As the Loyola women’s soccer team (4-4-1) prepares to start conference play Sept. 28 against Drake University, head coach Barry Bimbi said the competition will be closer than before.
Going into conference play, Bimbi said there seems to be a group of four top teams instead of one frontrunner — Loyola, Drake, Missouri State University and Illinois State University seem to be neck-in-neck. He said he thinks this year, the regular season champion could be different from the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Tournament champion due to the competitiveness of the teams.
Each of those four teams ranked in the top four of the MVC preseason poll from Aug.