TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's basketball team has been picked to finish in 6th place in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference this winter in the coaches preseason poll, released by the league office on Thursday afternoon.

Transylvania University was picked to bring home their sixth consecutive HCAC title this season with 72 poll points and 3 first-place votes. Mount St. Joseph University was picked second with the most first-place votes (4) and 71 total poll points.

Hanover College and Berea College picked up two and one first-place votes respectively and came in third and fourth in the poll with 69 and 50 poll points.

Franklin College and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology rounded out the top six in the standings with 49 and 46 poll points. Anderson (36), Bluffton (26), Earlham (16), and Manchester (13) rounded out the poll.

The Fightin' Engineers compiled a 12-14 overall record and finished 9-9 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play before falling to Franklin in the opening round of the HCAC Tournament.

Rose-Hulman returns just one All-Conference selection from last season with Jamie Baum. Other players to watch for the Fightin' Engineers include CK Gallegos-Rodriguez, Anaya Hawkins, Sophia Reese, and Grace Roland.

The team will open their 2024 season with an open scrimmage in Hulbert Arena on November 2 at 1 PM against the Wittenberg Tigers. They will open the regular season on Friday, November 8 at 8 PM as they host the St. Mary of the Woods Pomeroys in the Annual Crosstown Classic.