ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference softball season is approaching rapidly with the bulk of teams starting play this weekend. The league announced their preseason poll and individual awards this afternoon.
The Bulldogs, under the direction of first-year head coach Lindsay Diehl, were slated eighth in the preseason poll. Perennial power UNI earned 10 first place votes as the preseason favorite. Both Southern Illinois and Missouri State also garnered a single first place vote apiece to take second and third. The entire preseason poll is listed below.
Individually, the Bulldogs did not receive a nod to the All-MVC team.