Softball Chosen Eleventh in GAC Preseason Poll
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference released Wednesday the league’s preseason softball poll, as voted on by the GAC’s 12 head coaches. SWOSU has been slated for an 11th-place finish in 2022.
Southern Arkansas is the preseason favorite to win the conference with seven first-place votes and 115 total points, seven poll points ahead of Arkansas Tech who picked up three first-place votes. Southeastern also picked up two first-place votes.
SWOSU is coming off a 9-29 season where they finished 9-24 in GAC. 2019 Coach of the Year Kim Maher enters her sixth season leading the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs open the 2022 season on February 11-13 in Edmond at a tournament co-hosted by Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma Christian.
2022 GAC Preseason Coaches Poll
| Place | School |
Total |
1st |
| 1 | Southern Arkansas |
115 |
7 |
| 2 | Arkansas Tech |
108 |
3 |
| 3 | Southeastern |
105 |
2 |
| 4 | Harding |
92 |
|
| 5 | Southern Nazarene |
82 |
|
| 6 | Oklahoma Baptist |
66 |
|
| 7 | Ouachita |
59 |
|
| 8 | Arkansas Monticello |
50 |
|
| 9 | East Central |
47 |
|
| 10 | Henderson State |
36 |
|
| 11 | SWOSU |
21 |
|
| 12 | Northwestern |
11 |
