FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- The Mountain East Conference released its Men's and Women's Golf Preseason Polls on Tuesday, with Point Park being picked ninth and tenth respectively. 

Point Park men's golf returns five golfers from the 2025-26 campaign, including two top-30 finishers from the 2025 MEC Championship in Joshua Topper and Elie Ben Natan, who finished 24th and 30th respectively.

The Pioneers will be bolstered by four newcomers in Head Men's & Women's Golf Coach Tom Pakulski's first full season running the squad. 

On the women's side, Point Park returns only one player from the 2025-26 squad in junior Gabi Wait. Wait finished 20th at the MEC Championships in the fall and 28th at the MEC Spring Championships last season. Her top finish was a 10th-place showing at Saint Vincent. 

Point Park features two new golfers in senior Sophia Barkoot and junior Ruby Molloy.

The University of Charleston was picked to finish first in both the men's and women's polls.

The MEC Men's Golf Championships will be held from Oct. 4-6, with the Women's Championships taking place on Oct. 11-13. Both will be held at the Palmer Golf Course at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, W.Va.