The Wayne State College volleyball team slipped four spots to 22nd in the latest AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll released Monday afternoon. The Wildcats went 1-2 last week, beating then #12 Augustana 3-2 at home while dropping road matches at #6 Minnesota Duluth 3-1 and 3-0 at St. Cloud State
Wayne State received a total of 233 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches across the country. It's the 107th consecutive national ranking for the WSC volleyball program dating back to September 28, 2009.
Wayne State plays three home matches this week – hosting South Dakota School of Mines Tuesday at 6 p.m., Minnesota Crookston Friday at 6 p.m. and Bemidji State Saturday in a 1 p.m. contest.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week #4 Poll: September 25, 2017
2017 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1. Southwest Minnesota State (47) 1199 13-0 1
2. Concordia-St. Paul (1) 1151 12-1 2
3. Lewis (Ill.) 1089 12-1 3
4. Palm Beach Atlantic 1044 9-0 4
5. Nebraska-Kearney 990 13-1 5
6. Minnesota Duluth 923 12-1 6
7. California Baptist 895 11-0 8
8. Ferris State 873 11-2 7
9. Central Oklahoma 741 15-1 10
10. Western Washington 670 9-3 13
11. Regis 635 12-1 14
12. Northwest Nazarene 582 12-0 16
13. Winona State 555 9-4 9
14. Northern State 517 12-1 19
15. Tarleton State 497 10-4 17
16. Angelo State 464 10-4 11
17. Augustana (SD) 448 9-5 12
18. Central Missouri 429 11-3 15
19. Arkansas Tech 289 16-0 24
20. Saint Leo 268 6-1 21
21. Alaska-Anchorage 250 9-4 20
22. Wayne State (Neb.) 233 7-6 18
23. Colorado School of Mines 177 10-3 23
24. Cal State – San Bernardino 137 7-5 22
25. Rockhurst 93 11-3 NR
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Washburn 69; Findlay 60; Azusa Pacific 59; Sioux Falls 37; UC San Diego 35;
West Florida 31; Wingate 30; Concordia (Calif.) 23; Upper Iowa 22; Central Washington 19; Wheeling Jesuit 15;
Northern Michigan 14; Tampa 12.
6 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 24 combined points.
