UMaine women’s basketball team selected second in America East Preseason Poll
Following one of its most successful seasons in more than 10 years, the University of Maine women’s basketball team has been selected second in the 2015–16 America East Preseason Coaches’ Poll, as voted by the conference’s head coaches.
Senior forward Liz Wood and junior guard Sigi Koizar also have been named to the league’s Preseason All-Conference Team.
University at Albany, the defending America East tournament champions, was selected first with 62 points and six first-place votes. The Black Bears received 58 votes and a pair of first-place tallies, earning them second.
Last season, Maine reached the 20-win plateau for the first time since 2004–05 and had the most wins — 23 — in 11 years. UMaine finished 23–9 and 14–2 in league play.
UMaine returns all five starters and 13 others to this year’s squad while welcoming a pair of newcomers.
UMaine kicks off the season with an exhibition game against Vanguard University in Gorham at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 before hosting Stonehill College, also an exhibition, at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor at 4 p.m. Nov. 8. The Black Bears begin the regular season at Harvard at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 13.
A full news release is online.