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WAC Coaches Select Seattle U, Bjornethun, Musovski as Preseason Favorites

WAC Coaches Select Seattle U, Bjornethun, Musovski as Preseason Favorites

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DENVER - Seattle U is the preseason favorite to win the 2015 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer title while Redhawks defender Kyle Bjornethun and UNLV forward Danny Musovksi were selected as WAC Preseason Defensive and Offensive Player of the Year respectively in a vote of the league's 11 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players.

The Redhawks collected five first place votes and 92 total points to edge out defending champion UNLV for the top spot in the preseason poll. The Rebels garnered five first place votes as well to go with 86 total points. CSU Bakersfield earned the remaining first place vote as the Roadrunners have been selected to finish third this season, earning 80 points. Utah Valley earned the fourth place position ahead of fifth-place San José State. Missouri-Kansas City and Incarnate Word tied for sixth place followed by Grand Canyon, Air Force, Houston Baptist and first-year program UTRGV.

Bjornethun and Musovski highlighted the Preseason All-WAC squad with Seattle U and UNLV led the way with three players selected. Hamza Haddadi and Shane Haworth joined Bjornethun to represent the Redhawks and Jason Khamvongsa and Rodrigo Fuentes joined Musovski for the Rebels. CSU Bakersfield was represented by Julian Zamora and Christian Duarte while the San José State duo of Rory Knibbs and Jonathan Colunga represented the Spartans. Utah Valley defender Alex Neff rounded out the 11-player squad.

2015 Preseason Men's Soccer Coaches Poll
RankTeam (1st Place Votes)Points
1Seattle U (5)92
2UNLV (5)86
3CSU Bakersfield (1)80
4Utah Valley71
5San José State66
6Incarnate Word48
Missouri-Kansas City48
8Grand Canyon46
9Air Force36
10Houston Baptist19
11UTRGV13

2015 Preseason All-WAC Team
Julian Zamora, So., F, CSU Bakersfield
Hamza Haddadi, Sr., F, Seattle U
Rory Knibbs, Jr., F, San José State
Danny Musovski, So., F, UNLV
Christian Duarte, Sr., MF, CSU Bakersfield
Rodrigo Fuentes, Sr., MF, UNLV
Jonathan Colunga, So., MF, San José State
Kyle Bjornethun, Jr., D, Seattle U
Alex Neff, Jr., D, Utah Valley
Jason Khamvongsa, Sr., D, UNLV
Shane Haworth, Sr., GK, Seattle U

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Danny Musovski, UNLV
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Kyle Bjornethun, Seattle U