WHEELING, W.Va. – Point Park women's basketball was voted 10^th in the 2025-26 Mountain East Conference Preseason Poll, the league announced on Tuesday at its annual media day at WesBanco Arena.

Under fourth-year head coach Dave Scarborough, the Pioneers return All-MEC second team guard Alexis Giles and senior forward Camille Fultz. Giles averaged 13.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game, while Fultz chipped in 11.1 points and 7.0 rebounds a season ago. The Pioneers went 9-19 a season ago.

Following a vote of the league's 11 head coaches, Fairmont State has been selected as the preseason favorite for the 2025-26 Mountain East Conference women's basketball season. The Falcons swept the regular season and tournament championships last season and are coming off a 27-5 campaign.

Three other teams received at least one first place vote: West Virginia Wesleyan (one), which placed second in the preseason poll, Glenville State (one), and Charleston (two). Concord rounded out the top five, followed by Frostburg State, and West Virginia State. West Liberty and Wheeling tied for eighth, followed by Point Park and Davis & Elkins.

The 2025-26 MEC Basketball Media Day was held in the WesBanco Arena, the site of this March's Mountain East Conference basketball championship. The tournament begins Wednesday, March 4 and will conclude with the men's and women's championship games on Sunday, March 8.

The Pioneers will open the season with an exhibition game at the University of Maryland on Thursday, Oct. 30. PPU will open the regular season on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at Shippensburg University.