ST. LOUIS – The Drake University softball team has been tabbed as the favorite in the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference's annual preseason poll as voted by the league's coaches, the MVC office announced Wednesday, Jan. 25.
Drake edged Wichita State by four points to claim the top spot in the poll with six first-place votes and 92 overall points.
The Bulldogs placed three on the 2017 MVC Preseason All-Conference Team with sophomores Taryn Pena (Columbia, Ill.) and Kennedy Frank (Chesterfield, Mo.) and junior Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.