LANCASTER, PA – Johns Hopkins grabbed nine first-place votes and totaled 99 points to earn the top spot in the 2025 Centennial Conference Preseason Women's Soccer Poll of the league's head coaches it was announced today.  The Blue Jays grab the top spot in the poll for the eighth consecutive year dating back to 2017 (no poll in 2020; season canceled due to COVID pandemic).  Coaches are not permitted to vote for their own team when casting their ballot.
 
Swarthmore earned one first-place vote and 85 points to grab the second spot in the poll with McDaniel (78 points), Franklin &. Marshall (75) and Dickinson (72) rounding out the top five.  Franklin & Marshall earned the lone remaining first-place vote.
 
Johns Hopkins won its league-record 15^th Centennial Conference Tournament title with a 2-0 win over Franklin & Marshall in the 2024 championship game.  The Blue Jays advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals a year ago and finished the season with an 18-3-3 record.
 
The Blue Jays, who are ranked fifth nationally in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll, will open the 2025 season on Saturday, August 30 when they travel to Minnesota to take on Carleton.  Johns Hopkins will wrap up its two-game, season-opening trip to the Midwest on Sunday, August 31 with a game at St. Olaf.   Carleton posted a 14-2-7 record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season, while St. Olaf is coming off a season in which it posted a 14-3-3 record.
 
2025 Centennial Conference Preseason Women's Soccer Poll
1. Johns Hopkins (9 First-Place Votes) – 99 points
2. Swarthmore (1) – 85
3. McDaniel – 78
4. Franklin & Marshall (1) – 75
5. Dickinson – 72
6. Haverford- 54
7. Gettysburg – 41
8. Washington College – 40
9. Muhlenberg – 26
10. Ursinus – 24
11. Bryn Mawr – 11