Notre Dame Picked Second In Preseason ACC Women's Basketball Poll

The defending ACC champion Fighting Irish are tabbed for a second place finish, while two players received All-ACC honors
Notre Dame Picked Second In Preseason ACC Women's Basketball Poll
Notre Dame Picked Second In Preseason ACC Women's Basketball Poll /

Notre Dame is picked to finish second in the ACC Women’s Basketball Poll. The league’s Blue-Ribbon Media panel picked the Irish to finish behind Virginia Tech in this year’s regular season standings. The Hokies garnered 1,116 total votes to Notre Dame’s 1,052.

The Fighting Irish return four starters as well as two key reserves from last year’s team that won the ACC’s regular season championship. Notre Dame finished a game ahead of Virginia Tech in the conference standings last season after the Irish beat the Hokies in their lone regular season matchup in Blacksburg, Va.

Notre Dame’s backcourt tandem of Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron are both on the preseason All-ACC team. Citron led the Irish by averaging 14.7 points during her sophomore season. She hit 40% of her 120 three-point attempts as well. Miles averaged 14.3 points, a team-high 7.3 rebounds and 6.8 rebounds as well. Freshman point guard Hannah Hidalgo, the McDonald’s All-American Game Co-MVP, is one of five players on the Newcomer Watch List.

Virginia Tech returns three starters from last year’s team that advanced to the program’s first Final Four. The Hokies are led by preseason ACC Player of the Year Elizabeth Kitley, who is the two-time reigning conference player of the year. The averaged 18.2 points and 10.7 rebounds last season and is back for her fifth year of eligibility. Point guard Georgia Amoore joins Kitley on the preseason All-ACC team.

Here’s the full preseason Blue-Ribbon Panel Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Virginia Tech 1116
2. Notre Dame 1052
3. North Carolina 973
4. Louisville 867
5. Florida State 855
6. Miami 702
7. Duke 686
8. NC State 652
9. Syracuse 504
10. Virginia 438
11. Clemson 395
12. Georgia Tech 342
13. Boston College 226
14. Wake Forest 192
15. Pittsburgh 120

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Sean Stires is a staff writer for Irish Breakdown, where he covers the Notre Dame Football beat. A long-time radio host at WSBT, Sean is also the host of the IB Nation Sports Talk Show on the Irish Breakdown channel. He is also the play-by-play announcer for the Notre Dame women's basketball team. Sean has also called games for the Fighting Irish baseball team. You can email Sean at seanstires@gmail.com. Become a premium Irish Breakdown member, which grants you access to all of our premium content and our premium message board! Click on the link below for more. BECOME A MEMBER Be sure to stay locked into Irish Breakdown all the time! Follow Ryan on Twitter: @SeanStiresLike and follow Irish Breakdown on FacebookSubscribe to the Irish Breakdown YouTube channelSubscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter