COLONIA, N.J. – The East Coast Conference announced the 2026-27 Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll on Monday morning. The D'Youville Women's Basketball team is picked to finish in third place out of nine teams in the upcoming season, receiving 59 points and one first-place vote.
The Saints finished the 2025-26 season with a 10-15 overall record and a 7-9 mark in East Coast Conference play. D'Youville earned the fourth seed in the ECC Championship for the second consecutive season, marking the program's third straight postseason appearance. The Saints fell in the opening round of the conference tournament.
D'Youville led the ECC in three-point shooting during the 2025-26 campaign, averaging a conference-best 8.2 made three-pointers per game on 23.7 attempts while shooting 34.4 percent from beyond the arc. The Saints also ranked second in the conference in defensive rebounds per game (28.4) and third in assists (14.0), field goal percentage (40.0), scoring defense (60.3) and rebound margin (+0.5).
The Saints will look to build on three consecutive ECC postseason appearances as they enter the 2026-27 campaign seeking their first conference tournament victory.
2026-27 ECC Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
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Daemen - 79 points (7 first-place votes)
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Mercy - 71 points (1 first-place vote)
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D'Youville - 59 points (1 first-place vote)
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District of Columbia - 45 points
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Staten Island - 43 points
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Queens - 33 points
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St. Thomas Aquinas - 32 points
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Molloy - 30 points
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Roberts Wesleyan - 13 points
Preseason Player of the Year
Nkiru Awaka - Queens
