COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Boise State has been selected as the preseason favorite to capture the 2019 Mountain West
Women's Soccer Championship as voted on by the league's 12 head coaches. The Broncos, who sit atop the Conference's
preseason coaches' poll for the first time in program history, earned four first-place votes and 109 points overall.

Boise State returns 21 letterwinners from last year's squad that brought home a piece of the 2018 regular season title. Among the
veterans is two-time MW Offensive Player of the Year Raimee Sherle, who has been named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch

List ahead of this year. Last season, Sherle was the Broncos leading goal scorer, sending 20 shots to the back of the net, which set
the Mountain West and program record for goals in a single season.

Defending MW tournament champion San José State was a close second with 105 points and three first-place votes. SJSU brings
back the majority of its starters from last year's squad that made an appearance in the NCAA tournament, including leading
scorer  Jamilecxth Becerra  and 2017 MW All-Newcomer Team member Jenny Orozco.

New Mexico, which earned a share of the 2018 regular season title, was picked third in the voting with 104 points and three first-
place nods. Sophomore Alesia Garcia and redshirt junior Gwen Maly return to the pitch for the Lobos in 2019. The duo combined
for 14 of UNM's goals last year. San Diego State finished fourth in the voting with 96 points and the final two first-place votes. The

Aztecs welcome back 2018 MW Newcomer of the Year Laura Fuentes, who played in every match as a freshman and totaled
seven points (three goals and an assist) during Conference action.

UNLV and Wyoming rounded out the top five on the preseason poll, after tying for fifth place with 70 points each. Fresno State,

Colorado College and Utah State were next in seventh, eighth and ninth place, while Colorado State, Air Force and Nevada
completed the preseason poll in the 10th, 11th and 12th spots.

The 2019 regular season gets underway with MW schools in action on Thursday, August 22.

2019 MW PRESEASON WOMEN'S SOCCER COACHES' POLL
Pl. Team (1 st place votes) Points
  1. Boise State (4) 109
  2. San José State (3) 105
  3. New Mexico (3) 104
  4. San Diego State (2) 96
  5. UNLV 70
  Wyoming 70
  7. Fresno State 62
  8. Colorado College 59
  9. Utah State 40
10. Colorado State 33
11. Air Force 29
12. Nevada 15