WALTHAM, Mass. – The Bentley men's soccer team was voted 6^th in the Northeast-10 Preseason Coaches' Poll, the conference announced Tuesday. The Falcons open their season on Sept. 1 vs. Post at the Kickoff Classic in North Andover.

Head coach Gary Crompton, the 2015 NE-10 Coach of the Year, and his squad are coming off a 4^th place finish in the NE-10 in 2015 and a trip to the conference playoff semifinals, after defeating Southern Connecticut 3-2 in the quarterfinals. The team's overall record last season was 10-7-1 and 8-4-1 NE-10.

In the coaches' poll, the Falcons received 111 points to come in 6^th.

The top spot in the poll went to the defending conference champions Southern New Hampshire, which received 167 points and 12 of 14 first-place votes. Last season's runners-up Adelphi weren't far behind in the voting with 154 points and the other two first-place votes. The rest of the poll's top-five has Merrimack in 3^rd (146 points), Le Moyne in 4^th (127) and Southern Connecticut in 5^th (126).

After completing the Kickoff Classic on Sept. 3 vs. Caldwell, the Falcons open NE-10 play 10 days later when they take on Southern New Hamsphire at home on Sept. 13, in what will be a rematch of last season's conference semifinal game. Bentley will also host Merrimack on Sept. 21 in its other home match during September.

2016 Northeast-10 Men's Soccer Coaches' Preseason Poll

1. Southern New Hampshire – 167 (12)

2. Adelphi – 154 (2)

3. Merrimack – 146

4. Le Moyne – 127

5. Southern Connecticut State – 126

6. Bentley – 111

7. Franklin Pierce – 87

8. Stonehill – 84

9. Saint Rose – 75

10. Saint Michael's – 67

11. American Int'l – 44

12. Assumption – 42

13. New Haven – 30

14. Saint Anselm – 14

( ) – indicates first-place votes