Third-year Head Coach Aideen O'Donoghue's Pitt-Johnstown women's soccer team was selected to finish eighth in the PSAC Western Division when the league office released its 2026 preseason coaches poll on Wednesday.  Voting was done by the conference coaches.

Slippery Rock earned five first-place votes and was chosen by the coaches to win this season's PSAC Western Division, while Gannon got the other four first-place votes in the division.  On the Eastern side, West Chester received seven first-place votes and Bloomsburg got one top-spot vote.

Pitt-Johnstown, 2-9-5 overall and 2-9-3 in the PSAC West a year ago, opens the 2026 season with a non-conference game at Tiffin (OH) on Aug. 27, before making its home debut against West Virginia Wesleyan on Aug. 30 at 2 p.m. at the Pitt-Johnstown Soccer Field.