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Following a record-setting season, the Lycoming College women's soccer team was picked to finish third in the Landmark Conference preseason coaches' poll.
Six-time defending champion Scranton was unanimously picked to finish at the top once again, garnering 81 points and nine first-place votes, with last year's runner-up, Catholic, earning 70 points. Lycoming was close behind in third with 67 points, with Susquehanna (54 points) and Elizabethtown (50 points) rounding out the top half. Drew (36 points), Moravian (33 points), Wilkes (31 points), Juniata (19 points), and Goucher (9 points) form the bottom half of the poll.
In 2025, Lycoming rode a record 12-0 start to a 17-2-1 campaign, finishing second in the Landmark with a 7-1-1 mark, suffering its only two losses at the hands of the two teams that met in the Landmark title game: Catholic and Scranton. The Warriors set school records for wins, conference wins and goals (76), leading the league in scoring (3.80 goals/game), scoring margin (2.80 goals/game), shots (386), and corners (147), while also finishing third in saves (101) and second in save percentage (.833).
In his tenth year at the helm, head Kenny Fern welcomes back three all-conference players from a year ago: senior strikers Mikayla Long (a Lewisburg graduate) and Ella Magee (a Selinsgrove graduate), plus senior defender Norah Mosley. Magee led the Landmark in goals (16), assists (13), and points (45) in the highest-scoring season in school history, while Long tied for second in the conference in goals (10) and points (25). Mosley finished second in the Landmark in assists (8) and added seven goals as well.
• After its third consecutive trip to the Landmark Conference Championship, the Lycoming College men's soccer team was picked to finish sixth.
Three-time defending champion Catholic was picked to repeat again, garnering 79 points and seven first-place votes, with Scranton earning 70 points and two first-place nods coming in second. Moravian (64 points) and Drew (60 points) round out the top four, with Drew also notching the remaining first-place vote. Juniata was slotted fifth (41 points), just ahead of Lycoming (40 points), with Goucher (38 points), Susquehanna (30 points), Elizabethtown (19 points) and Wilkes (9 points).
Third year coach John Schwein guided his group to a 7-7-5 campaign and 3-3-3 mark in the Landmark in 2025, finishing sixth and blitzing Moravian 4-2 in the first round of the Landmark Conference Championship before falling to eventual champion Catholic in the semifinals.
The Warriors bring back two of their top three scorers from a year ago, sophomores Leandro Cruz and Xavier Dandridge, who combined for nine goals and three assists. Junior keeper Jace Bennett is also back in goal after playing every minute a season ago.