Lynn Men’s Soccer picked Third in Preseason SSC Poll

Lynn University’s men’s soccer team was picked to finish third in the Sunshine State Conference as announced in the preseason coaches’ poll on Wednesday.  Saint Leo was selected to repeat as SSC regular season champions in 2014.

Having introduced 12 new faces, including seven starters, in 2013, the Fighting Knights finished 11-5-2 overall and 6-2-0 in league play while upsetting Rollins to advance to the SSC Championship finals.  This season, Lynn welcomes 14 new players but returns seven starters, including three-time All-American defender Jason Sangha and All-SSC forward Chris Hellman.

The Lions collected 62 points along with six first-place votes in a preseason poll conducted among the conference head men’s soccer coaches. Rollins received 54 points and earned two first-place votes to be picked second.

Lynn collected 48 points to sit third, while the reigning SSC tournament champion Barry Buccaneers earned the remaining first-place vote and 45 points to sit fourth.

Tampa (36 points) capped the top-five, while Florida Tech (26 points), Florida Southern (25 points), Nova Southeastern (16 points) and Eckerd (12 points) rounded out the poll.