Oct 15, 2024

⚽ Blue Dragons remain No. 16 in NJCAA rankings

Posted Oct 15, 2024 1:10 PM
Photo Courtesy HutchCC Athletics
Photo Courtesy HutchCC Athletics

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

After a 1-0-1 week last week, the Hutchinson Community College women's soccer team remained No. 16 in the latest NJCAA Division I national rankings released on Monday.

The Blue Dragons are 4-0-1 in their last five games after a 0-0 draw with No. 8 Butler and a dominant 3-0 road victory over Coffeyville on Saturday.

This week will prove to be a equally challenging week as Barton comes to the Salthawk Soccer Complex for a 6 p.m. match on Saturday. Hutchinson then travels to KJCCC leader and nationally seventh-ranked Kansas City on Saturday.

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Last week Blue Dragon women's soccer established a new program record for consecutive weeks in the national rankings. This week, they extended that record with their 17th-straight appearance in the poll. The previous record was 15 consecutive weeks in the poll in 2009 and 2010.

The No. 16 rung on the Top 20 ladder is the highest the Dragons have been ranked this season and the highest the Dragons have reached in the national rankings since earning a No. 14 mark early in 2023.

The KJCCC continues to have four teams in the Top 20. Led by Kansas City (11-0-4) at No. 7 and Butler (10-1-4) at No. 8, Cowley (8-3-1) is No. 15 this week, a drop of four spots, and then the Blue Dragons.

Navarro holds the No. 1 spot for the fourth-straight week. Iowa Western, Seminole State and Arizona Western maintain spots 2, 3 and 4. Snow College makes a five-spot jump in the rankings to No. 5 this week.