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    SLC Releases Preseason Softball Polls
    Ladyjacks picked to finish ninth, 10th in conference
    Amber Price and the Ladyjacks open the season Feb. 10 at the Florida State Tournament.
    Amber Price and the Ladyjacks open the season Feb. 10 at the Florida State Tournament.

    Jan. 26, 2012

    NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjack softball team was pegged to finish ninth and 10th respectively, according to polls of league head coaches and sports information directors. The Ladyjacks earned 24 points in the coaches poll and pulled 23 in the SID poll.

    The Ladyjacks are coming off a 2011 season in which they went 14-36 overall and 9-21 in SLC play.

    Head coach Gay McNutt -- now in her fifth year at SFA -- and the Ladyjacks will begin the 2012 season on Feb. 10, when they open play in the Florida State Tournament. SFA's first home game is scheduled for Feb. 15 against Houston Baptist.

    The Ladyjacks will open SLC play on March 9 with a two-game series against McNeese State. 

    Coaches' Poll
1. Texas State (4)			92
2. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (5)	        87
3. UT Arlington (1)			82
4. McNeese State			75
5. UTSA				        68
6. Northwestern State (1)		58
7. Sam Houston State			42
8. Central Arkansas			40
9. Stephen F. Austin			24
10. Southeastern Louisiana		21
11. Nicholls State			17

    Sports Information Directors' Poll
1. Texas State (6)			93
2. UT Arlington (1)			88
3. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4)	        80
4. McNeese State			69
5. UTSA			 	        67
6. Northwestern State			56
7. Central Arkansas			45
8. Sam Houston State			39
9. Southeastern Louisiana		32
10. Stephen F. Austin			23
11. Nicholls State			13
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