The Wayne State volleyball team has moved up one spot to seventh in this week's AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released late Monday afternoon. The Wildcats, 16-3 on the season and second place in the NSIC with a 10-1 league mark, collected 852 points in voting from various Division II coaches across the country.
Wayne State went 2-0 last week, sweeping Augustana 3-0 Thursday followed by a 3-1 road win at Minnesota State Saturday. The Wildcats play three home matches this week, hosting Peru State Tuesday and #12 Southwest Minnesota State Thursday at 6 p.m. each night and face Sioux Falls Saturday in a 4 p.m. contest.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 7 Poll: October 21, 2024
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Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 MSU Denver (31) 1154 16-1 2
2 Ferris State (9) 1089 20-0 4
3 St. Cloud State 1026 16-2 5
4 Tampa (3) 1005 11-1 1
5 Cal Poly Pomona (3) 957 16-1 6
6 Nebraska-Kearney (1) 936 20-1 3
7 Wayne State (Neb.) 852 16-3 8
8 West Texas A&M 818 15-3 9
9 Chaminade 778 17-4 10
10 Central Oklahoma 748 20-1 13
11 Concordia-St. Paul 704 14-4 12
12 Southwest Minnesota State 646 17-3 7
13 Grand Valley State 596 18-1 15
14 Missouri-St. Louis 573 15-3 11
15 Angelo State 564 17-2 14
16 Point Loma 493 15-0 16
17 Colorado Mesa 415 15-3 17
18 Barry (Fla.) 393 12-1 21
19 Lynn (Fla.) 357 15-1 18
20 Quincy 278 18-2 19
21 Cal State Los Angeles 223 12-5 20
22 Northern State 150 13-4 23
23 San Francisco State 97 14-4 22
24 Missouri Western 65 16-4 NR
25 Minnesota Duluth 59 10-8 24
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Nova Southeastern 50; Dallas Baptist 43; Cal State San Bernardino 35; Central Washington 29; West Florida 28; Wingate 17; Hillsdale 15; Washburn 15; Lenoir-Rhyne 13; Simon Fraser 12; Rockhurst 8
10 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 34 combined points
