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Adrian brought home the Slaats Cup as NCHA tournament champion last season (photo: Adrian Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Adrian has been chosen as the top team in the 2023-24 NCHA women’s hockey preseason coaches poll.<\/p>\n

“It’s an honor to be voted by the league’s coaches as the preseason favorite in the NCHA this season,” Adrian coach Shawn Skelly said in a statement. “After winning the league championship this past season, there is a large target on our backs, and we have to be ready for every team’s best game playing as the league favorite.”<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs, winners of consecutive regular-season Kronschnabel Cup titles, received 78 points and seven first-place votes.<\/p>\n

2023-24 NCHA Women’s Hockey Coaches Preseason Poll<\/strong>
\n(First-place votes)<\/em>
\n1. Adrian, 78 (7)
\n2. St. Norbert, 69 (1)
\n3. Aurora, 64 (1)
\n4. Concordia (Wis.), 52
\n5. Lake Forest, 51
\n6. Trine, 34
\n7. Marian, 24
\n8. Lawrence, 22
\n9. Dubuque, 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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