Defending West Coast Conference champion Gonzaga has been selected by the league's seven head coaches to claim its fifth straight WCC Rowing title and 18th overall, it was announced Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs picked up four of the seven first-place votes and garnered 34 overall points to start off 2019 on top of the conference. 
 
Last year's runners-up, Loyola Marymount, placed just behind the Bulldogs with two first-place votes and 31 points for second place. The Lions placed three on the All-WCC squad, led by 2018 All-WCC rower Ellery Martin.
 
San Diego snagged the remaining first-place vote and racked up 28 points to begin 2019 in third. Portland was picked to finish fourth. Saint Mary's was picked fifth in the preseason poll with 14 points, the Gaels narrowly bested Creighton on the ballot, who tallied 13 points for sixth. Santa Clara rounded out the poll with six points.

WCC ROWING PRESEASON POLL 
 

	TEAM	POINTS (FIRST PLACE)
1.	Gonzaga	34 (4)
2.	LMU	31 (2)
3.	San Diego	28 (1)
4.	Portland	21
5.	Saint Mary's	14
6.	Creighton	13
7.	Santa Clara	6

PRESEASON ALL-WCC ROWING TEAM 
 

Name	Year	Institution
Clare Adams	Jr.	San Diego
Maggie Barran	Sr.	Creighton
Anna Barry	So.	LMU
Leila Chihab	Jr.	Santa Clara
Lauren Compeau	So.	LMU
Ana Delucchi	Sr.	Gonzaga
Lauren English	Sr.	Gonzaga
Lindey English	Sr.	Gonzaga
Lauren Jesse	Sr.	Portland
Ellery Martin	Jr.	LMU
Lauren McCallum	So.	Gonzaga
Mollie Mertes	So.	Santa Clara
Veronica Nicacio	Sr.	Portland
Kelsey Shinn	Jr.	Saint Mary's
Emily Sprigings	So.	Saint Mary's
Kadee Sylla	Jr.	San Diego
McKinley Wilson	Sr.	Creighton