Courtesy of HutchCC Athletic Department
After a 3-0 week, including one Jayhawk Conference victory, the Hutchinson Community College women’s soccer team remained No. 16 in this week’s NJCAA Division I national rankings.
Now ranked in nine-consecutive rankings periods dating back to last season, the No. 16 Blue Dragons face a huge early-season test on Wednesday when No. 11 Butler comes to the Salthawk Sports Complex in a 6 p.m. kickoff.
Hutchinson defeated Dodge City 4-1 last Wednesday to earn head coach Sammy Lane’s 250th coaching victory. The Blue Dragons then routed Crowder College 10-0 and NOC-Enid 3-0 over the weekend in Enid, Oklahoma.
The Top 5 teams in this week’s rankings are Iowa Western, Tyler, Eastern Florida State, Seminole State and Daytona State.
The Jayhawk Conference is still well represented with five teams in the Top 20.
Barton is at No. 10, followed by Butler at No. 11. The Blue Dragons are No. 16, Kansas City is No. 17 and Cowley is No. 18.
Hutchinson has Butler at home on Wednesday and travels to Coffeyville on Saturday this week.