KANSAS CITY, Mo. - For the fourth consecutive season, Oregon Tech will open the women's basketball season in the NAIA Top-25, as the Lady Owls earned the No. 23 spot in preseason NAIA Top-25 Poll.

Tech, coming off a 19-12 season, is joined in the poll by three opponents – No. 3 Dakota State, No. 16 Montana Tech and No. 22 College of Idaho, with Corban, Eastern Oregon and Lewis-Clark State all receiving votes in the poll. Voter point totals were not made available by the NAIA.

The Lady Owls will open the season this weekend at the Northwest Crossover Classic, meeting Providence on Saturday and Dakota State on Sunday.