Chowan Picked to Repeat in 2020-21 Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Defending regular-season champion Chowan has been picked to repeat in the 2020-21 Conference Carolinas Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll.
The conference office officially unveiled the preseason poll on Dec. 18, 2020. The preseason poll was voted on by the league’s head coaches.
Chowan picked up its first-ever Conference Carolinas men’s soccer regular-season title last year with an 8-1-1 mark in league play. The Hawks received eight first-place votes and 79 points overall to secure the top spot in the 2020-21 preseason tally. Erskine collected one first-place vote and was second in the poll with 68 points. Barton and Belmont Abbey both tied for third in the preseason poll with 62 points. Barton claimed the final first-place vote.
Mount Olive (46) was fifth in the preseason poll and they were followed by Emmanuel (37), King (34), Lees-McRae (31), North Greenville (19) and Southern Wesleyan (12).
The 2021 Conference Carolinas Men’s and Women’s Soccer Spring Championships are scheduled to get underway with pool play at higher seeds on Sunday, April 18. Pool play will then continue at higher seeds on Wednesday, April 21 and Sunday, April 25. The 2021 Conference Carolinas Men’s and Women’s Soccer Spring Championships semifinals (Friday, April 30) and finals (Sunday, May 2) are scheduled to be held at the Florence Soccer Complex in Florence, South Carolina.
2020-21 Conference Carolinas
Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll
| School |
First Place |
Total |
| Chowan |
8 |
79 |
| Erskine |
1 |
68 |
| Barton |
1 |
62 |
| Belmont Abbey |
|
62 |
| Mount Olive |
|
46 |
| Emmanuel |
|
37 |
| King |
|
34 |
| Lees-McRae |
|
31 |
| North Greenville |
|
19 |
| Southern Wesleyan |
|
12 |
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Men’s Soccer
Players to Watch
Barton
Omar Aboutaleb, So., Midfielder, Asheboro, North Carolina (2019 All-Conference Carolinas)
Jacob Randolph, So., Goalkeeper, Metairie, Louisiana
Ruben Mancio, Sr., Forward, Cadiz, Spain (2018 and 2019 All-Conference Carolinas, 2018 and 2019 All-Region)
Belmont Abbey
Ben Knust, Jr., Goalkeeper, Omaha, Nebraska (2019 All-Conference Carolinas, 2019 All-Region)
Kevin Daly, So., Defender, Gainesville, Florida (2019 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year, 2019 All-Region)
Nathan Cox, Fr., Forward, High Point, North Carolina
Chowan
Harrison Ardron, Jr., Forward, Blackpool, England (2019 All-Conference Carolinas, 2019 Conference Carolinas Offensive Player of the Year, 2019 All-Region)
Ross Miller, Sr., Goalkeeper, Kilmarnock, Scotland
Emmanuel
Shane Cronin, Sr., Midfielder, Cork, Ireland
Kevin Fitzgerald, So., Midfielder, Roscrea, Ireland
Harry Wright, So., Winger/Forward, Bournemouth, England
Erskine
Fernando Gonzalez, Sr., Midfielder, Rock Hill, South Carolina (2019 All-Tournament)
Oscar Hernandez, So., Defender, Salamanca, Spain
Dennis Cole, Sr., Forward, Freetown, Sierra Leone
King
Ben Delisle, Sr., Forward, Montreal, Quebec (2019 All-Conference Carolinas, 2018 All-Tournament)
Zubair Taylor, Jr., Midfielder, Cape Town, South Africa
Duarte Rebelo, Sr., Forward, Lisbon, Portugal
Lees-McRae
C. Johan Hedberg, Jr., Defender, Stockholm, Sweden
Johannes Oeksnevad, Sr., Forward, Sandnes, Norway (2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District)
Anton Sundstrom, Jr., Goalkeeper, Ostersund, Sweden
Mount Olive
Trevor Berk, Jr., Midfielder, Wake Forest, North Carolina (2018 and 2019 All-Conference Carolinas)
Ben Dufton-Kelly, So., Defender, Wirral, England (2019 All-Conference Carolinas, 2019 All-Tournament)
North Greenville
Gareth Greene, Sr., Forward, Navarre, Florida
Keletso Mathathe, Sr., Forward, Johannesburg, South Africa
Carlos Navarro, Jr., Midfielder, Cali, Colombia
Southern Wesleyan
Jose Rangel, Sr., Midfielder, Alamo, Texas
Trey Greenwood, So., Midfielder, Anderson, South Carolina
