ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Spalding women's basketball team is picked to finish fourth in the 2022-23 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) coaches preseason poll, the league announced Tuesday.
The Golden Eagles earned the spot with 29 points. Webster University, the defending SLIAC champion, earned first place in the poll with 46 total points and five first-place votes. Westminster College notched second in the poll with 41 points and a first-place vote while Greenville University took third with 40 points and two first-place nods.
Natalie Fichter, a two-time all-conference forward for SU, was named to the 2022-23 SLIAC Preseason Watch List.
The 2022-23 SLIAC Women's Basketball Tournament takes place February 21-25 at campus sites. Spalding opens the season at home on Saturday, November 5 against Miami University - Middletown at 11 a.m.
2022-23 SLIAC Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
- Webster - 46 (5)
- Westminster - 41 (1)
- Greenville - 40 (2)
- Spalding - 29
- Fontbonne - 26
- Eureka - 20
- Blackburn - 13
- Principia - 9
