Cougars Women's Soccer Ranked No. 14 Nationally
         EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. - Coach Lynda Bowers and her Southern Illinois University Edwardsville women’s soccer team made another move up in the Adidas/National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division II rankings.
         SIUE, 9-2 overall and 5-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, are riding a seven-game winning streak this season. The Cougars also have won 17 of their last 18 GLVC regular season games dating back to the 2003 season.
         Next up for the Cougars is Drury on Friday in Springfield, Mo., at 5:30 p.m. SIUE faces Rockhurst on Sunday in Kansas City, Mo., with game time set for noon.
         Below is the rankings as of Sept. 27.

2005 NCAA Division II Women - National
September 27, 2005

 
Rank School W-L-T Prev. 
 1 Metro State (Colo.) 10-0-0 1 
 2 Seattle Pacific University 10-0-0 2 
 3 Assumption College (Mass.) 8-0-0 4 
 4 West Chester University (Pa.) 9-0-0 5 
 5 University of West Florida 9-0-1 6 
 6 Clayton State (Ga.) 6-1-0 8 
 7 Regis University (Colo.) 8-1-0 7 
 7 University of Nebraska, Omaha 5-1-1 8 
 9 Franklin Pierce College (N.H.) 6-1-1 10 
 10 Grand Valley State University (Mich.) 9-1-0 11 
 11 Barry University (Fla.) 8-1-1 16  
 12 UC San Diego 6-1-0 20 
 13 University of Bridgeport (Conn.) 7-1-0 14  
 14 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 9-2-0 17 
 15 Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) 8-2-0 22 
 16 University of Tampa 6-1-1 3 
 17 Missouri Southern State University 5-2-2 25 
 18 Cal State Dominguez Hills 6-2-1 12 
 19 Northern Kentucky University 7-2-0 23 
 20 University of New Haven (Conn.) 6-2-0 21 
 21 Texas A&M University-Commerce 5-2-0 17 
 22 UMass-Lowell 8-2-0 -- 
 23 Tusculum College (Tenn.) 5-3-0 15 
 24 University of North Dakota 7-1-0 -- 
 25 Winona State University (Minn.) 8-1-1 24 
 25 College of Saint Rose (N.Y.) 5-1-2 19 
 Also receiving votes: Indiana (Pa.), Chico State (Calif.),
Lincoln Memorial, Missouri-St. Louis