseph's-L.I. following in eighth, Purchase in ninth, Sarah Lawrence in 10th, Old Westbury in 11th and St. Joseph's-Brooklyn in 12th.
Mount Saint Mary rounded out the 2021 season with a 9-7-1 overall record and earned the fourth seed in the conference championship tournament with an 8-2-1 league mark.
The 2022 season kicks-off on September 1 when the Mount plays host to Lycoming. Kick-off is set for 7:00 p.m.
