PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – With about three weeks until their official season-opener, the Pace University women's basketball team was projected to finish fifth in the Northeast-10 Conference's Southwest Division, according to the preseason coaches poll released on Friday.

The Blue and Gold posted a 19-10 overall record in their last season of competition. The year also featured a 12-7 mark in the NE10, which put the Setters fourth in the final conference standings.

The 2021-22 version of the Setters will boast an extremely experienced core of players. The graduate duo of Lauren Schetter (Beacon, N.Y./Beacon High School) and Naya Rivera (Pomona, N.Y./North Rockland), along with the senior trio of Kelsey Quain (Ossining, N.Y./Ossining), Brianna Wong (River Vale, N.J./Pascack Valley) and Lauren Hackett (Commack, N.Y./St. Anthony's) have all appeared in almost every game for Pace over the last three years.

Schetter was selected to both the NE10 All-Conference and All-Met Second Teams as a junior, while eclipsing 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds. She currently ranks in the top-25 in program history in both points and rebounds.

Head Coach Carrie Seymour is currently in her 30^th year at Pace. She enters 2021-22 with 486 career victories.

Full 2021-22 NE10 Preseason Coaches Poll

Northeast Division
1) Stonehill – 89 (12)
2) Bentley – 76 (2)
3) Saint Anselm – 66
4) Southern New Hampshire – 49
5) Assumption – 40
6) Franklin Pierce – 39
7) Saint Michael's - 26
Southwest Division
1) Adelphi – 77 (6)
2) New Haven – 76 (4)
3) Southern Connecticut – 56
4) Le Moyne – 55 (2)
5) Pace – 54 (2)
6) American International – 46
7) Saint Rose – 21

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