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Fort Lewis men picked to win RMAC; five Skyhawks on all-conference team
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference coaches have predicted that Fort Lewis College will win the conference’s men’s soccer title.
The Skyhawks, who won the 2008 RMAC title and earned a bid to the Division II tournament, received six first-place votes and landed five players on the preseason all-conference team. Olgie Kennedy is the interim head coach this season; he replaces former Colorado Rapids coach Tim Hankinson, who left to coach a professional team in India.
Metropolitan State College is second in the preseason poll. The Roadrunners also went to last season’s NCAA tournament.
Colorado School of Mines is third.
Adams State begins men’s soccer this year but will not play an RMAC schedule until 2010.
The top four teams in the regular season advance to the RMAC tournament, Nov. 5-7.
2009 RMAC PRESEASON COACHES POLL (first-place votes)
1, Fort Lewis (6)
2, Metro State (1)
3, Mines (1)
4, CSU-Pueblo
5, Regis
6, Mesa State
7, Colorado-Colorado Springs
8, Colorado Christian
Fort Lewis also had five players on the preseason All-RMAC team: Tom Settle, Zane Wells, Euan Purcell, Fabian Kling and Kyle Wood.
PRESEASON ALL-RMAC TEAM
Steven Emory, midfield, Metro State (junior)
Tom Settle, midfield, Fort Lewis (senior)
Robert Kinsey, forward, Colorado State-Pueblo (sophomore)
Zane Wells, goalkeeper, Fort Lewis (senior)
Euan Purcell, forward, Fort Lewis (junior)
Fabian Kling, defense, Fort Lewis (sophomore)
John Moseley, midfield, Mines (senior0
Kyle Wood, defense, Fort Lewis (junior0
Nathan Kafer, forward, Regis (junior)
Ted Decker, midfield, Mines, (senior)
Gary Cole, defense, Regis (junior)
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