Gardner-Webb Women's Basketball Selected Sixth in the 2014-15 Big South Preseason Poll
October 27, 2014 | Women's Basketball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb University women's basketball team has been selected sixth in the 2014-15 Big South Conference women's basketball preseason pool, announced the league office at the annual Big South Conference basketball media day on Monday, October 27 at the Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites Charlotte Uptown hotel.
The Runnin' Bulldogs totaled 56 points and received two fifth-place votes, three sixth-place votes, one seventh-place vote, four eighth-place votes, and one ninth-place vote.
Liberty was tabbed as the preseason favorite, receiving five first-place votes for a total of 113 points. High Point, Winthrop, and Campbell rounded-out the top-five teams in the preseason poll.
Gardner-Webb returns three starters and seven letter-winners from last season, where the Runnin' Bulldogs went 16-14 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big South Conference Tournament.
2014-15 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
| Team (first-place votes) | Total Points |
| 1. Liberty (5) | 113 |
| 2. High Point (3) | 110 |
| 3. Winthrop (3) | 104 |
| 4. Campbell | 89 |
| 5. Coastal Carolina | 64 |
| 6. Gardner-Webb | 56 |
| 7. UNC Asheville | 55 |
| 8. Presbyterian College | 54 |
| 9. Radford | 35 |
| 10. Longwood | 30 |
| 11. Charleston Southern | 16 |
2014-15 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team
Kaylah Keys, High Point (Preseason Player of the Year)
Stacia Robertson, High Point
AJ Jordan, Coastal Carolina
Ashley Rininger, Liberty
Erica Williams, Winthrop
Second Team
Kiera Gaines, Campbell
Daeisha Brown, Longwood
Schaquilla Nunn, Winthrop
Paige Love, UNC Asheville
Ayana Avery, Radford
