CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Kent State volleyball team is slotted to finish third in the Mid-American Conference East Division according to the conference's preseason coaches' poll, which was released Tuesday morning. Seniors Kelsey Bittinger and senior libero Challen Geraghty were selected to the Preseason All-MAC East Team, as the Golden Flashes are one of four programs with two players to be recognized by the league's 12 head coaches.
Kent State received one vote to win the 2017 MAC Volleyball Championship in Oxford, Ohio and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, trailing only host Miami (8 votes).