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Tiffin University's women's lacrosse team has been picked to win the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, as the 2021 preseason poll presented by Under Armour was released.

With four programs in the mix this spring season for a league title, it was Tiffin that received the most points. The voting was razor thin, as TU totaled 8 points while Walsh had 7 and Findlay 6. 
 
Like many other spring sports in a shortened 2020, women's lacrosse was no exception as the season stopped before the heart of the conference schedule.
 
What history has shown is that any team can win in the Great Midwest in a given year. There have been four different conference champions in as many seasons with Ursuline in 2016, Alderson Broaddus in 2017, Lake Erie in 2018 and Findlay in 2019.
 
Could 2021 be the year of the Dragons? The coaches handed Tiffin a pair of first-place votes and eight total points in the balloting to lead all programs. Head coach Erica Brown has one of Division II's most talented position players with senior mid Elle Hamilton, the 2019 Great Midwest Player of the Year.
 
But Walsh and Findlay also received one first-place vote which could lead you to believe the race is still going to be wide open. As teams adhere to testing protocols and navigate around the unknowns of spring weather, it will be interesting to see who rises to the top in early May during the conference tournament.
 
All four teams will be in the conference postseason and the two games will be conducted at the top seed site as host.

Great Midwest Women's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches Poll Presented by Under Armour

1 - Tiffin (2 first-place votes) - 8 points

2 - Walsh (1 first-place vote) - 7 points

3 - Findlay (1 first-place vote) - 6 points

4 - Ursuline - 3 points