ST. LOUIS --- Fresh of Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) regular season and tournament titles in 2022, the UNI volleyball team has been picked as the favorites to hoist the league's championship again in 2023, as announced in the conference's preseason poll release on Wednesday.
The Panthers received 135 total points and seven first-place votes in the poll, which is voted on by the league's head coaches. Drake was selected in a close second with 133 points and three first-place votes, while UIC received 122 points and one first-place vote.
Tayler Alden, the reigning MVC Setter of the Year, was named to the league's preseason all-conference team.