BROOKLYN, N.Y.— The LIU Brooklyn women's indoor track and field team was voted as the favorite to repeat as Northeast Conference Indoor Track & Field champions announced by the league office on Friday in its annual preseason Coaches' Poll.

LIU held off four-time champion, Sacred Heart a season ago by a three-point margin to bring the title to downtown Brooklyn. The Blackbirds received four first-place votes to sit atop the projected order of finish. CCSU collected three-first place votes to sit in second while Mount St. Mary's and Sacred Heart closed out the top-four with one first place vote each. Robert Morris, Saint Francis U, Fairleigh Dickinson, Bryant, Wagner and St. Francis Brooklyn closed out the poll.

The 2019 NEC Indoor Track & Field championship is scheduled for February 15 & 16, 2018 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island.

The Blackbirds resume action this afternoon with the Wagner College Invitational in Staten Island.
 
Women's Indoor Poll
1. LIU Brooklyn (4)
2. Central Connecticut (3)
3. Mount St. Mary's (1)
4. Sacred Heart (1)
5. Robert Morris
6. Saint Francis U (1)
7. Fairleigh Dickinson
8. Bryant
9. Wagner
10. St. Francis Brooklyn