2023 RSC Women's Soccer Coaches' Preseason Poll
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The 2023 River States Conference Women's Soccer Coaches' Preseason Poll has Indiana University Kokomo on top with three teams splitting the 11 first-place votes. The voting was conducted by the head coaches in the RSC.
IU Kokomo, last year's RSC Championship postseason winner, led the poll with 93 total votes. The Cougars received four first-place votes as did Point Park (Pa.) University, which was second in the polling with 87 total votes and received four first-place votes of its own. Shawnee State (Ohio) University, a new member to the RSC this year, placed third in the poll with 85 total votes and the remaining three first-place votes.
IU Kokomo won the conference title last year advancing to the NAIA national tournament at 12-2-3 overall and 8-1-1 RSC. Point Park was 10-6-2 overall and came away with the RSC regular-season title at 9-0-1 RSC. Shawnee States comes over from the Mid South Conference bringing a 10-8-1 overall record from last year.
There will be 11 teams in RSC women's soccer this year. Indiana University East placed fourth in the poll with 77 votes coming off an RSC semifinals appearance a year ago. Last year's postseason runner-up University of Rio Grande (Ohio) came in fifthin the poll with 63 votes. The final three of the eight predicted playoff teams in the poll were Brescia (Ky.) University (46 votes), St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.) College (39) and Midway (Ky.) University.
See below for the complete poll.
2023 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE WOMEN'S SOCCER COACHES PRESEASON POLL (AUG. 11)
(First-Place Votes in Parenthesis)
| School |
Votes |
| 1. IU Kokomo (4) |
93 |
| 2. Point Park (Pa.) (4) |
87 |
| 3. Shawnee State (Ohio) (3) |
85 |
| 4. IU East |
77 |
| 5. Rio Grande (Ohio) |
63 |
| 6. Brescia (Ky.) |
46 |
| 7. St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.) |
39 |
| 8. Midway (Ky.) |
35 |
| 9. Ohio Christian |
31 |
| 10. WVU Tech |
28 |
| 11. IUPUC |
21 |