The Wayne State College volleyball team moved up one spot to 20^th in this week's AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll released Monday afternoon.  The Wildcats collected 253 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches from across the country, marking the 110^th consecutive national ranking for the WSC volleyball program dating back to September 28, 2009.
            Wayne State split a pair of NSIC home matches over the weekend, falling 3-2 to then #9 Northern State while rebounding with a 3-0 sweep over MSU Moorhead.  The Wildcats play three road matches this week, starting with a Tuesday night non-conference match at Chadron State starting at 7 p.m.  WSC also visits #3 Concordia-St. Paul Friday at 6 p.m. and Minnesota State Saturday for a 2 p.m. contest.
                       
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week #7 Poll: October 16, 2017
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Rank School (First-Place Votes)         Points    Record   Rank
1.   Lewis (Ill.) (28)                               1155       20-1        1
2.   Southwest Minnesota State (11)      1143       18-1        2
3.   Concordia-St. Paul                         1088       17-2        3
4.   Palm Beach Atlantic (6)                  1069       17-0        4
5.   Minnesota Duluth (1)                       1024       17-2        5
6.   California Baptist (2)                         984        18-0        6
7.   Nebraska-Kearney                           900        20-2        8
8.   Western Washington                       793        15-3        11
9.   Regis                                             750        18-2        12
10. Central Oklahoma                            740        21-2        7
11. Northern State                                 708        16-3        9
12. Northwest Nazarene                        629        17-1        10
13. Tarleton State                                 598        17-4        15
14. Arkansas Tech                               584        24-0        16
15. Winona State                                 527        14-5        14
16. Augustana (SD)                              504        16-5        18
17. Ferris State                                    422        15-5        13
18. Central Missouri                             352        16-5        20
19. Colorado School of Mines                314        16-3        22
20. Wayne State (Neb.)                       253        13-7        21
21. Wingate                                         207        18-0        24
22. Angelo State                                  159        13-6        17
23. Azusa Pacific                                 128        15-3        25
24. West Florida                                    86         17-6        23
25. Saint Leo                                         65         12-4        19

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Central Washington 52; Upper Iowa 47; Wheeling Jesuit 42;
Cal State San Bernardino 35; Findlay 32; Washburn 29; Sioux Falls 28; Rockhurst 26; South Carolina-Aiken 23; Florida Southern 19;
UC San Diego 17; Hillsdale 16; Gannon 10; Alaska-Anchorage 8; Flagler 7; North Alabama 6; Arkansas-Fort Smith 2.
 
5 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 18 combined points.