SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference announced its preseason poll and team for the 2026-27 women's basketball season on Wednesday morning.
For University of the Pacific, the women's basketball program is slotted to finish seventh out of the 10-team league. Santa Clara and Portland each received four first-place votes, with the Broncos (74 points) edging the Pilots (71) for the top position. Reigning regular-season champion LMU (63 points) garnered the other two first-place votes and slotted third, followed by Pepperdine (59 points) and San Francisco (58 points) in the top half of the poll.
Entering the new campaign following an 11-19 mark and an eighth-place finish in the conference standings at 6-12 last season, Pacific returns six players from the 2025-26 roster, including
Daria Nestorov,
Sophia Mindermann,
LaMiracle Lebon,
Marina Radocaj,
Liv Yergensen, and
Stella Szabo. Along with the returners, the Tigers have added three Division I transfers,
Yana Karamfilova (South Florida),
JoJo Nworie (Colorado), and
Victoria Rivera (Georgetown), while
Jordyn Dyer,
Payton Montgomery,
Sofia Locati,
Bella Burcar, and
Mia Jamias enter their first seasons of collegiate basketball as freshmen.
Nestorov led all returners in scoring last season, averaging 10.4 points per game while totaling a team-leading 147 assists, the fifth most in the conference. Her 4.9 assists per game also paced the Tigers and ranked third in the WCC in 30 games last season.
Tip-off times for all Pacific games will be announced soon. Tickets for upcoming events can be purchased through the
PacificTigers.com tickets tab, or by calling the Box Office at
209-946-2474.
The full 2026-27 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Preseason Poll and Team can be viewed
here.
For updates and more information on the Pacific women's basketball program, follow the Tigers on X
(@Pacific_Hoops), Instagram
(@pacificwbb), and the Facebook page
(Pacific Women's Basketball).
