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Seawolves picked second by CCAA coaches

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Felice Archbold of San Francisco State and Sonoma State's Cathleen Celaya dance around the ball during a game at Rohnert Park last season.

By RICH RUPPRECHT
PRESS DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER

Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 4:18 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 5:42 p.m.

The Sonoma State women’s soccer team was picked to finish second in the CCAA North Division and advance to the conference tournament in a vote of league head coaches on Tuesday. Two of the voters even picked the Seawolves to win their first conference championship since 1997.

CCAA 2008 women's soccer preseason poll
North Division (first place votes) - overall points
1. Chico State (8) - 58
2. Sonoma State (2) - 50
3. Cal State Stanislaus - 39
4. Humboldt State - 31
5. San Francisco State - 29
6. Cal State Monterey Bay - 14

South Division (first place votes) - overall points
1. UC San Diego (6) - 45
2. CS Dominguez Hills (5) - 42
3. Cal State L.A. - 28
4. Cal Poly Pomona - 23
5. Cal State San Bernardino - 22

Conference Tournament Participants
1. Chico State
2. Cal State Dominguez Hills
3. UC San Diego
4. Sonoma State

CCAA Tournament Champion (votes)
1. Chico State (4)
2. Cal State Dominguez Hills (3)
3t. Sonoma State (2)
3t. UC San Diego (2)

Sonoma State finished fourth in the North last year with a 5-7-2 record. However, three of those losses were by forfeit, meaning the Seawolves played to an 8-4-2 record on the field. SSU was 10-7-2 overall in 2007.

Chico State, which captured its first CCAA title last season, was picked to repeat in 2008. The Wildcats received 8 of 11 votes to win the North and a league-high four votes to win the conference tournament. Cal State Dominguez Hills received three conference champion votes and UC San Diego and Sonoma State received two.

The Seawolves have an exhibition game against Dominican University today at 4 p.m. and the regular season begins August 28 at the University of Hawaii-Hilo.


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