Bowling Green, KY – UC women's wrestling earned 29 voting points, landing them in third place for the Mid-South Conference. The poll results were released by the MSC officials on Monday.

Cumberlands did claim a first-place vote along with Life University, but both Life and Campbellsville finished ahead of the Patriots. Campbellsville earned 34 votes and Life earned 30 to finish just above UC in the voting.
 

MSC Preseason Coaches' Poll
Pos.	Team	Voting Points (First-Place Votes)	2019-20 Record (MSC)
1	Campbellsville (KY)	34 (5)	10-1 (3-0)
2	Life (GA)	30 (3)	9-2 (2-1)
3	Cumberlands (KY)	29 (1)	9-11-1 (1-2)
4	Indiana Tech	21	*
5	Brewton-Parker	13	0-3 (0-3)
6	Lourdes (OH)	13	*
7	St. Andrews (NC)	7	*
* First year of competition

 
A season ago UC was projected to finish in second place for the preseason conference poll in front of Life. The Patriots would go onto finish in third place, losing to both Campbellsville and Life during the dual season.

Later this week the NAIA national poll is expected to be released. The Patriots finished the year in sixth place with their 9-11-1 season record.

The Mid-South does have three programs joining for the first time this season in Indiana Tech, Lourdes (OH) and St. Andrews (NC) all of which are fielding a women's wrestling team for the first time this season.

UC will begin their conference dual season in January when they host Indiana Tech on January 8 followed by both Lourdes and Brewton-Parker on January 9.

The Patriots will have their first competition of the season this weekend with the Patriot Duals starting at 9 AM on Sunday at the O. Wayne Rollins Center. Fan capacity is limited to 200 spectators who provide UC ID and wear a mask. The livestream will be available here.

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