The Billikens head into the season a near-unanimous top overall selection in the poll, earning 224 total points behind 14 first-place votes. Returning A-10 Rookie of the Year Emily Gaebe headlines the veteran corps for SLU chosen for the Preseason All-Conference Team, as she is joined by the 2021 first-team selections Abbie Miller, Brionna Halverson and Emily Puricelli as well as fifth-year midfielder Hannah Friedrich. Saint Louis clinched the program's fifth title last year after composing a 13-9-1 overall mark and 7-3 run in A-10 competition, eventually powering past fourth-seeded Massachusetts in the championship finale, 4-1, before upsetting Ole Miss in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.
 
Dayton slotted in at second on the Preseason Poll, logging 197 total points and one first-place vote. Junior forward Itala Gemelli, reigning Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year, registered the lone spot on the preseason squad for the Flyers. Dayton fought into the A-10 Championship semifinals a season ago following a successful 12-6-2 (8-2) run, faltering to eventual champion Saint Louis by a 4-2 margin.
 
Loyola Chicago, which enters the program's inaugural campaign within the Atlantic 10, collected 189 total points en route to a No. 3 ranking in the poll. Notably, the Ramblers notched the second-most players on the Preseason All-Conference Team with three student-athletes garnering recognition, including both the reigning Missouri Valley Player of the Year Megan Nemec and Defensive Player of the Year Abby Swanson, as well as second-team representative Alaina Abel. The Ramblers managed to top the MVC for a fourth-consecutive season during their final year in the league before eventually falling to No. 24 Purdue in the NCAA Tournament by a narrow 1-0 mark.
 
With 180 total points, VCU grabbed fourth in the poll, placing a pair of student-athletes on the Preseason All-Conference squad in the form of 2021 second-teamer Amber DiOrio along with redshirt junior midfielder Anna Bagley. Under the direction of returning Coach of the Year Lindsey Martin, the Rams captured the top overall seed in the A-10 championship this past year, dropping their quarterfinals clash with Saint Joseph's en route to finishing with an 13-4 (9-1) record.
 
Massachusetts was selected fifth with 170 points while La Salle slid in at sixth with 120 points. Saint Joseph's (116), Richmond (109) and Rhode Island (108) took seventh, eighth and ninth in the poll before Duquesne and George Washington deadlocked at 10th with 79 points apiece.

George Mason (65). St. Bonaventure (62), Davidson (52) and Fordham (50) rounded out the poll.
 
The 2022 Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer season launches on Thursday, Aug. 18 with all 15 programs getting underway on opening day. Conference play begins on Thursday, Sept. 15 before the league concludes the campaign with the 2022 Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Championship, set for Oct. 26 – Nov. 6 on the campuses of the highest-seeded institutions.
 

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