CLEVELAND — Wooster’s men and Ohio Wesleyan’s women were tabbed as the favorites in preseason voting by coaches of the North Coast Athletic Conference.

Five-time defending NCAC champion Wooster topped Ohio Wesleyan in the men’s balloting by a 20-point margin after picking up nine of 10 possible first-place votes to total 99 points. The Battling Bishops were second with 79 points. North Coast tournament finalist Wabash was a point behind (78) in third, followed closely by Wittenberg (74) in fourth with the remaining first-place vote. Hiram totalled 65 points for the fifth spot in the poll, while Allegheny (50), Kenyon (42), Denison (31), Earlham (21) and Oberlin (11) rounded out places six through 10, respectively.... Cont'd