BILL SPELTZ 406 MT Sports

MISSOULA — After finishing atop the Big Sky Conference standings the past two years, you'd think maybe the Montana women's soccer team would be due for a rebuidling year.

Think again.

The Grizzlies, who went undefeated in league play in 2023 and 2024, have been picked to win the Big Sky once again by coaches in the loop. Montana, who was also pegged to take first last August, garnered six of nine first-place votes.

The Grizzlies are shooting for history this fall. No team has ever won three consecutive outright Big Sky soccer titles.

Eastern Washington, Idaho, Northern Arizona and Sacramento State rounded out the top five in the Big Sky poll, with the Eagles picking up two first-place votes. The Hornets, who bounced Montana in last year’s Big Sky tournament o

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