(Sioux City, Iowa) – Midland University totaled 142 points for first place in the 2020 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Preseason Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Poll. The Warriors garnered ten of thirteen first place votes. Midland qualified for the NAIA National Championship and ended with a 17-2-2 record in 2019.
The University of Jamestown was picked second with 127 points and one first place vote. Hastings, who also qualified for the NAIA tournament last season, was picked third with 124 points and two first place votes. Briar Cliff was picked fourth with 113 points.
Midland won the GPAC regular season with an 11-1 record, also won the GPAC Postseason Tournament.
The 2020 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship will be played in the spring and is schedule for April 27-May 3,2021, at the Ralph Schumacher Soccer Complex in Foley, Alabama. The GPAC will once again receive two automatic bids to the NAIA Postseason in 2020
The 2020 GPAC women’s soccer season schedule will consist of 12 league games as all 13 teams will compete for the conference crown. Presentation College will again play in the GPAC as an affiliate member in men’s and women’s soccer.
2020 GPAC Preseason Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Poll:
Place – Team – Pts (1st Place Votes)
1. Midland – 142 (10)
2. Jamestown – 127 (1)
3. Hastings – 124 (2)
4. Briar Cliff – 113
5. Dordt – 90
6. Concordia – 85
7. Northwestern – 80
8. Morningside – 72
9. College of Saint Mary – 61
10. Dakota Wesleyan – 45
11. Doane – 28
12. Mount Marty – 25
13. Presentation– 22
