WASHINGTON –  The Georgetown University men's soccer team was selected No. 13 with 379 points in the United Soccer Coaches 2019 Division I Preseason Poll, which was announced Tuesday. This is the first preseason poll to be announced for the 2019 season.
 
Georgetown went 13-5-3 last season.  Along the way, the Hoyas claimed the 2018 BIG EAST Championship after entering the tournament as the No. 2 seed and earned an automatic NCAA Tournament berth with the No. 13 overall seed. It marked the third championship in four years for the Blue & Gray as well as the third tournament championship in program history.  The coaching staff was also named United Soccer Coach East Region Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
Individually, seven Hoyas earned BIG EAST postseason honors as defender Dylan Nealis (Massapequa, N.Y. / Massapequa) was named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year as well as a First Team All-East Region selection.  Three additional Hoyas earned nods to the East Region second team. 
 
Already this year, Nealis was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List as GU looks to continue its success from a season ago.
 
Georgetown was the lone BIG EAST squad to earn a spot in the preseason rankings. 
 
The Blue & Gray will have three exhibition games on the schedule before opening the 2019 season at Shaw Field against Syracuse, who received votes in the preseason poll, on August 20 at 4 p.m.