LADY CHARGERS PICKED FOURTH IN CACC SOFTBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL

February 4, 2020

LADY CHARGERS PICKED FOURTH IN CACC SOFTBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL

New Haven, Conn. (2/4/20) Defending champion Wilmington University was tabbed first in the 2020 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Softball Preseason Coaches Poll on Tuesday, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. WilmU earned 177 points in the voting, including nine of a possible 14 first-place votes. Voting for the award was conducted by the league's 14 head coaches in the sport.

New Haven, Conn. (2/4/20) Defending champion Wilmington University was tabbed first in the 2020 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Softball Preseason Coaches Poll on Tuesday, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. WilmU earned 177 points in the voting, including nine of a possible 14 first-place votes. Voting for the award was conducted by the league's 14 head coaches in the sport.

Rounding out the top three of the standings included second-place Caldwell University (166 pts, 3 1st place nods) and third-place Georgian Court University (165, 1). GCU advanced to last season's CACC Championship Final, but Wilmington defeated the Lions twice to capture the conference crown. It was the Wildcats' third CACC Championship since 2014.

Wilmington will be led this season by reigning CACC Player of the Year Rosa'Lynn Burton, who is also one of the top players in the nation and will be on the watch list for Division II National Player of the Year. The Wildcats are led by head coach Mike Shehorn.

WilmU will have its work cut out in trying to defend the CACC crown in 2020, as Caldwell will look to regain it status as the top team in the conference following missing the NCAA Regional in 2019. The Cougars are slated to return several letterwinners in 2020, as they will try to win their third CACC crown in the last four years (won back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018). GCU is also expected to return several letterwinners from a year ago that saw them win the CACC regular season championship and ultimately earn an at-large bid to the NCAA regional.

2020 CACC SOFTBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL
1. Wilmington University 177 (9)
2. Caldwell University 166 (3)
3. Georgian Court University 165 (1)
4. Dominican College 147 (1)
5. Post University 128
6. Thomas Jefferson University 119
7. Nyack College 100
8. Bloomfield College 86
9. Felician University 81
T10. Chestut Hill College 74
T10. University of the Sciences 74
12. Concordia College 52
13. Goldey-Beacom College 47
14. Holy Family University 40

() - First-Place Votes

The 2020 regular season gets underway later this month, as it will be a buildup to the CACC Championship tournament, which will be contested from April 30-May 2, at Georgian Court in Lakewood, N.J. The softball tournament will be one of five conference championships contested at the CACC Spring Championship Festival (also included is men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's track & field and women's track & field).

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