COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --- The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference announced the women's basketball preseason poll on Wednesday morning. The RMAC preseason women's basketball coaches' poll is voted on by the league's 15 head coaches. Head Coaches are not allowed to vote for their program.
After winning 3 straight to end the season and bringing nearly everyone back, the women were selected 14th.
Regis was selected 1st with 12 first place votes. Colorado School of Mines earned 1 first place vote, selected 2nd, and CSU Pueblo was selected third, earning 165 points.
South Dakota Mines brings back almost all of their top scorers from a season ago, including
Piper Bauer and
Madelyn Heiser along with top rebounders
Sydnee Durtsche and
Naomi Hidalgo among its 10 returners.
The Hardrockers begin their season in Grand Junction, taking on Texas Permian Basin and West Texas A&M in the Conference Challenge on Nov. 10th and 11th.
The RMAC preseason poll is listed below.
2022-23 RMAC Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
1. Regis (12) - 192
2. Colorado School of Mines (1) - 168
3. CSU Pueblo (2) - 165
4. Adams State - 164
5. Black Hills State - 143
6. Colorado Mesa - 136
7. MSU Denver - 125
8. Fort Lewis – 81
9. UCCS – 75
10. Colorado Christian – 73
11. New Mexico Highlands - 66
12. Westminster - 59
13. Western Colorado - 56
14.
South Dakota Mines – 39
15. Chadron State - 33
About South Dakota Mines
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and NCAA Division II offering 13 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic programs. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 members, as well as four associate members, located in the states of California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.
