Raiders Learn Preseason Slot as #HLWBB Preseason Poll Released
10/19/2021 3:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
INDIANAPOLIS/DAYTON – The Wright State women's basketball team received 72 total votes and was picked in a tie for seventh in the Horizon League preseason poll, announced on Tuesday.
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IUPUI received 11 of the 12 first place votes as part of its 139 total votes and earned the top spot in the poll, followed by Milwaukee (125 points) and Green Bay (120 points, 1 first place vote) to round out the top three.
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The Raiders are set to begin their first season under head coach Kari Hoffman, who was introduced as the eighth head coach in program history in mid-May. Hoffman joined the Raiders after serving as the head coach at nearby Cedarville University for the last five seasons, where she won 106 games, led the Yellow Jackets to three regular season conference titles and was named the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2021. Hoffman also earned NCCAA Midwest Region Coach of the Year honors in 2019 and 2020.
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Hoffman averaged 21.2 wins per season at Cedarville and has won 74 percent of her games in career. She led Cedarville to the NCAA Division II Regional as an at-large selection this spring after the Yellow Jackets were an NCCAA National Tournament qualifier following the 2019-20 campaign.
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Wright State opens the season with its first four games on the road before the home opener on November 24 against Xavier inside the Nutter Center. The 2021-22 campaign will feature 13 home games on the Nutter Center floor.
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2021-22Â #HLWBB Preseason Poll
Pl.         Team – Pts. (First-place votes)
1.           IUPUI – 139 (11)
2.           Milwaukee – 125
3.           Green Bay – 120 (1)
4.           Northern Kentucky – 107
5.           Oakland – 96
6.           Cleveland State – 78
T7.          Wright State – 72
T7.          Youngstown State – 72
9.           RMU – 47
10.         UIC – 38
11.         Purdue Fort Wayne – 26
12.         Detroit Mercy – 16
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#HLWBB Preseason Player of the Year
Macee Williams, IUPUI
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Preseason All-League First Team (alphabetical order by school)
Rachel McLimore, IUPUI
Macee Williams, IUPUI
Megan Walstad, Milwaukee
Lindsey Duvall, Northern Kentucky
Kahlaijah Dean, Oakland
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Preseason All-League Second Team (alphabetical order by school)
Destiny Leo, Cleveland State
Meghan Pingel, Green Bay
Ivy Turner, Northern Kentucky
Sol Castro, RMU
Chelsea Olson, Youngstown State
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IUPUI received 11 of the 12 first place votes as part of its 139 total votes and earned the top spot in the poll, followed by Milwaukee (125 points) and Green Bay (120 points, 1 first place vote) to round out the top three.
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The Raiders are set to begin their first season under head coach Kari Hoffman, who was introduced as the eighth head coach in program history in mid-May. Hoffman joined the Raiders after serving as the head coach at nearby Cedarville University for the last five seasons, where she won 106 games, led the Yellow Jackets to three regular season conference titles and was named the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2021. Hoffman also earned NCCAA Midwest Region Coach of the Year honors in 2019 and 2020.
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Hoffman averaged 21.2 wins per season at Cedarville and has won 74 percent of her games in career. She led Cedarville to the NCAA Division II Regional as an at-large selection this spring after the Yellow Jackets were an NCCAA National Tournament qualifier following the 2019-20 campaign.
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Wright State opens the season with its first four games on the road before the home opener on November 24 against Xavier inside the Nutter Center. The 2021-22 campaign will feature 13 home games on the Nutter Center floor.
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2021-22Â #HLWBB Preseason Poll
Pl.         Team – Pts. (First-place votes)
1.           IUPUI – 139 (11)
2.           Milwaukee – 125
3.           Green Bay – 120 (1)
4.           Northern Kentucky – 107
5.           Oakland – 96
6.           Cleveland State – 78
T7.          Wright State – 72
T7.          Youngstown State – 72
9.           RMU – 47
10.         UIC – 38
11.         Purdue Fort Wayne – 26
12.         Detroit Mercy – 16
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#HLWBB Preseason Player of the Year
Macee Williams, IUPUI
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Preseason All-League First Team (alphabetical order by school)
Rachel McLimore, IUPUI
Macee Williams, IUPUI
Megan Walstad, Milwaukee
Lindsey Duvall, Northern Kentucky
Kahlaijah Dean, Oakland
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Preseason All-League Second Team (alphabetical order by school)
Destiny Leo, Cleveland State
Meghan Pingel, Green Bay
Ivy Turner, Northern Kentucky
Sol Castro, RMU
Chelsea Olson, Youngstown State
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