December 8, 2011
Grand Valley State Finishes the Season No. 2 in the Women's NSCAA D-II Top 25 Poll
Kansas City, Kan. -- Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) member Grand Valley State University finished the season as the NCAA Division II runner-up with a with a 2-1 loss to St. Rose in the D-II championship game. It was the only loss of the year for the Lakers and dropped them to No. 2 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division II Women's Top 25 poll to finish the season.
| NSCAA Women's Division II Top 25 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School | Prev. | W-L-T |
| 1 | Saint Rose | 10 | 23-1-1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | 1 | 20-1-4 |
| 3 | Armstrong Atlantic State | 7 | 18-3-3 |
| 4 | Chico State | NR | 13-6-6 |
| 5 | Colorado Mines | 8 | 17-2-4 |
| 6 | California (Pa.) | 7 | 20-1-2 |
| 7 | Abilene Christian | 17 | 20-2-1 |
| 8 | University Of Tampa | 19 | 16-6-2 |
| 9 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 13 | 17-3-1 |
| 10 | Northern Kentucky | 9 | 17-5-0 |
| 11 | Fort Lewis | RV | 15-3-4 |
| 12 | Cal State Los Angeles | RV | 13-4-4 |
| 13 | University Of Bridgeport | NR | 16-0-1 |
| 14 | Slippery Rock | 23 | 16-4-3 |
| 15 | Dallas Baptist University | NR | 16-6-1 |
| 16 | Massachusetts-Lowell | NR | 11-6-4 |
| 17 | Lynn | NR | 11-7-1 |
| 18 | Central Oklahoma | 14 | 15-4-0 |
| 19 | UC San Diego | 12 | 13-3-4 |
| 20 | Bellarmine | 18 | 16-3-3 |
| 21 | Seattle Pacific | 5 | 17-3-0 |
| 22 | Columbus State | 20 | 16-4-3 |
| 23 | Saint Leo | 6 | 15-3-1 |
| 24 | Rollins | 11 | 14-3-2 |
| 25 | Minnesota State-Mankato | 21 | 17-3-3 |
Also receiving votes: West Chester
(Pa.), Wisconsin-Parkside, Merrimack (Mass.), North Georgia,
Central Missouri, Regis (Colo.), Kutztown (Pa.), Edinboro (Pa.),
Midwestern State (Texas), Cal State Stanislaus
