The Wayne State College volleyball team moved up one spot to 21st in this week's AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll released Monday afternoon. The Wildcats improved to 10-6 on the season and 4-3 in the NSIC with three home sweeps last week over South Dakota School of Mines, Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State.
Wayne State received 216 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches from across the country.
It's the 108th consecutive national ranking for the WSC volleyball program dating back to September 28, 2009.
Wayne State will be on the road this weekend for NSIC contests at the University of Mary Friday night at 6 p.m. and Minot State Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week #5 Poll: October 2, 2017
2017 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1. Southwest Minnesota State (47) 1199 15-0 1
2. Concordia-St. Paul 1149 14-1 2
3. Lewis (Ill.) 1089 14-1 3
4. Palm Beach Atlantic 1048 12-0 4
5. California Baptist (1) 964 13-0 7
6. Minnesota Duluth 939 13-2 6
7. Ferris State 882 13-2 8
8. Central Oklahoma 858 18-1 9
9. Nebraska-Kearney 798 15-2 5
10. Regis 707 14-1 11
11. Western Washington 680 11-3 10
12. Northwest Nazarene 657 14-0 12
13. Northern State 572 13-2 14
14. Winona State 548 11-4 13
15. Tarleton State 496 13-4 15
16. Angelo State 444 11-4 16
17. Augustana (SD) 422 12-5 17
18. Arkansas Tech 393 18-0 19
19. Saint Leo 332 9-1 20
20. Central Missouri 259 13-4 18
21. Wayne State (Neb.) 216 10-6 22
22. Colorado School of Mines 204 12-3 23
23. Cal State – San Bernardino 161 8-5 24
24. Azusa Pacific 112 13-1 28
25. Findlay 91 15-1 27
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Wingate 56; West Florida 51; Alaska-Anchorage 49; Washburn 29;
Wheeling Jesuit 26; Sioux Falls 25; Upper Iowa 25; Rockhurst 24; UC San Diego 15; Central Washington 14; McKendree 9;
Drury 7; Northern Michigan 7; Concordia (Calif.) 6.
7 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 37 combined points.
