LITTLE ROCK- Little Rock swimming and diving was picked to finish sixth in the 2018-19 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, released by the league on Friday morning. This is the second consecutive season the Trojans have been picked to finish sixth.
Little Rock earned 25 points, 10 points behind fifth-place Illinois State and seven points ahead of seventh-place Evansville.
Missouri State was picked to win the league championship with 64 points and eight first-place votes while Southern Illinois was picked to be the runner-up with 53 points. Northern Iowa took third with 45 points and Indiana State was picked fourth with 35 points.