The Thomas More College softball team has been chosen as the preseason favorite in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) following a vote of league coaches.
The preseason poll collects votes from each of the conference’s 10 head coaches.
Thomas More and seventh-year head coach Lindsay Bramhall, last year’s regular-season champions, received 93 total points and five of the league’s 10 first-place votes. They finished the 2014 season 31-12 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament, finishing 1-2 at the Chicago Regional.
Geneva College was picked second, finishing with 88 points and three first-place votes, while defending tournament champion Washington & Jefferson College was picked third, earning the final two first-place votes and 87 total points.
Bethany College was selected fourth with 70 points, followed by Westminster College in fifth (50), Thiel College in sixth (48) and Saint Vincent College in seventh (46). Grove City College and Waynesburg University tied for the number eight spot with 29 points apiece. Chatham University was picked 10th (10).
Thomas More opens the season on March 7 when it travels to Atlanta, Georgia, for the Agnes Scott College/Emory University Tournament. The Saints will play Washington University at 9 a.m. and Emory at 11 a.m.
From TMC Athletics