Sept. 1, 2006

ASTON, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Athletic Conference has released its 2006 pre-season polls for field hockey, women's tennis, men's soccer, women's soccer and volleyball.  2006 PAC Coach of the Year Deana Jespersen and her women's volleyball team were the highest picked Knight program as they were chosen to finish fourth behind Eastern, Gwynedd-Mercy, and Cabrini.  Sarah Madrak's field hockey squad was also picked fourth, while Lisa Benvenuto's soccer team and Chris Gosseaux's tennis team were pick eighth in their respective sports. Head Coach Kevin Sloan and his Knights rounded out the men's soccer standings with a ninth place prediction.

Below are complete results from each poll

 

2006 PAC Field Hockey Poll	Points	1st Place Votes
Alvernia	141	10
Cabrini	119	1
Wesley	114	0
Misericordia	107	0
Eastern	104	1
Neumann	83	0
Gwynedd-Mercy	73	0
Arcadia	61	0
Immaculata	52	0
Cedar Crest	44	0
Marywood	26	0
Rosemont	14	0
2006 PAC Men's Soccer Poll	Points	1st Place Votes
Eastern University	99	9
Arcadia University	81	0
Wesley College	80	0
Alvernia College	69	1
College Misericordia	62	0
Gwynedd-Mercy College	54	0
Cabrini College	35	0
Immaculata University	28	0
Neumann College	28	0
Marywood University	14	0
2006 PAC Women's Soccer Poll	Points	1st Place Votes
Eastern	112	4
Misericordia	111	6
Arcadia	99	1
Wesley	87	0
Gwynedd-Mercy	79	0
Marywood	61	0
Cabrini	54	0
Neumann	47	0
Alvernia	41	0
Cedar Crest	21	0
Immaculata	14	0
2006 PAC Women's Tennis Poll	Points	1st Place Votes
Cabrini	140	9
Marywood	121	1
Immaculata	118	1
Gwynedd-Mercy	115	0
Misericordia	94	0
Eastern	84	0
Cedar Crest	68	0
Neumann	58	0
Rosemont	48	0
Arcadia	39	1
Alvernia	34	0
Wesley	17	0
2006 PAC Volleyball Poll	Points	1st Place Votes
Eastern	144	12
Gwynedd-Mercy	124	0
Cabrini	111	0
Neumann	105	0
Misericordia	93	0
Marywood	82	0
Alvernia	78	0
Arcadia	66	0
Cedar Crest	53	0
Immaculata	36	0
Wesley	30	0
Rosemont	14	0