ST. LOUIS - UNI women's basketball was picked third in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll and junior guard Karli Rucker was named to the MVC Preseason All-Conference team, the conference announced Thursday.
The Panthers enter the 2019-20 season after earning a fifth straight postseason appearance. UNI went 12-6 in the MVC and 20-13 overall earning a spot in the WNIT.
UNI lost three seniors but brings back two All-MVC honorees in Karli Rucker and Megan Maahs. Grad transfer Kristina Cavey joins UNI from Fresno State, where Cavey started the first 19 games of the 2018-19 season for the Bulldogs.