FOREST, Va. – The Emory & Henry College Men's Golf Team has been picked to finish ninth in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference this season, ODAC officials announced recently. The poll is voted on by the league's head coaches.

RELATED – ODAC Men's Golf Preseason Poll

E&H returns six players from last year's team which finished eighth at the league championship. The Wasps welcome a sophomore transfer and a freshmen to the fold as they look to climb the ladder in the ODAC.

Hampden-Sydney College leads the way as one of three programs ranked in the Top 25 of NCAA Division III by Golfstat. The Tigers earned eight first-place votes while second-place Guilford College has three and Washington and Lee University rounds out the top three with the final top nod. Bridgewater College and University of Lynchburg are one point apart in fourth and fifth, respectively.

On the women's side, E&H returns two of its four players from last year's team. The Wasps are among four programs in the league not represented in the poll as their roster size is below the minimum of four to accrue a team score.

RELATED – ODAC Women's Golf Preseason Poll

Washington and Lee leads the way with nine of 10 first-place votes while Bridgewater is second. Lynchburg sits third in the ranking with Shenandoah, Randolph-Macon and Sweet Briar College round out the field.

Both Emory & Henry teams will open the spring portion of their season on Monday when they compete in the first round of Lynchburg's Hill City Invitational. Boonsboro Country Club will be the site of the two-day, 36-hole event.

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