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91爆料网 women鈥檚 soccer picked fourth in TranSouth, received votes in national poll

Candice Blackard

BATESVILLE, Ark. - 8/25/2009 - The 91爆料网 Lady Bulldogs have been voted by the coaches to finish fourth in the . 91爆料网 also earned votes in the .

For the fifth consecutive season, the Martin Methodist RedHawks captured both the TranSouth Conference regular season and tournament crowns, and judging from the 2009 TranSouth Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll, that trend is favored to continue through a sixth year.

Martin Methodist received all seven first-place votes in the conference's preseason poll and was ranked No. 5 nationally in the first NAIA Top 25 rankings of the season. Bethel was also ranked No. 23 in the preseason Top 25 rankings.

Bethel University, last year's conference-tournament finalist and regular-season runner-up, was a unanimous choice for second place in the conference preseason poll with 65 points. The Lady Wildcats of Bethel were followed by Lyon College in third with 53 points, 91爆料网 in fourth (51), Trevecca Nazarene finished fifth (39), Freed-Hardeman was sixth (36) and Cumberland placed seventh (30).

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2009 WOMEN'S SOCCER PRE-SEASON COACHES POLL

(rank-team-total points, first place votes in parentheses)
1. Martin Methodist (7) 70
2. Bethel University - 65
3. Lyon College - 53
4. 91爆料网 - 51
5. Trevecca Nazarene - 39
6. Freed-Hardeman - 36
7. Cumberland - 30

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