INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. | The Young Harris College men's soccer team is ranked No. 2 in Super Region 2 in the first release of the NCAA Division II regional rankings.
 
Men's soccer is the first Young Harris program to be ranked in the NCAA regional rankings this year in their respective sport.
  
There will be two more regional rankings before the final selection by the NCAA for regional play Nov. 15. Super Region 2 consists of teams from the Peach Belt, Gulf South, South Atlantic and Sunshine State conferences as well as Conference Carolinas.
 
YHC, which is ranked No. 3 nationally in the United Soccer Coaches Division II Coaches Poll with a 14-0-1 mark,  is the lone Peach Belt team listed in the regional ranking.

Palm Beach Atlantic University (11-1-0) is ranked No. 1 and is followed by the University of Tampa (11-2-0), Limestone University (9-2-1) and Auburn University Montgomery (9-3-1) in positions 3-5. Anderson (S.C.) University (10-2-2) is ranked sixth, while Lynn University (10-3-0) is seventh and Chowan University (10-2-1) is eighth. The University of West Florida (6-3-2), Lenoir-Rhyne University (7-4-1), Coker University (10-4-1) and Lee University (8-4-1) round out the rankings in positions 9-12.
 
The NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship, which will begin on Nov. 18 or Nov. 18 on campus sites, provides for a 40-team, single elimination tournament. Ten teams will be chosen from each of the four super regions. In the Super 2 region, the winners from the Peach Belt, Sunshine State, Gulf South, South Atlantic and Conference Carolinas tournaments earn automatic berths while the other five teams will be at-large selections. The 2021 national champion will be crowned Dec. 11 at Switchbacks Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Young Harris returns to action Saturday (Oct. 30) when the Mountain Lions hosts Clayton State University in a 5 p.m. PBC match at the YHC Soccer and Lacrosse Field. 

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