Mitchell, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan women’s basketball is projected to finish Great Plains Athletic Conference play seventh this year by coaches in the league as announced this morning. The Tigers tallied 71 points for a projected seventh place finish during the 2021-22 basketball season.

Morningside University earned a total of 121 points in the preseason coaches’ poll and is picked to win the 2021-22 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Championship with 11 of the 12 available first place points.

Coach Christensen and company will tip-off their season at home on Saturday, October 30 at 2 p.m. against Dickinson State at the Corn Palace before playing all of November on the road including their thanksgiving trip to Hawaii for a pair of games.

Points were awarded on an 11-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team.

Here is the complete 2021-22 GPAC Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll:

Place    School                                                     Points        First Place Votes

1             MORNINGSIDE                                     121             11

2             CONCORDIA                                        110              1

3             DORDT                                                90

4             NORTHWESTERN                                  87

5             BRIAR CLIFF                                        85

6             JAMESTOWN                                        72

7             DAKOTA WESLEYAN                           71   

8             MIDLAND                                             50

9             HASTINGS                                           41

10t          COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY                     23

10t          DOANE                                                23

12           MOUNT MARTY                                     19