Fresh off one of the best seasons in program history, the Eastern Washington University women’s soccer team has been picked to finish seventh in the 2015 Big Sky Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the league office announced Aug. 6.
EWU’s predicted finish is the program’s highest since the conference’s coaches tabbed the Eagles to finish sixth in the Big Sky prior to the 2010 season.
Eastern returns 10 letter winners and five starters from last year’s squad that won eight matches and returned the program to the Big Sky Tournament for the first time since 2009. Back are First Team All-Big Sky honoree Chloe Williams and Honorable Mention All-Big Sky selection Savannah Hoekstra. The duo combined to score 12 of the Eagles’ 27 goals a season ago as freshmen as EWU welcomes back 78-percent of its scoring from 2014.
EWU second-year head coach Chad Bodnar welcomes in a large group of 17 newcomers, along with two returning redshirts. Eastern’s 2015 roster consists of 13 freshmen, 11 sophomores, four juniors and three seniors.
Northern Arizona and Montana tied in overall votes but NAU earned the edge 5-4 in first-place votes. EWU began training this week in advance of hosting an exhibition against Gonzaga on Friday, Aug. 14, at 5 p.m.
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