Dukes Picked Second in MAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll

CLEVELAND – James Madison area hockey was chosen to complete second within the Mid-American Conference in a vote by the league’s coaches, as introduced by the convention on Wednesday afternoon.

The Dukes, who’re coming off a 14-6 (7-1 MAC) season that noticed the crew tie for the regular-season MAC title and attain the league championship recreation, tallied 71 factors with a pair of first-place votes within the preseason ballot. Head Coach Christy Morgan returns for her twenty first season on the helm of this system whereas Alice Roeper, the reigning MAC Offensive Player of the Year, is ready for her senior marketing campaign.

The convention’s latest member, Massachusetts, got here in first within the voting after receiving seven first-place votes for 77 factors. The Minutewomen reached the semifinals of the 2024 NCAA Field Hockey Championship and can open the 2025 season ranked No. 14 within the Penn Monto/NFHCA Preseason Poll.

Miami (Ohio), which captured its seventh consecutive MAC event crown final fall, was picked third with one first-place vote and 68 factors.

UMass (7), James Madison (2) and Miami (Ohio) (1) all earned event champion votes.

2025 MAC Field Hockey Preseason Coaches’ Poll

(First Place Votes)

1. Massachusetts – 77 factors (7)

2. James Madison – 71 factors (2)

3. Miami (Ohio) – 68 factors (1) 

4. App State – 58 factors

5. Kent State – 49 factors

6. Ball State – 37 factors

7. Ohio – 35 factors 

8. Longwood – 27 factors

T9. Bellarmine – 14 factors

T9. Central Michigan – 14 factors

MAC Tournament Champion: UMass (7), James Madison (2), Miami (Ohio) (1)