BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins men's soccer team received five first-place votes and 76 total points to earn the top spot in the 2022 Centennial Conference Preseason Poll of the league's head coaches.
Hopkins went 7-2-0 in conference play a year ago to win the regular season title and earn the top seed in the Centennial Conference Tournament. The Blue Jays finished with a 12-5-2 record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Hopkins has won three regular season Centennial titles and two tournament titles under head coach
Craig Appleby.
Franklin & Marshall sits in a close second with three first-place votes and 71 points. Gettysburg grabbed the other first-place vote and 62 points to come in third in the poll. Rounding out the top-five are Swarthmore (56 points) and Washington College (53).
Hopkins will open the 2022 season on Thursday, September 1 when Rowan visits Homewood Field (1 pm). It will be the first regular season meeting between the two since 1998 – a 2-1 Blue Jay win.
2022 Centennial Conference Men's Soccer Preseason Poll
Rk. School (1st Place Votes) • Points
1. Johns Hopkins (5) • 76
2. Franklin & Marshall (3) • 71
3. Gettysburg (1) • 62
4. Swarthmore • 56
5. Washington College • 53
6. Haverford • 41
7. Muhlenberg • 35
8. Ursinus • 22
9. Dickinson • 20
10. McDaniel • 14
