MILTON,Mass. -  Colby-Sawyer College has been selected as the preseason favorite to capture The Commonwealth Coast Conference women’s tennis championship, it was announced today by Commissioner Gregg M. Kaye. Voting for the preseason poll was conducted among the league’s head women’s tennis coaches.
            Colby-Sawyer College (17-1, 10-0 TCCC) received seven of the 12 first-place votes in the 2009 TCCC preseason poll. Defending champion Endicott College was picked as the runner-up receiving the remaining five first-place votes.  Salve Regina University and Roger Williams University were selected to finish third and fourth, respectively.
            Anna Maria College will compete for The Commonwealth Coast Conference championship for the first time in the 2009 season.
            Teams received 12 points for every first place vote received, 11 points for second place votes, 10 points for third place votes, down to one point for a last place vote. First place votes are shown in parentheses.
 
2009 TCCC PRESEASON WOMEN’S TENNIS POLL
 
TEAM                                                 POINTS (1st Place votes)
Colby-Sawyer                                      137 (7)
Endicott                                                136 (5)
Salve Regina                                       121                 
Roger Williams                                    98 
Nichols                                                  96
Western New England                        95
Gordon                                                 70
Curry                                                     53
Regis                                                    46
Wentworth                                            44
Eastern Nazarene                               27
Anna Maria                                          13