The USA South Athletic Conference's women's soccer coaches have released their 2022 preseason poll. Head coaches do not vote for their own teams in the balloting.

Methodist was placed atop the rankings thanks to receiving 78 total points and six of the possible ten first place votes. The Monarchs finished last season with a perfect 9-0 regular season Conference record and claimed the East Division Championship but fell in the semifinals of the USA South Tournament. Southern Virginia, who was second in the poll, grabbed 76 total points and the remaining four first place votes. Mary Baldwin rounded out the top-three with 58 points.

The Wesleyan Lady Bishops, led by 16th year head coach Beverly Biancur were chosen to finish 7th out of 10 schools in the USA South preseason poll with 39 voting points. The women will open their season at home next Thursday at 2 PM vs. Grace Christian. The following day they will play Bob Jones Univ. in Raleigh.

Since the first Conference women's soccer preseason poll in 2003, the team picked first in the history of the preseason poll has reached at least the semifinals of the Conference tournament 14 out of 17 times and has won the League title on eight occasions. Conversely, the team picked second has won the Conference championship five times.

The 2022 USA South Women's Soccer Tournament will once again be conducted exclusively on campus sites. The top-eight seeded teams will advance to the tournament which will begin with first round action on Tuesday, November 1. The semifinals will take place Thursday, November 3 with the finals occurring on Saturday, November 5. The higher-seeded team in each contest will host.

https://usasouth.net/sports/wsoc/2022-23/releases/20220817i0otl3