Second-year Head Coach Vito Addalli's Pitt-Johnstown women's soccer team was been picked to finish seventh in the nine-team PSAC Western Division when the 2019 conference preseason poll was released on Tuesday.  Voting was done by the league's coaches.

No. 5 Bloomsburg and Slippery Rock topped the PSAC Women's Soccer Preseason Poll for their respective divisions.
 
With the addition of Shepherd to the PSAC, the sport of women's soccer will be split into an Eastern and Western Division for the first time since 2009. Both divisions will consist of nine teams while the top four teams of each division will earn a spot in the PSAC postseason.

The Mountain Cats are coming off of their most successful season since joining the PSAC in 2013.  Pitt-Johnstown returns seven seniors and a total of 18 letter-winners from last year's squad that finished 5-13-0 overall with a program-best 4-12-0 mark in conference-play.

Pitt-Johnstown's top-three leading scorers are back in the line-up, including junior forward Abby LaDuke, who paced the Mountain Cats in points (13) and tied for the team-lead in goals (4) and assists (5).  Also back is sophomore forward Emily Esser, who tied for the team-lead with five goals, and senior midfielder Kyra Watkins, who tied for the team-lead with five assists.

The Mountain Cats open the 2019 season with a non-conference match at Shippensburg on September 5 and a PSAC match at Gannon on September 11.  Pitt-Johnstown will make its home debut on September 14 against Slippery Rock at the Pitt-Johnstown Soccer Field.