Rock Hill, S.C.—The Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Soccer team has been selected to finish sixth in the 2020-21 South Atlantic Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, the league announced this morning.
 
Wingate was selected to finish first with 10 first-place votes and 120 total points, Queens is right behind them with 103 votes and Carson-Newman picked up the other first-place vote for 102 points in total.
 
In addition, Victor Cascon was selected to the 2020 All-SAC Preseason First team. Cascon is coming off a seven-goal season for the Bears, Cascon is heading into his senior year 6^th all-time in goals scored and 10^th in career points in LR history. Cascon also was named to the D2CCA Southeast All-Region First team in 2018.
 
The Bears will open their season with an exhibition game against Limestone at home on February 13 at 6:00 PM before starting their SAC schedule at Coker on February 25^th.

2020-21 Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll

Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Points
1.	Wingate (10)	120
2.	Queens	103
3.	Carson-Newman (1)	102
4.	Anderson	88
5.	Limestone	83
6.	Lenoir-Rhyne	72
7.	Lincoln Memorial	72
8.	Tusculum	62
9.	Coker	61
10.	Newberry	44
11.	Catawba	26
12.	Mars Hill	23

2020-21 SAC Men's Soccer Preseason All-Conference
 
First Team
F – Harry Ward, Anderson
F – Victor Cascon, Lenoir-Rhyne
F – Ibrahim Nadir, Newberry
F – Jacques Fokam-Sandeu, Coker
MF – Keegan Burton, Queens
MF – Daniel Kuper, Wingate
MF – Nic Carsh, Carson-Newman
MF – Mikkel Fahlen bruun, Wingate
D – Niclas Wittur, Wingate
D – Sebastian Marx, Limestone
D – Owen Marshall, Wingate
D – Kieran Gore, Queens
GK – Bram Kaarsgaren, Carson-Newman
 
Second Team
F – Sebastina Bertilsson, Mars Hill
F – Thaylan Silva, Carson-Newman
F – Alexander Cox-Ashwood, Anderson
F – Caio Brandao, Queens
MF – Boris Basara, Queens
MF – Hunter Stroble, Lincoln Memorial
MF – Ben Bielby, Catawba
MF – Tristyn De laaf, Limestone
D – Morgan Ratcliffe, Coker
D – Henrik Gunther, Limestone
D – Dani Gongora, Tusculum
D – Monoel Dos Passos, Queens 
GK – Jens Bergendorff, Wingate