Newport News, Va. -- Five Atlantic 10 men’s soccer student-athletes have been named to TopDrawerSoccer.com’s preseason top 100 men’s college soccer player rankings.

Headlining the group is Saint Louis’ Robert Kristo who was ranked No. 21 by the website.  A third-team All-American in 2012, Kristo has already been named to the preseason All-America team by CollegeSoccerNews.com and was tabbed one of the top 10 forwards in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer.com.

Kristo was joined on the list by teammates Anthony Manning (No. 31) and Alex Sweetin (No. 94), while VCU’s Romena Bowie (No. 54) and  Dennis Castillo (No. 86), were also ranked.

The top 100 list includes only players from Division I and excludes freshmen who will be recognized in the midseason update with a freshmen top 100 ranking.