RICHMOND, Va. – The Elon women's basketball team was picked to finish second in the 2026-27 Coastal Athletic Association Preseason Poll, as voted on by the conference's head women's basketball coaches and announced by the league office Thursday. Junior
LaNae' Corbett and redshirt sophomore
Jayda Angel also earned Preseason All-CAA Second Team Honors.
A standout from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Corbett enters her second season with the Phoenix after emerging as one of Elon's top offensive threats in 2025-26. The Hofstra transfer earned All-CAA Third Team honors after reaching double figures 19 times and averaging 11.7 points per game, ranking 14th in the league. She also ranked second in the CAA with a .483 field-goal percentage, shooting 50% or better in 15 contests. Corbett set Elon's single-game program record for field-goal percentage after shooting 87.5% (14-for-16) against Hampton.
Angel, the 2024-25 CAA Rookie of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year, played in just two games last season before suffering a season-ending injury. She opened the season with a team-high 16 points, marking her 14th career double-figure scoring performance. As a freshman, Angel ranked second on the team with 9.9 points and 1.6 steals per game while earning a league-best five CAA Rookie of the Week honors.
The CAA also announced its preseason predicted order of finish, with Elon selected second, the program's highest preseason ranking since 2017-18, when the Phoenix was also picked second and went on to win the CAA Tournament title. Monmouth was selected as th
is year's e preseason favorite, receiving 12 of 13 first-place votes.
Elon opens the 2026-27 season Nov. 2 against UNC Pembroke at Schar Center.
2026-27 CAA Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
Points |
| 1 |
Monmouth (12) |
144 |
| 2 |
Elon |
116 |
| 3 |
Drexel |
109 |
| 4 |
William & Mary (1) |
108 |
| 5 |
Towson |
99 |
| 6 |
North Carolina A&T |
89 |
| 7 |
Stony Brook |
88 |
| 8 |
Charleston |
71 |
| 9 |
Hofstra |
56 |
| 10 |
Hampton |
51 |
| 11 |
Northeastern |
35 |
| 12 |
Campbell |
30 |
| 13 |
UNCW |
18 |
2026-27 CAA Women's Basketball Preseason Awards
Preseason Player of the Year- Gigi Gamble, Monmouth
Preseason All-CAA First Team
Divine Dibula, Monmouth
Gigi Gamble, Monmouth
Cassidy Geddes, William & Mary
Paris Locke, North Carolina A&T
Laine McGurk, Drexel
Preseason All-CAA Second Team
Jayda Angel, Elon
Tyja Beans, Charleston
LaNae' Corbett, Elon
Jasmine Felton, Campbell
Kayla Lezama, Hampton
CAA Preseason Honorable Mentions: Camryn Collins, G, Northeastern; Monet Dance, G, William & Mary; Caitlin Frost, F, Stony Brook; Abby Jegede, G, Charleston; Kiarra Mcelrath, G, Hampton; Ava Renninger, G, Towson; Justice Tramble, F, Northeastern
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