LA GRANDE, Ore. – Coming off their third-straight Cascade Conference Tournament title and seventh-straight trip to the NAIA Championships, the College of Idaho was picked to finish second in the 2015 CCC Volleyball Preseason Coaches' Poll, announced this morning by the league office.
The Lady Yotes, coming off a 22-12 season, received three first-place votes and earned 108 voter points from the 11 conference coaches, deadlocked with Southern Oregon in the second-place position.
Defending regular-season champion, Eastern Oregon, claimed nine first-place votes to take the preseason No. 1 position. Northwest University and Oregon Tech round out the Top-5.
C of I opens up the 2015 season next weekend with four matches at the Red Lion-Anaheim Summer Slam tournament in La Mirada, Calif.
2015 CCC Volleyball Coaches' Preseason Poll | Team | Points | 2014 CCC | 2014 Overall |
| 1 | Eastern Oregon (9) | 113 | 16-2 | 30-6 |
| 2 | College of Idaho (3) | 108 | 13-5 | 22-12 |
| 2 | Southern Oregon (2) | 108 | 16-2 | 24-7 |
| 4 | Northwest | 78 | 8-10 | 15-15 |
| 5 | Oregon Tech | 65 | 7-11 | 20-14 |
| 6 | Corban | 60 | 3-15 | 7-19 |
| 7 | Warner Pacific | 54 | 3-15 | 5-18 |
| 8 | Northwest Christian | 53 | 6-12 | 9-13 |
| 9 | Evergreen | 48 | 4-14 | 14-18 |
| 10 | Walla Walla | 26 | N/A | 5-17 |
| 11 | Multnomah | 13 | N/A | 2-21 |
