Women’s basketball picked second in Red River Athletic Conference preseason poll
OLLU has been picked second in the Red River Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll released today. The Saints have won seven of the last nine regular-season titles. Last year, they opted out of conference play due to COVID-19 concerns, and this year, every RRAC member is back in action.
Two teams joined the conference this season, including Xavier University of Louisiana, which has also been picked second in the conference poll. The other conference newcomer is Louisiana College.
LSU Shreveport is the top choice after receiving nine first-place votes.
Voting was conducted by the head coaches at the conference. Results of the poll are shown below, with points calculated through a 12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 format. First-place votes are shown in parentheses.
| Rank | School | Points |
| 1. | LSU Shreveport (9) | 140 |
| 2. | Our Lady of the Lake | 105 |
| Xavier (1) | 105 | |
| 4. | Texas A&M-Texarkana | 91 |
| 5. | Paul Quinn | 84 |
| 6. | LSU Alexandria | 80 |
| 7. | Huston-Tillotson | 78 |
| 8. | Wiley | 59 |
| 9. | Texas College (1) | 56 |
| 10. | Louisiana College | 48 |
| 11. | Jarvis Christian (1) | 47 |
| 12. | Southwest | 43 |
The Saints begin the 2021-2022 campaign on Oct. 29 at Oklahoma City University. The team is under the leadership of new Head Coach Jillian Flores and returning Assistant Coach Tommy Turgeon.