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Princeton University Athletics
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September 05, 2002 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 5, 2002
The Princeton University women's soccer team moved into the NSCAA Top 25 despite not playing this past week. The Tigers, who open their season Saturday at Seton Hall in the first intercollegiate event of the 2002-03 academic year for a Princeton team, went from being unranked last week to 21st this week.
The Tigers are one of two teams in the poll who have not yet opened their season. The other is the team ranked directly ahead of Princeton, Ivy rival Dartmouth.
North Carolina is the No. 1 team, followed by UCLA.
Princeton went 14-3-2 a year ago while winning a second-straight Ivy League title and making a third-straight trip to the NCAA tournament. The Tigers return eight starters.
The NSCAA Top 25 for the week of 9/5/02
1 North Carolina
2 UCLA
3 - tie Texas A&M, Stanford
5 Virginia
6 Notre Dame
7 Nebraska
8 Connecticut
9 Michigan
10 Texas
11 California
12 Penn State
13 Clemson
14 Santa Clara
15 Washington
16 Wake Forest
17 Florida State
18 Kentucky
19 Portland
20 Dartmouth
21 Princeton
22 Tennessee
23 Duke
24 Pepperdine
25 Cincinnati