The Midwest Conference released its 2017 Volleyball Coaches Poll on Friday and Lake Forest College was listed seventh in the rankings.
Voting is done by the MWC head volleyball coaches. Each coach votes for the other nine schools in the league in order of predicted finish. Points are assigned in reverse order of voting (nine points for first, eight for second, etc.). Coaches may not vote for their own teams.
The Foresters are led by two-time Second Team All-MWC selection Grace Larson, who led the league in aces and Lake Forest in kills a season ago. The team also returns three other starters in head coach Heather Noll's sixth year at the helm of the program.
Lake Forest will officially open the 2017 season by taking on four different opponents in the Forester Invitational September 1-2. The team will begin conference play against visiting Knox College on the final day of September and will close out its league schedule on October 27. The top four teams in the conference will qualify for the MWC Tournament, which will be hosted by the league champion November 3-4.
Lake Forest advanced to the conference tournament in four of the last seven seasons and last won the league title in 2003.
