NEW ORLEANS – The South Alabama Jaguars, back-to-back Sun Belt women’s soccer regular season champions and three-time tournament champions have been picked as the favorite to win the 2016 team title as voted upon by the league’s 11 head coaches.
The Jaguars went 18-3-2 last season and 9-0-0 in league play. USA faced LSU in first round of the NCAA tournament and defeated the Tigers by a score of 4-0 before falling in the second round to Florida State. Nine starters return for the Jaguars, including junior Chardé Hannah, junior Danielle Henley, junior Steffi Hardy and sophomore Jemma Purfield – all of which were named to the preseason all-conference team.