SLC Releases Preseason Softball Polls
1/25/2007 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Jan. 25, 2007
FRISCO, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjack softball team was pegged to finish eighth in the Southland Conference this season, according to polls of league head coaches and sports information directors. The Ladyjacks earned 33 points in the coaches poll and pulled 42 points in the SID poll. Last year's conference champion, Texas-San Antonio, was picked to repeat in both polls, earning seven first-place votes in the coaches poll and 10 first-place votes in the SID poll.
In preseason polling a year ago, SFA was predicted to finish ninth by both polls. Jenifer Wells led the team to a 20-28 overall mark and a 9-15 record in SLC play. That performance netted the Ladyjacks a ninth-place finish.
Wells -- now in her second year at SFA -- and the Ladyjacks will begin the 2007 season on Feb. 9, when they open play in the Baylor Tournament. SFA's first home game is scheduled for March 15 against Tulsa. The Ladyjacks will open SLC play two days later with a three-game home series against Texas-Arlington.
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2007 SOUTHLAND SOFTBALL PRESEASON POLLSCOACHES POLL SID POLL
NO UNIVERSITY PTS NO UNIVERSITY PTS 1. Texas-San Antonio (7) 96 1. Texas-San Antonio (10) 120 2. Texas State (2) 87 2. Texas State (1) 105 3. Texas Arlington (1) 78 3. Texas-Arlington 96 4. Sam Houston State 63 4. McNeese State 70 5. Northwestern State 61 Northwestern State 70 6. Nicholls State (1) 60 6. Nicholls State 66 McNeese State 60 Sam Houston State 66 8. Stephen F. Austin 33 8. Stephen F. Austin 42 9. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 27 9. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 39 10. Southeastern Louisiana 23 10. Southeastern Louisiana 30 11. Central Arkansas 11 11. Central Arkansas 11
