The Wayne State volleyball team is stayed eighth in the latest AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released late Monday afternoon. The Wildcats received 814 points in voting from various Division II coaches across the country.
Wayne State, 8-2 on the year and 2-0 in the NSIC, opened league play over the weekend with road wins at MSU Moorhead 3-1 and #24 Northern State 3-0. The Wildcats will play their first home matches of the season this weekend hosting Minot State Friday at 6 p.m. and the University of Mary Saturday in a 1 p.m. contest.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 3 Poll: September 23, 2024
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Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Tampa (43) 1163 8-0 1
2 MSU Denver (2) 1099 9-1 2
3 Nebraska-Kearney 1002 12-0 4
4 Southwest Minnesota State 978 10-0 5
5 Missouri-St. Louis 923 9-1 6
6 Chaminade 893 9-3 7
7 Ferris State 859 9-0 9
8 Wayne State (Neb.) 814 8-2 8
9 Concordia-St. Paul 776 6-3 10
10 West Texas A&M 768 7-3 3
11 Cal Poly Pomona (2) 708 8-1 13
12 St. Cloud State 680 7-2 12
13 Central Oklahoma 636 13-0 15
14 Angelo State 500 10-1 21
15 Minnesota Duluth 493 7-2 11
16 Grand Valley State 446 9-1 16
17 Cal State Los Angeles 400 6-3 14
18 Colorado Mesa 385 8-2 17
19 Lynn (Fla.) 369 10-0 18
20 Point Loma 266 8-0 25
21 Cal State San Bernardino 194 5-4 19
22 Northern State 167 9-1 24
23 Dallas Baptist 145 6-4 20
24 Washburn 115 9-1 NR
25 Barry 108 7-0 NR
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Nova Southeastern 92; Quincy 72; Hillsdale 41; Central Missouri 22; Minnesota State 22; Missouri Western 16; San Francisco State 13; Augusta 12; West Florida 12; Eckerd 10; Simon Fraser 10; Alabama-Huntsville 6; Findlay 3; Lenoir-Rhyne 2.
11 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 40 combined points