INDIANAPOLIS - Peacock women's basketball finished eighth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Preseason Coaches' Poll on Friday, earning 107 points in the poll. This is the second straight season UIU has been picked eighth in the preseason poll.
This season, the Peacocks return four starters from last season's team, including All-GLVC Second Team selection Ava Privet and All-GLVC Freshman Team selection Kendyl Lodermeier. Head coach Justin Maass enters his fifth season with the program.
Maryville (Mo.), the winner of last season's GLVC Tournament, earned the most points in the poll with 186 and received six first-place votes. 2025-26 Regular Season GLVC Champion Missouri-St. Louis earned 183 points and six first-place votes. Drury (Mo.) came in third with 171 points and two first-place votes.
Upper Iowa finished nine points ahead of Illinois Springfield in ninth and seven points behind Quincy (Ill.) in seventh. 10th-place Missouri S&T received the 15th and final first-place vote with 90 points.
The preseason poll is selected by the league's head coaches, who, per GLVC Bylaws, are not permitted to vote for their own team.
Before the regular season opener against Wayne State (Neb.) on Nov. 9, the Peacocks will play exhibition games next week on Monday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. against Northern Iowa and on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m. against Iowa State.
