KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Delta State University women's soccer team appeared in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll for the second straight week after defeating the University of Montevallo in the Gulf South Conference Spring Championship quarterfinal last Sunday.

The Lady Statesmen, who are 6-1-1 on the season, went 3-1-1 in Gulf South Conference action this season.

Delta State sports the third-most goals scored in the GSC (21), while yielding the third-fewest (7). Forward Diana Okechukwu ranks eighth in the GSC in shots (24) and third in goals (6), while goalkeeper Amanda Hilliard is 12th in saves (10) and has the fourth-best goals-against average in the league (.813). 

The Lady Statesmen will take on #2 ranked Lee University in the semifinals of the GSC Championships on Saturday, March 27 at 1 p.m. in Hoover, Ala. 

UNITED SOCCER COACHES TOP 25

1	Dallas Baptist University	6	8-0-0
2	Lee University	3	8-0-1
3	Grand Valley State University	1	1-0-1
4	Flagler College	4	4-0-1
5	Minnesota State University-Mankato	5	1-0-0
6	Point Loma Nazarene University	10	4-0-0
7	University of Colorado-Colorado Springs	11	2-0-0
8	University of Central Missouri	8	3-1-0
9	Mississippi College	12	6-0-0
10	Angelo State University	15	5-0-0
11	Columbus State University	7	5-1-1
12	University of North Georgia	22	5-2-0
13	Colorado School Of Mines	18	3-0-1
14	McKendree University	25	7-1-0
15	Lenoir-Rhyne University	23	5-0-1
16	Dominican University of California	NR	5-0-0
17	Delta State University	20	6-1-1
18	Western Washington University	NR	0-0-0
19	University Of Indianapolis	NR	5-1-1
20	Oklahoma Baptist University	16	4-1-1
21	Fresno Pacific University	21	6-1-0
22	University of Montevallo	14	5-3-1
23	Northwest Nazarene University	NR	5-0-0
24	University Of Charleston	19	3-0-1
25	Lindenwood University	24	6-0-2

Records shown are through games of March 21, 2021