BAY CITY, Mich. - The head women's soccer coaches of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference have chosen the Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals to finish runner-up in the North Division for the upcoming 2010 season in preseason balloting. The Cards received 21 points, including one first-place vote, to finish four points behind defending National Champion Grand Valley State University, which totaled 25 points, including the other five first-place nods.
SVSU is coming off its most successful season in program history. The Cardinals posted a record 14 wins while going 14-3-3 and advancing to NCAA Division II postseason play for the first time. It was the sixth-straight winning season for Coach Drago, who heads into his eighth season at the helm for the Cardinals.
Tiffin University was chosen to win the South Division for the 2010 season.