Eastside won 27 games and a regional title last season, going 16-0 against Northeast Corner Conference opponents. That included a pair of victories over then-defending NECC champion Fairfield, coming the weekend before the conference tournament and then again seven days later in the tournament championship game.

The Blazers and Falcons have finished as the top two teams in the NECC the last two seasons, with Eastside claiming the last two tournament titles while Fairfield won the regular-season title two years ago. Both squads should play the part of co-favorite again this season.

Eastside did graduate three All-NECC performers from a year ago, two of whom now are playing collegiately in Sydnee Kessler (Indiana Tech) and Lily Kreischer (Grace). But a pair of all-conference players return

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