{"id":46529,"date":"2011-09-14T13:36:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T17:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=46529"},"modified":"2011-09-20T08:18:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T12:18:23","slug":"mens-soccer-ranked-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/09\/mens-soccer-ranked-no-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Soccer Ranked No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UConn men’s soccer team comes in at No. 2 in the latest national polls, according to both Soccer America and the NSCAA. College Soccer News places UConn at No. 1. The Huskies have a perfect 5-0 record, and have already defeated four teams that appeared in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

Maryland (6-0-0) is ranked No. 1 in both polls. In the NSCAA poll, the Terrapins received 20 first-place votes and 569 points, while Connecticut tallied two first-place votes and 551 points.<\/p>\n

\"Sophomore<\/a>
Sophomore defender Andrew Jean-Baptiste '14 (CLAS). (Photo provided by Athletic Communications)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was also announced today that sophomore defender Andrew Jean-Baptiste<\/span><\/a> (Brentwood, N.Y.) was named to the Soccer America National Team of the Week. Baptiste was named Big East Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, after leading UConn to a 2-0 record and back-to-back shutouts against Tulsa and SMU at the Hurricane Classic in Tulsa, Okla. this past weekend. Baptiste was named MVP of the two-game tournament. He led the UConn defense that allowed just four shots on net in two games.<\/p>\n

Against Tulsa, a team that reached the 2010 NCAA Second Round, the Huskies allowed just three shots on frame en route to a 1-0 victory. The Huskies then faced SMU at Tulsa, and limited the Mustangs to just one shot on frame, earning another 1-0 shutout victory. SMU advanced to the 2010 NCAA Quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

\"Mamadou<\/a>
Mamadou Doudou Diouf '14 (CLAS), sophomore forward. (Photo provided by Athletic Communications)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baptiste is the second UConn player named to the Soccer America National Team of the Week. Classmate Mamadou Doudou Diouf<\/a> (Dakar, Senegal) was honored after tallying four goals in two games over 2010 NCAA Tournament opposition, including a hat trick and the game-winning goal in a 4-1 defeat over No. 7 California on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n

Connecticut faces Boston University on Friday, Sept. 16 in Boston, Mass. The opening whistle is set for 7 p.m. at Nickerson Field. The squad then plays at No. 11 Boston College on Tuesday, Sept. 20.<\/p>\n

The Huskies return home Sept. 24 to face long-time rival No. 14 St. John’s in the Big East Conference opener at Morrone Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Be sure to get your tickets early, as the game is sure to have a packed house. The UConn Drumline will be in attendance, along with the UConn Cheerleaders and Jonathan, The Husky Dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Huskies have a perfect 5-0 record and have already defeated four teams that appeared in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":46538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[43],"class_list":["post-46529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 17:56:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46529"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46543,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46529\/revisions\/46543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/46538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46529"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=46529"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=46529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}