OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Mid-America Christian University Volleyball Lady Evangels have been selected to finish seventh in the Sooner Athletic Conference preseason coaches' poll, the league released today (Aug. 11). 

Wayland Baptist University is the preseason favorite to take the conference crown, receiving seven first-place votes.  

Defending SAC regular season champion Oklahoma Baptist University garnered the other two first-place tallies to come in second. 

Texas Wesleyan University was third, followed by Southwestern Assemblies of God University and Oklahoma City University to round out the top five. 

John Brown University was sixth, with MACU, St. Gregory's University and Southwestern Christian University concluding the poll. 

The Lady Evangels will begin the season by hosting their MACU Tournament on Aug. 29-30 inside the Gaulke Activity Center.  MACU will kick off conference action at Texas Wesleyan University on Sept. 16 in Ft. Worth, Texas.