ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Drake women's soccer team has four student-athletes honored with Missouri Valley Conference preseason awards while picked to end up fourth in the preseason poll voted on by MVC coaches.
Emma Nagel, the team's leading scorer (four goals, one assist) from a year ago, is an MVC Preseason First Team selection. Redshirt sophomore midfielder Madelyn Smith made the MVC All-Freshman Team last season and has been put on the Preseason Honorable Mention list for the 2023 campaign.
Newcomers Laura Riesenbeck (5th-year transfer defender from Central Methodist) and Angela Gutierrez (freshman forward from Oakdale, Minn.