WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Lycoming College women's basketball team was predicted to finish sixth in the MAC Freedom coaches' preseason poll, the conference office in Annville, Pa., announced on Wednesday, Oct. 27.
 
DeSales was the unanimous favorite to repeat as the conference champions, while Stevens (51), Misericordia (46), Arcadia (44) and Delaware Valley (32) rounded out the top half of the poll. King's (29), Wilkes (17) and FDU-Florham (10) rounded out the poll.
 
The Warriors return 10 letterwinners from the 2020-21 season when the team posted a 2-4 record in an abbreviated season due to COVID-19. That includes four starters in guards junior Emily Zoscin (Weatherly, Pa./Weatherly Area, 7.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg), senior Allison Wagner (York, Pa./Central York, 7.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.0 apg) and sophomore Allison Butler (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove Area, 5.2 ppg) and junior forward Kenzie Reed (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley, 5.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg).
 
The Warriors open the 2021-22 season with a trip to Randolph-Macon on Sunday, Nov. 7, for a 12 p.m. game.