Abilene Christian topped the 2012 Lone Star Conference women’s soccer preseason poll released Tuesday.
      ACU won the LSC regular season crown in 2011 after posting a 20-2-1 overall and 13-0-1 conference mark.  It was the Wildcats first regular season title since starting the program five years ago.
      With 15 of 19 first-place votes, ACU was picked ahead of reigning conference champion Midwestern State with 148 total points.  The Mustangs earned the three first-place nods for a 134-point tally.
      Texas A&M-Commerce finished third with 101 and the remaining first-place nod, while Angelo State was fourth (78), Eastern New Mexico fifth (74), West Texas A&M sixth (70), Incarnate Word seventh (46) and Texas Woman’s (33) eighth.
      The 2012 soccer season starts on the pitch August 30.  Each of the eight LSC teams will play the other twice during the regular season, with the results of those contests to be used in determining the seeds for a six-team postseason conference tournament.  This year’s tournament will be hosted by the No. 1 seed November 1-2-4, 2012.

Women’s Soccer	1st	TOTAL
1.      Abilene Christian	15	148
2.      Midwestern State	3	134
3.      Texas A&M-Commerce	1	101
4.      Angelo State		78
5.      Eastern New Mexico		74
6.      West Texas A&M		70
7.      Incarnate Word		46
8.      Texas Woman's		33