SAINT LOUIS – Indiana State women's soccer has been picked to finish third in the Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll, the league office announced Tuesday. CeCe Wahlberg and Chloee Kooker were named to the All-MVC Preseason First Team and Kloe Pettigrew was named as an Honorable Mention selection. The poll and preseason honors are determined by a vote from each head coach.

Loyola was picked to win the conference, receiving eight first place votes for a total of 80 points. Illinois State was selected second with 70 and the Sycamores were third with 59 points. Valparaiso (51) received the other first place vote and was selected fourth. Missouri State and UNI were both given 38 points for a tie in fifth place. Drake (31) was picked seventh with Evansville (21) coming behind them in eighth. Southern Illinois (12) was picked to finish last in the Valley.
 
This is the second time Wahlberg has earned preseason first team honors in her career after leading the Sycamores in points for the second-straight season.

Indiana State will open their 2021 fall regular season on the road as they travel to Eastern Illinois on Thursday, August 19 for a 5 p.m. ET match at Lakeside Field.

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