The Wayne State College volleyball team remained 21st in the latest AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll released Monday afternoon. The Wildcats collected 231 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches from across the country, marking the 109
th consecutive national ranking for the WSC volleyball program dating back to September 28, 2009.
Wayne State extended its win streak to five matches last weekend with NSIC road wins at Mary (3-0) and Minot State (3-1). The Wildcats will be at home this weekend, hosting #9 Northern State Friday night at 6 p.m. and MSU Moorhead Saturday in a 1 p.m. contest at Rice Auditorium.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week #6 Poll: October 9, 2017
2017 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1. Lewis (Ill.) (22) 1138 17-1 3
2. Southwest Minnesota State (14) 1123 16-1 1
3. Concordia-St. Paul 1072 15-2 3
4. Palm Beach Atlantic (7) 1046 14-0 4
5. Minnesota Duluth (1) 1025 15-2 6
6. California Baptist (3) 999 16-0 5
7. Central Oklahoma (1) 882 20-1 8
8. Nebraska-Kearney 840 18-2 9
9. Northern State (SD) 763 15-2 13
10. Northwest Nazarene 727 16-0 12
11. Western Washington 686 13-3 11
12. Regis 668 16-2 10
13. Ferris State 630 14-3 7
14. Winona State 531 13-4 14
15. Tarleton State 514 15-4 15
16. Arkansas Tech 462 20-0 18
17. Angelo State 438 13-4 16
18. Augustana (SD) 376 14-5 17
19. Saint Leo 358 11-1 19
20. Central Missouri 271 15-4 20
21. Wayne State (Neb.) 231 12-6 21
22. Colorado School of Mines 203 14-3 22
23. West Florida 118 15-4 NR
24. Wingate 98 15-0 NR
25. Azusa Pacific 74 14-2 24
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Cal State San Bernardino 61; Findlay 46; Upper Iowa 39;
Washburn 33; UC San Diego 30; McKendree 23; Wheeling Jesuit 22; Rockhurst 17; Central Washington 10;
Sioux Falls 8; Alaska-Anchorage 7; Concordia (Calif.) 5; South Carolina-Aiken 4; Flagler 3.
5 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 19 combined points.
