WESTERVILLE, Ohio - The Wilmington College women's soccer team has been picked to finish fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC), as the league revealed its annual Preseason Coaches Poll on Friday morning.
Ohio Northern University, Otterbein University and Capital University, the top three finishers the past several season, are picked once again to finish in atop the table in the fall of 2021. The next three programs, one of which is the Fightin' Quakers, are separated by just two points combined. The complete poll can be found below.
| Place | School | Points (1st) | ||
| 1 | Ohio Northern | 78 (6) | ||
| 2 | Otterbein | 72 (2) | ||
| 3 | Capital | 69 (2) | ||
| 4 | John Carroll | 49 | ||
| 5 | Wilmington | 48 | ||
| 6 | Baldwin Wallace | 47 | ||
| 7 | Marietta | 31 | ||
| 8 | Mount Union | 28 | ||
| 9 | Heidelberg | 17 | ||
| 10 | Muskingum | 11 |
Wilmington finished the 2021 spring season with a 5-4-2 overall record and a fourth-place finish in the OAC. The Quakers hosted and won an OAC Tournament game for the first time in over a decade. The Quakers open the 2021 fall season at home against Ohio Wesleyan University on Sept. 1.
