COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The MSU Denver women's basketball team has been picked to finish third in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in the league's annual preseason coaches poll.
 
The Roadrunners received 151 poll points in the vote, just ahead of fourth-place Western Colorado (150).
 
MSU Denver was 12-6 overall last season and tied for the third-best regular-season winning percentage in league games at 11-4, but was seeded only fifth for the conference tournament – teams played an uneven number of games due to COVID-19 cancellations and winning percentage wasn't used to determine seedings. The Roadrunners lost their first-round game at the RMAC Tournament.
 
The Roadrunners return all five starters from last season – including RMAC Player of the Year Allie Navarette and RMAC Co-Freshman of the Year Kendra Parra. Navarette earned All-American honorable mention honors from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and the Division II Conference Commissioners Association.
 
MSU Denver opens its season Nov. 12 and 13 with games against Angelo State (Texas) and Texas Woman's, which will be played in Denton, Texas.