CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Kent State softball team has been selected to finish second in the Mid-American Conference preseason coaches' poll, as announced by the league office on Wednesday afternoon. The Golden Flashes received two first place votes and received one vote to win the MAC Tournament Championship.
Kent State has won three league championships in the last four seasons and has appeared in 15 straight MAC Tournaments, the longest streak in conference history since a regular tournament was held beginning in 1996.
With Eastern Michigan discontinuing the sport after last season, the MAC has abolished divisions for the first time since 1997.