BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Augustana University, winners of 12 of the last 13 NSIC Championships, was picked to win the league in the preseason women's golf coaches' poll. The Vikings received 11 first place votes (coaches cannot vote for their own team) and tallied 121 points, 23 points ahead of second place Winona State. The Warriors amassed 98 points and the other first place vote, while Wayne State was third with 95 points.
Augustana's Molly Stevens was voted by the league coaches as the preseason golfer of the year for the second straight year. Stevens was the 2021-22 & 2022-23 NSIC Golfer of the Year as she led the NSIC in stroke average the past two seasons . She earned three first place finishes, eight top-five finishes and 10 top-10 finishes this past season.
The 2023-24 NSIC Women's Golf schedule begins on August 28, while the three-round NSIC Women’s Golf Championship will take place next spring on April 26-28 at Paradise Pointe Golf Complex in Smithville, Missouri.