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MVC Preason Poll

We are picked last, but maybe we won't end up there.

2010 MVC MEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL

School (1st-Place) Pts. Starters Returning/Lost

Evansville (6) 60 9/2
Missouri State (2) 52 7/4
Creighton 49 6/5
Drake 41 5/6
Bradley 28 6/5
SIU Edwardsville 24 8/3
Eastern Illinois 20 8/3
Central Arkansas 14 9/2

We kick off the season with 3 exhibition games vs John Brown on Monday, @ SMU on Wednesday, and @ Tulsa on Saturday. Good luck guys!

BEARS DEFEAT JOHN BROWN 3-1 IN EXHIBITION OPENER
Aug 23, 2010

The University of Central Arkansas men’s soccer team got its preseason exhibition season underway the right way on Monday, defeating John Brown University 3-1 at the Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex in the first of the Bears’ three preseason games.

More:
http://www.ucasports.com/sport.asp?action=news&sportid=2&article=3843

The men lost their exhibition match against SMU today by a final of 2-0. That is better than their exhibition match against them last year where we lost 7-1.

Closing the gap.....

This is huge. SMU has an elite soccer program. Nice performance.

http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/082510aaa.html

SMU Men Defeat Central Arkansas 2-0 In Exhibition
Freshmen Barnes And Castillo Score For Mustangs

Aug. 25, 2010

DALLAS (SMU) - The SMU men's soccer team closed out the preseason with a 2-0 defeat of the Central Arkansas Bears at Westcott Field on Wednesday morning. Freshmen Zach Barnes scored the game-winner and Juan Castillo added a goal and an assist for the Mustangs.

Barnes scored in the 24th minute for SMU after receiving a through ball from Castillo around the six yard line and chipping it in for the goal. Castillo added a goal of his own 20 seconds in to the second half. He dribbled the ball down into the goal box and fired a shot into the bottom left corner of the goal.

"We have a really strong group of freshman who are eager and getting a lot of minutes," said head coach Tim McClements. "The team has really good chemistry for this early in the season; the younger guys are meshing really well with the older guys. Both (Zach Barnes and Juan Castillo) and quite a few other freshmen have put themselves in a good position for the season. It's nice for them to get their first points, and it will be even better if they can do that on Wednesday in the season opener."

The Mustang defense stayed strong and fought off the added pressure of the Bears' second-half attack, holding Central Arkansas to just two shots on goal. The senior goalkeeper Craig Hill made both stops, collecting the shutout.

SMU opens the regular season against the Missouri State Bears Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. at Westcott Field.

Game Stats at:
http://smumustangs.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/smu/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/0825_SMU_UCA

The Bears battled NAIA Oklahoma Baptist to a 1-1 tie in exhibition play. We did play 24 players during the game, hopefully that was the reason we did beat them badly.

OBU always has pretty solid sports ....still a D1 team needs to win these , even on the road....good to get some exhibitions games behind them and now they get down to business....

Oral Roberts beat the Bears today 2-1..we outshot them 13-9 (7-2 on goal) which must mean we need a better goalkeeper.

Tough loss but Bears are are no push over....