The Drury Panther’s moved back into the national rankings again today, in the 20th spot, after falling out of the preseason rankings following their loss to Ashland (OH) at the start of the season. Ashland is now #15 while Northern Kentucky is at #5, making them the top-ranked GLVC men’s program. Bellarmine falls five spots to #23 after their loss to St Joseph’s this past weekend.

In the Central region rankings, it’s NKU, Ashland, Drury and Bellarmine with the Top 4 teams advancing to the NCAA playoff. Rockhurst, who fell to Drury in OT on Sunday, are tied for 6th in the regional ranking with fellow GLVC programs Missouri S&T and Quincy.

UPDATE – From Facebook comes the news that Drury lost 0-1 to Quincy on a play that saw the Panther’s goalkeeper collide with one of his defenders, with both visiting the hospital post-game.

UPDATE 2 – from the Drury website

On the play, DU junior All-America goal-keeper Stephen Conner came out of the box to try to thwart Ellison’s open touch and instead collided with DU freshman defender Brendan Langford. Conner suffered a broken nose in the exchange, while Langford suffered a possible leg fracture, according to DU coach Ryan Swan, who was at University Hospital in Columbia with both players late Tuesday night.

The Panther’s play Quincy this evening in Columbia, at 7:00 pm at CoMo Park north of I-70 in a makeup of a game canceled due to lightning two weekends ago. Missouri S&T visits Springfield on Sunday, so this week the Panther’s can solidify their position.

Did you see the video of the OT game winner against Rockhurst?