New York, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Softball team has been selected third in the 2023 Skyline Conference Preseason Poll released on Tuesday. The Knights collected 64 points in the ranking voted on by the league's 10 head coaches.
 
Farmingdale State, the 2022 Skyline Conference Champion, sits atop the preseason rankings after receiving 79 points and seven first place nods. Manhattanville ranks just behind the Rams with 74 points and the remaining three first place tallies.
 
Coming off a 20-18 overall record and a 15-3 mark in league play, good for third place in 2022, the Knights stand 10 points behind Manhattanville in the preseason rankings. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn with 51 points and St. Joseph's-L.I. with 50 tallies round out the top half of the league in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
 
Purchase stands in sixth place according to the coaches with 36 points, just a point ahead of the College of Mount Saint Vincent in seventh. Old Westbury (33), Sarah Lawrence (19) and Yeshiva (9) finish off the 10-team field.
 
Mount Saint Mary heads to The Spring Games in Clermont, Florida to open the season with 10 games beginning on March 12. The Knights start the home schedule on March 21 with a non-conference doubleheader against Ramapo.