ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Illinois State women's golf team, the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Champion, has been picked to repeat as champions according to the 2025 preseason polls of the head coaches in the conference.
The Redbirds picked up 143 total poll votes and received 11 of the 12 first place votes in the poll. Missouri State (127), Bradley (114), Drake (98), and Belmont (95 and the other first-place vote) round out the top five predicted schools for the upcoming MVC Championship in April.
Through five events in the 2024-25 season, the Redbirds have four top-three finishes overall, including most recently a runner-up finish at the Sea Best Intercollegiate, falling by three strokes to 26th-ranked Florida.