FOREST, Va. — Averett University's women's basketball team was voted 12th in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's preseason poll, which was unveiled Thursday. The Cougars enter into their inaugural season in the ODAC this winter.

Averett went 6-19 (6-12) in its final season in the USA South Athletic Conference in 2021-22. Randolph-Macon College favored to capture another title entering the new season as it is atop the 2022-23 ODAC Women's Basketball Preseason Poll. Randolph-Macon secured seven first place votes to power its haul of 136 points to lead the 13-team annual coach's survey. Randolph College ranks second — its highest ranking in an ODAC women's basketball poll ever — with 127 markers including a pair of top nods. Washington and Lee University collected three first place votes on the way to 116 tallies, and Roanoke College garnered the remaining first-place vote on the way to 112 points in fourth position.

Averett opens its season — its second under head coach Desireé Driver — on Nov. 8 on the road against nationally ranked Christopher Newport University.


 

2022-23 ODAC Preseason Women's Basketball Poll
Rank	Institution (1st Place Votes)	Pts.
1.	Randolph-Macon (7)	136
2.	Randolph (2)	127
3.	Washington and Lee (3)	116
4.	Roanoke (1)	112
T-5.	Bridgewater	89
T-5.	Shenandoah^	89
7.	Lynchburg	87
8.	Guilford	86
9.	Ferrum	57
10.	Eastern Mennonite	39
11.	Hollins	31
12.	Averett	25
13.	Virginia Wesleyan	20
^Defending ODAC Champion