Yellowjacket Women’s Soccer Ranked Ninth in NSCAA/adidas West Region Poll

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BILLINGS, Mont. – For the first time since the end of the 2006 season, the Montana State Billings women’s soccer team is ranked in the NSCAA/adidas West Region Poll, which was announced Tuesday.  The Yellowjackets enter the poll ninth and have a 6-3-1 record overall and a 3-1 record in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

The Yellowjackets are one of three GNAC schools in this week’s rankings. Seattle Pacific is the top ranked team in the region with a 9-0 record and the Falcons are No. 1 nationally according to the NSCAA.  Western Washington is seventh this week with a 3-2-2 record. 

Cal State-Los Angeles is second in the rankings, followed by Chico State, UC San Diego and Humboldt State round out the top five.  Cal State San Bernardino is sixth, followed by WWU, Cal Poly Pomona, MSUB and Sonoma State.

This season, the Yellowjackets have spent a majority of the season on the road and have been quite successful.  MSUB just finished up a six-game road trip, going 4-1-1 and are 5-2-1 away from home this season, playing eight of its first 10 away from Billings.  The five road/neutral victories are the most for MSUB since 2006.

Saturday is the first home game for MSUB women’s soccer since Sept. 6.  The Yellowjackets entertain Central Washington at 1 p.m. in the first game of a doubleheader with the men’s team.  It also is Futbol Frenzy Day at Yellowjacket Field as there will be a BBQ at 12:30 p.m., prior to the women’s game.  The men’s game versus Northwest Nazarene is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.  The BBQ is free to MSUB students with a U-Card.