The Wayne State College volleyball team remained 20^th in the latest AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll released Monday afternoon.  The Wildcats collected 251 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches from across the country, marking the 111^th consecutive national ranking for the WSC volleyball program dating back to September 28, 2009.
            Wayne State went 2-1 in road matches last week, winning 3-0 at Chadron State and 3-1 at Minnesota State while falling 3-0 at then #3 Concordia-St. Paul.  The Wildcats will be at home this weekend hosting Upper Iowa Friday evening at 6 p.m. and #17 Winona State Saturday in a 4 p.m. contest at Rice Auditorium.
                       
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week #8 Poll: October 23, 2017
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Rank School (First-Place Votes)         Points    Record   Rank
1.   Southwest Minnesota State (30)    1170       20-1        2
2.   Concordia-St. Paul (2)                  1115       19-2        3
3.   Palm Beach Atlantic (8)                1102       19-0        4
4.   Minnesota Duluth (1)                    1041       19-2        5
5.   California Baptist (5)                     1017       19-0        6
6.   Lewis (Ill.) (2)                                993        20-2        1
7.   Nebraska-Kearney                        916        23-2        7
8.   Western Washington                    829        17-3        8
9.   Northern State                              790        18-3        11
10. Northwest Nazarene                      712        19-1        12
11. Tarleton State                               644        20-4        13
12. Arkansas Tech                             635        26-0        14
13. Central Oklahoma                         624        22-3        10
14. Regis                                           584        20-3        9
15. Augustana (SD)                            505        17-6        16
16. Central Missouri                           454        19-5        18
17. Winona State                               421        14-7        15
18. Colorado School of Mines              385        18-3        19
19. Ferris State                                  301        16-6        17
20. Wayne State (Neb.)                     251        15-8        20
21. Angelo State                                 218        15-6        22
22. West Florida                                165        20-6        24
23. Wheeling Jesuit                            119        19-4        NR
24. Wingate                                        95        18-1        21
25. Central Washington                        87        15-5        NR

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Azusa Pacific 65; Upper Iowa 62; Findlay 50; Sioux Falls 38;
Cal State San Bernardino 28; Hillsdale 24; Florida Southern 23; Saint Leo 22; South Carolina-Aiken 18; Rockhurst 16;
McKendree 14; Metro State 13; Bellarmine 6; Flagler 6; Missouri Western 5; UC San Diego 4.
 
7 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 33 combined points.