The USA South Athletic Conference's women's lacrosse coaches have released their 2025 preseason poll. Head coaches do not vote for their own teams in the balloting.
Meredith was placed atop the rankings thanks to receiving 80 total points and eight of the possible ten first place votes. Last spring, the Avenging Angels captured their tenth consecutive USA South tournament title. Their streak of seven straight regular season crowns was snapped by Methodist, who sits second in the poll with 74 total points and the remaining two first place votes. The Monarchs captured the program's second League regular season championship with an unblemished 9-0 record. Rounding out the top-three was Piedmont who grabbed 65 points.
Meredith is picked to capture the USA South title for the tenth consecutive year, not counting the unfinished 2020 season. Since the Conference's first women's lacrosse preseason poll in 2003, the team chosen first has won the Conference championship 19 out of the 21 years. The two years in which the preseason favorites did not win the League title, the eventual winners were chosen as the fourth-place team by the coaches in that particular year's preseason poll (Shenandoah-2004 and Meredith-2014).
The 2025 USA South Women's Lacrosse Tournament will once again be conducted exclusively on campus sites. The top-eight seeded teams will advance to postseason play which will begin with first round action on Saturday, April 26. The higher-seeded team in each first round contest will serve as the host. The semifinals will take place Thursday, May 1 with the finals occurring on Saturday, May 3. The highest-remaining seed after first round play will host each semifinal contest as well as the championship.
| 2025 USA South Coaches Preseason Women's Lacrosse Poll |
| Rank |
Institution (1st Place Votes) |
Points |
| 1. |
Meredith^ (8) |
80 |
| 2. |
Methodist* (2) |
74 |
| 3. |
Piedmont |
65 |
| 4. |
Southern Virginia |
55 |
| 5. |
Brevard |
44 |
| 6. |
Pfeiffer |
41 |
| 7. |
Greensboro |
37 |
| 8. |
Huntingdon |
26 |
| 9. |
William Peace |
16 |
| 10. |
N.C. Wesleyan |
12 |
*Defending Regular Season Champion
^Defending Tournament Champion |
All-Time Women's Lacrosse Conference Records
(listed by wins of current Conference members) |
| Team |
Seasons |
Record |
Pct. |
Conference Championships
(Reg. Season / Tournament) |
| Greensboro |
23 |
90-56 |
.616 |
4 / 4 |
| Methodist |
23 |
85-64 |
.570 |
2 / 0 |
| Meredith |
12 |
83-7 |
.922 |
7 / 10 |
| Piedmont |
12 |
71-20 |
.780 |
2 / 0 |
| Pfeiffer |
6 |
27-19 |
.587 |
0 / 0 |
| Huntingdon |
11 |
25-56 |
.309 |
0 / 0 |
| Southern Virginia |
3 |
23-5 |
.821 |
0 / 0 |
| Brevard |
6 |
16-30 |
.348 |
0 / 0 |
| William Peace |
5 |
12-29 |
.293 |
0 / 0 |
| N.C. Wesleyan |
14 |
12-93 |
.114 |
0 / 0 |