Tribune-Star staff report
TERRE HAUTE — Rose-Hulman has been picked to finish second in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in men’s soccer this season in a preseason poll of league coaches released Tuesday.
Rose received one first-place vote and 70 total points in the poll. Transylvania University, the defending conference champion, earned seven first-place votes and had a total of 77 poll points.
For the first time in men’s soccer school history, Rose (15-4-1 last season) reached the title match of its league tournament to narrowly miss an NCAA Division III Tournament bid. The Engineers finished second in both the HCAC regular season and tournament standings and recorded a 6-2 mark for the highest league winning percentage in school history.
Also in 2006, Rose-Hulman outscored the opposition 37-17 to allow the fewest goals in a season in school history.
HCAC Men’s Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll
Teams with total votes (first place votes)
1. Transylvania 77 (7)
2. Rose-Hulman 70 (1)
3. Manchester 62 (1)
4. Anderson 49
5. Hanover 46
6. Defiance 41
7. Bluffton 27
8. Mt. St. Joseph 17
9. Franklin 16
Baseball
• Seniors compete — The following results were reported from Terre Haute Men’s Senior Baseball League action.
White Sox 000 330 0 — 6 10 4
Diamondbacks 503 0(10)0 x — 18 15 3
Jones, Swaner (5), G.Humphrey (6) and Strohm; Baldwin and Harvey, Myles (6).
Highlights — For the Diamondbacks (4-7), John Phegley was 3 for 3 with five RBIs, Glen Baldwin was 3 for 4 and also struck out eight and Ron Humphrey, David Hannum and Jeff Harvey all had doubles. For the White Sox (6-5), Robbin List had a double and a single.
