NEW YORK | The Skyline Conference released its seven fall preseason coaches polls Friday afternoon, and three Farmingdale State College squads have been selected to finish at the top of the standings.
FSC's defending Skyline champion women's soccer and golf sides were picked to repeat in their respective polls, while the women's tennis team finished the voting tied for the top spot with Manhattanville College. All seven Rams fall teams placed in the top-five in the balloting, including six teams in the top-three.
Men's Cross Country
The United States Merchant Marine Academy was selected to repeat at the top of the ledger in voting by the conference's 12 head coaches. SUNY Maritime College placed second in the voting, and was followed by head coach Daniela Georgieva's Rams in the No. 3 slot. The 2022 Skyline Conference Cross Country Championships will take place Sunday, Oct. 23, at the Hudson Valley Sports Dome in Milton, N.Y.
Men's Cross Country poll results
1. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
2. Maritime
3. Farmingdale State
4. Yeshiva
5. Purchase
6. Mount Saint Mary
7. St. Joseph's-Long Island
8. Mount Saint Vincent
9. Manhattanville
10. Sarah Lawrence
11. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
12. Old Westbury
Women's Cross Country
Georgieva's side is No. 3 in the women's cross country poll, behind co-favorites USMMA and Maritime.
Women's Cross Country poll results
1t. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and Maritime
3. Farmingdale State
4. Mount Saint Mary
5. St. Joseph's-Long Island
6. Manhattanville
7. Purchase
8t. Mount Saint Vincent, Old Westbury and Yeshiva
11. Sarah Lawrence
12. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Golf
Head coach Ryan Williams's Rams have won two-consecutive Skyline titles and a conference-record 13 crowns overall, and were chosen in voting by the eight head golf coaches to repeat in the Oct. 23-24 (Sun.-Mon.), 2022 Skyline Conference Championship at Bethpage State Park's Red Course.
Golf poll results
1. Farmingdale State
2. Manhattanville
3. Mount Saint Mary
4. Mount Saint Vincent
5t. St. Joseph's-Long Island, Old Westbury and Purchase
8. Yeshiva
Men's Soccer
Head coach Chuck Schimpf's FSC side slots into the poll in the No. 5 position, after a 2021 campaign in which the Rams checked in with the No. 3 seed in the Skyline Championship. This season's six-team conference tourney will take place with first-round games on Oct. 29, semifinals on Nov. 2 and the championship final on Nov. 5.
Last season's championship finalists, Manhattanville College and College of Mount Saint Vincent, ranked Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in the voting, with Mount Saint Mary College and USMMA tying for the No. 3 spot on the ledger.
Men's Soccer poll results
1. Manhattanville
2. Mount Saint Vincent
3t. Mount Saint Mary and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
5. Farmingdale State
6. Yeshiva
7. Maritime
8. St. Joseph's-Long Island
9. Purchase
10. Sarah Lawrence
11. Old Westbury
12. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Women's Soccer
Farmingdale State, led by long-time bench boss Chris Roche, sits atop the preseason poll after winning its sixth-consecutive title in 2021 -- and the Rams' conference-record 14th championship overall. Like the men's championship, this season's six-team conference tourney will take place with first-round games on Oct. 29, semifinals on Nov. 2 and the championship final on Nov. 5.
Women's Soccer poll results
1. Farmingdale State
2. Mount Saint Mary
3. Manhattanville
4. Mount Saint Vincent
5. St. Joseph's-Long Island
6. Sarah Lawrence
7. Maritime
8. Purchase
9. Old Westbury
10. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
11. Yeshiva
12. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Women's Tennis
Head coach Adam Waterhouse's Rams are tied atop the voting of the seven head coaches with Manhattanville College, after FSC registered an undefeated regular season last fall. The four-team Skyline Conference Women's Tennis Championship will commence with semifinals play on Oct. 19, with the championship final scheduled for Oct 23.
Women's Tennis poll results
1t. Farmingdale State and Manhattanville
3. Sarah Lawrence
4. Purchase
5. St. Joseph's-Long Island
6. Mount Saint Mary
7. Yeshiva
Women's Volleyball
FSC, lead by head coach Kellie Block, sits at No. 3 in the voting by the conference's 12 head coaches, after a 2021 campaign in which the Rams finished regular-season play in a three-way tie at the top of the standings with a 10-1 mark. Manhattanville and USMMA, finalists last fall, sit in the top-two spots on the ledger, respectively.
Women's Volleyball poll results
1. Manhattanville
2. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
3. Farmingdale State
4. Mount Saint Vincent
5. Mount Saint Mary
6. Sarah Lawrence
7. St. Joseph's-Long Island
8. Maritime
9. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
10. Old Westbury
11. Purchase
12. Yeshiva