Women’s Soccer Picked to Finish 5th
The first ever pre-season poll for Longwood’s venture into Big South athletics has been released and it has the Lancers picked to finish fifth in the upcoming women’s soccer season. Longwood received 90 points overall in the poll while receiving votes to finish as high as second in the twelve team league. Campbell University was picked as the conference favorite with 132 points, narrowly beating out Radford who actually received more first place votes then the Camels.
Winthrop’s Krystyna Freda was picked as the Preseason Attacking Player of the Year and Radford’s Tyler Drake was chosen as Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
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The Lancers will begin their season with a August 17 home game versus the Drexel Dragons. The women’s first conference match up will come September 20 when they will host UNC-Asheville.
Complete Big South Women’s Soccer Predictions
1. Campbell: 132 pts
2. Radford: 130 pts
3. High Point: 122 pts
4. Winthrop: 101 pts
5. Longwood: 90 pts
6. Charleston Southern: 83 pts
7. Liberty: 76 pts
8. Coastal Carolina: 65 pts
9. UNC Asheville: 50 pts
10. Gardner-Webb: 46 pts
11. Presbyterian: 23 pts
12. VMI: 18 pts
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