CLEVELAND, Ohio — Defending Mid-American Conference Tournament champion Kent State has been voted as the favorite to repeat as MAC East Division champions in the conference's women's soccer preseason poll, the league announced Monday morning.
Following a historic season in which they won a program-record 15 matches advanced to their first ever NCAA Tournament, the Golden Flashes received 10 out of a possible 12 first-place votes from the conference's head coaches to win the MAC East. Additionally, the Flashes received two votes to win the conference tournament for the second straight season.
The other two first-place votes in the East Division went to Buffalo, who finished second in the poll.