Women's bball picked second in A-10 poll

The Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team, which won the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament last season and its automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, has been picked to finish second in the league in the preseason poll announced Wednesday.

Charlotte senior guard Aysha Jones was named to the preseason first team all-conference while junior guard Shannon McCallum was named to the preseason second team.

Atlantic 10 preseason poll
First place votes in parantheses

1. Xavier (12)
2. Charlotte
T3. Dayton (1)
Richmond (1)
5. Temple
T6. Duquesne
St. Bonaventure
8. George Washington
9. Saint Joseph's
10. Saint Louis
11. Massachusetts
12. Rhode Island
13. La Salle
14. Fordham