Men's Soccer Achieves First National Ranking of 2018 Season

CINCINNATI - After four weeks of the season, Xavier men's soccer checked in at No. 20 in the College Soccer News Top 30 National Poll on Monday.

It was the first national ranking of the year for XU, which has received votes in both the Top Drawer Soccer and United Soccer Coaches Top 25 polls this fall.

Xavier continues to be listed in the "receiving votes" section of the United Soccer Coaches Top 25, where it has been listed in four of the five weekly polls this season. Xavier received 27 votes this week, ranking the team five spots outside of the top-25. The Musketeers were also the first team outside the top-25 in Top Drawer Soccer's weekly poll.

Xavier (3-0-3) is riding a six-match unbeaten streak to start the season, its longest to start a season since 2012. The Musketeers battled to a scoreless draw against No. 3/6 Kentucky last week and also knocked off BIG EAST preseason favorite Georgetown, 3-2, on the road last Saturday at Shaw Field.

XU returns to action on Friday night, hosting its home BIG EAST opener against St. John's at 7 p.m. at XU Soccer Complex.

AMONG THE NATION'S ELITE

• Xavier men's soccer has reached the NCAA Tournament in four of the last eight seasons.
• The Musketeers have won 10 or more matches in seven of the last eight seasons.
• Xavier was the only program in the nation with five consecutive major conference awards from 2012-16, including 2016 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Cory Brown.
• XU has qualified for five consecutive BIG EAST Championships, including trips to the title game in 2014 and 2017.
• XU has been ranked in the nation's top-10 three times in the last six years by the United Soccer Coaches. The Musketeers have been nationally-ranked in at least one major college soccer poll (United Soccer Coaches, Top Drawer Soccer, College Soccer News, Soccer America) in every season since 2011.
• In 2015, XU knocked off the national No. 1 (Creighton) and No. 2 (Notre Dame) on the road last season. The Musketeers are widely believed to be the first program to ever knock off both a No. 1 and a No. 2 on the road in the same season.
• Four XU players have been selected in the MLS SuperDraft in the last seven years, including 2018 third rounder Cory Brown.

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