The Westminster College Lady Blue Jays volleyball team was selected to finish third in the 2015 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference preseason poll released Wednesday.
Westminster - which received three first-place votes and 66 points in the poll - finished 17-14 overall in the 2014 season and came in third in the SLIAC with a 14-4 mark.
The Lady Blue Jays return five starters and their libero this season. Westminster will be led by senior middle hitter Lexi Collier - a three-time all-SLIAC pick - and junior middle hitter Amanda Kiso, a second-team all-conference choice last season.
Also back for the Lady Blue Jays are junior setter Kayla Reeg, senior libero Caroline Will and sophomore outside hitter Hannah Marshall.
Greenville (Illinois) College collected four first-place votes and 75 points in being picked to capture its third straight SLIAC championship. Webster University was second in the poll with three first-place votes and 69 points.
Westminster opens its season at Stephens College in Columbia at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1.
Ryan Boland can be reached at (573) 826-2422, or by email at [email protected].