Russellville, Ark. – The 2021 Great American Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll for Women's Golf has been released and the Lady Bulldogs have been selected to finish third. 
 
SWOSU earned 49 points to come in third behind Henderson State with 60 points and five first-place votes and Arkansas Tech with 60 points and four first-place votes. 
 
Head Coach Brad Fleetwood brings back his entire team that placed sixth at the Central Regional and fourth at the GAC Championships. Among those returning are Megan Brown and Rebecca Lau, both of whom were named to the All-GAC First Team at the end of last season. Brown also became the second player in program history to earn GAC Freshmen of the Year honors. She won her first tournament at SWOSU at the Newman Spring Invitational and paired that with two more top five finishes to earn a spot on the WGCA All-Region Team. 
 
Senior Mikaela Rindermann finished last season strong with a top ten finish at the Central Regional that saw her finish one spot shy of qualifying for the NCAA Division II National Championship as an individual. She and the rest of the team will have their sights set on recapturing the magic from the 2018-19 season that saw the Lady Bulldogs make their deepest postseason run in school history. 
 
The start of the 2021-22 season is only two weeks away with the team competing in the Central Region Fall Preview in Blue Springs, Missouri at Adams Pointe Golf Club. The Lady Dawgs will compete in five tournaments in the fall before making a run at the postseason in the spring. 
 

2021-22 GAC Women's Golf Preseason Coaches' Poll
#	Team (First Place)	Points
T1	Henderson State (5)	60
T1	Arkansas Tech (4)	60
3	SWOSU	49
4	Harding	44
5	Oklahoma Baptist	35
6	Arkansas-Monticello	23
T7	Southern Arkansas	22
T7	Southern Nazarene	22
9	Northwestern Okla.	9