The University of Illinois Springfield softball team was voted to place fifth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division in the coaches’ preseason poll.
Indianapolis received 14 first-place votes and was voted to win the eight-team division. Lewis and Bellarmine were voted second and third and received one first-place vote apiece. Southern Indiana was selected fourth and followed by UIS, Saint Joseph’s, McKendree and Wisconsin-Parkside.
Missouri-St. Louis was voted to win the West Division with 15 first-place votes.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on January 30, 2014.
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