Hattiesburg, Miss. - The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference announced today the results of the 2009-2010 Women's Basketball Pre-Season poll as selected by the league's coaches.  Loyola University was the near unanimous choice to win the league championship followed by Xavier University, William Carey and LSUS.

1.  Loyola University (7)                              77 points

2.  Xavier University (2)                               71 points

3.  William Carey University                        65 points

4.  Louisiana State University - Shreveport    62 points

5.  University of Mobile                               46 points

6.  Belhaven College                                  29 points

7.  Dillard University                                   28 points

8.  Spring Hill College                                 26 points

9.  Tougaloo College                                  25 points

10. Southern University - New Orleans         21 points

First place votes are shown in parenthesis.