The Wayne State College volleyball team remained 22
nd in the latest AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll released Monday afternoon. The Wildcats received 213 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches from across the country, marking the 113
th consecutive national ranking for the WSC volleyball program dating back to September 28, 2009.
Wayne State went 3-0 in NSIC road matches last week, winning 3-1 at then #16 Augustana followed by 3-0 wins at Bemidji State and Minnesota Crookston over the weekend. The Wildcats close out the regular season at home this weekend hosting St. Cloud State Friday night at 6 p.m. and #6 Minnesota Duluth Saturday in a 4 p.m. contest.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week #10 Poll: November 6, 2017
2017 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1. Concordia-St. Paul (40) 1192 24-2 1
2. California Baptist (7) 1138 24-0 3
3. Lewis (Ill.) (1) 1064 25-2 4
4. Southwest Minnesota State 1029 23-3 2
5. Nebraska-Kearney 1012 29-2 5
6. Minnesota Duluth 955 22-4 9
7. Northern State 915 22-4 7
8. Western Washington 885 21-3 8
9. Arkansas Tech 768 30-0 10
10. Palm Beach Atlantic 727 22-3 6
11. Regis 698 24-3 12
12. Central Oklahoma 651 26-4 11
13. Northwest Nazarene 626 22-2 13
14. Tarleton State 560 24-5 14
15. Winona State 529 19-7 15
16. Colorado School of Mines 416 21-4 17
17. Ferris State 368 19-6 18
18. Augustana (SD) 338 20-8 16
19. Central Missouri 317 22-7 19
20. West Florida 268 24-6 20
21. Wheeling Jesuit 225 26-4 21
22. Wayne State (Neb.) 213 18-10 22
23. Saint Leo 122 18-5 24
24. Florida Southern 99 20-6 NR
25. Angelo State 85 19-8 23
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Upper Iowa 63; Findlay 44; Azusa Pacific 39; Hillsdale 39;
Cal State San Bernardino 32; McKendree 31; Wingate 25; Metro State 21; Missouri Western 19; Rockhurst 19;
Central Washington 14; Flagler 14; Alaska-Anchorage 7.
6 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 33 combined points.
