DENVER – The two-time defending Western Athletic Conference champion New Mexico State Aggies were voted as the favorite to win the 2016 WAC Women's Golf Championship in a vote of the league's head coaches, who could not vote for their own team.
 
The Aggies, who won last year's title by 34 strokes and the 2014 title by six strokes, received five of six possible first place votes to earn 35 of 36 possible points. Seattle U and Missouri-Kansas City received the two remaining first place votes, with the Redhawks edging out the 'Roos for second place in the pre-championship poll. Utah Valley was selected to finish fourth, followed by CSU Bakersfield, UT Rio Grande Valley and Chicago State.
 
The Aggies return the 2015 WAC Individual Champion in senior Viviana Macias, who edged teammate senior Kacey Dalpes by a stroke.
 
The 2016 WAC Women's Golf Championship tees off on Friday morning at 9 a.m. MT at Semiahmoo Country Club in Blaine, Wash.
  
2016 WAC Women's Golf Coaches Poll
Team (1st Place Votes)                    Points
1. NM State (5)                                       35
2. Seattle U (1)                                       29
3. Missouri-Kansas City (1)               28
4. Utah Valley                                         20
5. CSU Bakersfield                                 15
6. UT Rio Grande Valley                      14
7. Chicago State                                     6