WAYNE – With no NCAA Division II volleyball tournament being played this season, the Wayne State College Wildcats are preparing for an abbreviated spring schedule as a recent preseason ranking poll has listed WSC in the top 25.
According to a release from the Wayne State Athletics office, the ‘Cats have been selected 13th in the AVCA Spring Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday by the coaches’ association.
WSC finished the 2019 season with a 24-7 record and a #13 national ranking in the final regular season poll in December of 2019. The 2020 volleyball season was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Again, schools and conferences will participate an abbreviated schedule this spring. Wayne State is one of eight schools from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference to be listed in the spring preseason coaches’ poll.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Preseason Poll: January 6, 2021
2019 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Nebraska-Kearney (17) 1131 38-1 2
2 Concordia – St. Paul (2) 1095 27-8 3
3 Cal State San Bernardino (28) 1070 33-0 1
4 Washburn 971 27-4 5
5 Regis 947 29-5 4
6 Minnesota-Duluth 922 25-7 6
7 Rockhurst 829 33-8 7
8 Northern State 807 25-6 8
9 Western Washington 761 27-3 9
10 St. Cloud State 743 25-7 10
11 Central Missouri 688 23-10 11
12 Hillsdale 647 28-4 12
13 Wayne State (Neb.) 623 24-7 13
14 Lewis 546 28-6 14
15 Angelo State 479 29-3 16
16 Azusa Pacific 452 28-5 15
17 Ferris State 417 25-6 17
18 Winona State 377 21-8 18
19 Colorado School of Mines 335 25-7 20
20 Upper Iowa 297 21-9 19
21 Saint Leo 231 24-11 21
22 Southwest Minnesota St. 188 18-10 22
23 Gannon 145 30-7 23
24 Wheeling 106 33-4 24
25 NW Missouri State 68 21-9 25
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Michigan Tech 62; Tampa 59; Alaska-Anchorage 51; Lynn 37; Missouri-St Louis 26; Wingate 21; Cal State L. A. 13; MSU Denver 12; Texas A&M-Commerce 9; Barry 8; Augustana (SD) 7; West Florida 6
14 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 88 combined points.
