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AGGIES TIED FOR THIRD IN MAC PRESEASON COACHES' POLL

WILKES-BARRE (PA) - The Delaware Valley College football team was picked to finish in a tie for third place in the 2007 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) preseason coaches' poll that was announced earlier today at the conference's media luncheon at King's College.

The Aggies, who won the conference title in both 2004 and 2005 and finished second last season, received one of the eight, first-place votes and registered 34 total points in the poll. That put them in a tie with King's for the third spot.

Defending MAC champion and nationally-ranked Wilkes University garnered five, first-place votes and finished atop the poll with 55 points. Widener University received the remaining two, first-place votes and placed second with 47 points.

The entire 2007 MAC preseason coaches' poll is as follows:

1. Wilkes University -- 55 points
2. Widener University -- 47 points
3. Delaware Valley College -- 34 points
3. King's College -- 34 points
5. Lebanon Valley College -- 33 points
6. Lycoming College -- 31 points
7. Albright College -- 25 points
8. FDU-Florham -- 16 points

Delaware Valley, under second-year head coach Jim Clements, returns 30 letterwinners, including 10 starters, from last year's squad that went 8-3 overall (7-2 MAC) and qualified for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Atlantic Bowl.

Delaware Valley begins its 2007 season on Saturday, September 1 (1:00 p.m.) when it travels to Division I-AA foe Iona College. Non-conference road games at Division III powers Wesley College and Salisbury University follow before conference play begins on Saturday, September 29 (1:00 p.m.) when the Aggies host King's.