NEW ORLEANS, La. – Texas State University softball has been voted second in a preseason poll of the Sun Belt Conference's head coaches, the conference office announced Monday.
Defending regular season and tournament champion Louisiana was voted as the preseason favorite, receiving 100 points and all 10 first-place votes. Texas State received 87 point to edge out South Alabama (80 points) for second. Georgia State and Georgia Southern rounded out the top five with 68 and 55 points, respectively. Troy (44 points) was voted sixth followed by UTA (41 points) and Sun Belt newcomer Coastal Carolina (32 points).