CARMEL, Ind.–In a vote amongst league coaches, the Hanover College women's soccer team was picked to finish first in the 2023 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) season. The Panthers finished the 2022 regular season in first place, with a 7-0-2 mark in league play.  

Rose-Hulman, who won the HCAC Women's Soccer Title, was voted to finish second and picked up two first-place votes. Transylvania University snagged the third-place spot, narrowly beating out Anderson University and Mount St. Joseph University who finished just two-points behind in a tie for fourth place. 

Bluffton University ranked sixth in the poll.

Listed below is the 2023 HCAC Women's Soccer Preseason Poll and the 2022 HCAC Athletes to Watch. 

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2023 HCAC WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL
(#) Denotes First Place Votes

1. Hanover College (8) 80

2. Rose-Hulman Insititute of Technology (2) 72

3. Transylvania University 60

4. Anderson University 58

4. Mount St. Jospeh University 58

­6. Bluffton University 34

7. Earlham College 31

8. Franklin College 30

9. Manchester University 18

10. Defiance College 9

Bluffton team members highlighted as Athletes to Watch are Nina McGinn, Kelsie Gladiuex, Evie Masters and Brielle Collier.