The UC Irvine women's soccer team has been picked to share second place in the Big West Conference preseason coaches' poll.
The Anteaters, who played No. 12-ranked Texas A&M to a 0-0 tie in an exhibition game on Wednesday, received 62 points to match Long Beach State.
Cal State Fullerton, the defending champion, tops the poll with 72 points and five first-place votes.
The other four first-place votes went to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (two to go with 59 points for the No. 4 spot) and one each for UCI and Long Beach State.