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The Oral Roberts men's soccer team is picked to finish fourth in the pre-season Summit League poll, released by the conference Thursday.

The Golden Eagles return the team's leading scorer in Jarrett Hamilton, who scored four goals and handed out three assists, and goalkeeper Andrew Techanchuk, who had a 1.26 goals against average which ranked third in the Summit League.

Oral Roberts went 7-8-and-3 last season, including a 2-3-and-1 conference mark.

UMKC tops the poll, edging out defending 2009 regular season champion Oakland. Western Illinois, which won the league tournament, is third.

IUPUI is tied with ORU for fourth with IPFW and Centenary rounding out the poll in sixth and seventh, respectively.

ORU edged Northeastern State 3-2 in an exhibition game last weekend and plays at crosstown rival Tulsa in the final exhibition contest Saturday evening before opening the season September first at Central Arkansas.