WAYNE – With the round of 64 NCAA Division II Volleyball Tournament set to begin later this week, the final regular season American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) DII Top 25 Coaches Poll was released Monday afternoon.
According to a release from Wayne State Athletics, the Wildcats remained second after receiving two first-place votes and 1,065 points in voting from coaches across the country.
MSU Denver (44 first-place votes) remained atop the poll at 28-1.
Other NSIC teams joining #2 WSC were #3 Concordia-St. Paul (26-5, remained the same); #6 Minnesota Duluth (26-4, fell two spots); #7 St. Cloud State (26-5, up two spots) and #10 Southwest Minnesota State (23-6, down three spots). Augustana University and Sioux Falls both finished the regular season with 11 points receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots.
#2 Wayne State College is 29-2 on the season and earned the top-seed and host of the NCAA Central Region Volleyball Tournament. From Rice Auditorium, matches will be played on Friday (noon/2:30/5/7:30 p.m.), Saturday (5/7:30 p.m.) and Sunday (4 p.m.).
WSC will open with #24 Harding of Arkansas in Friday’s first round at 7:30 p.m. The City ‘KCTY’ 98.9/1590 and waynedailynews.com will carry the opening round match for Wayne State with pregame show coverage set for around 7:10 p.m.
The Wildcats suffered an opening round five-set loss to Augustana University in the NSIC Tournament on November 11 while Harding won a four-set match during the Great American Conference finals over Northwestern Oklahoma on November 12.
2022 NCAA DII volleyball bracket.
Listed below are seedings/game times for the NCAA Division II Central Region Volleyball Tournament:
First Round – Friday, November 18
12:00 p.m. – No.6 seed/#15 Washburn (24-7) vs. No. 3 seed/#6 Minnesota Duluth (26-4)
2:30 p.m. – No. 7 seed/#13 Nebraska-Kearney (28-5) vs. No. 2 seed/#3 Concordia-St. Paul (26-5)
5:00 p.m. – No. 5 seed/#7 St. Cloud State (26-5) vs. No. 4 seed/#12 Northwest Missouri State (24-6)
7:30 p.m. – No. 8 seed/#24 Harding (30-1) vs. No. 1 seed/#2 Wayne State (29-2)
Semi Finals – Saturday, November 19
5:00 p.m. – WU/UMD winner vs. UNK/CSP winner
7:30 p.m. – SCSU/NMSU winner vs. HU/WSC winner
Championship Match – Sunday, November 20
4:00 p.m. – Semi final winners
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 12 Poll: November 14, 2022
2022 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 MSU Denver [44] 1172 28-1 1
2 Wayne State (Neb.) [2] 1065 29-2 2
3 Concordia-St. Paul 1039 26-5 3
4 Alaska Anchorage [1] 988 27-2 5
5 Tampa 940 27-3 6
6 Minnesota Duluth 925 26-4 4
7 St. Cloud State 849 26-5 9
8 Western Washington 805 21-5 8
9 West Texas A&M 757 27-4 11
10 Southwest Minnesota State 750 23-6 7
11 West Florida 652 27-5 13
12 NW Missouri State 638 24-6 10
13 Nebraska-Kearney 612 28-5 12
14 Regis 531 22-7 14
15 Washburn 500 24-7 20
16 Cal State San Bernardino 428 20-6 15
17 Barry 369 25-5 16
18 Colorado Mesa 361 21-6 17
19 Cal State L.A. 321 21-6 18
20 Cal Poly Pomona 300 23-5 23
21 Quincy 235 27-2 19
22 Colorado School of Mines 214 21-7 22
23 Central Oklahoma 187 24-7 21
24 Harding 158 30-1 24
25 Wingate 105 29-2 25
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Lewis 79; Chaminade 72; Lynn 39; Central Washington 27; Eckerd 24; Sonoma State 22; American International 16; Ferris State 16; Dallas Baptist 14; Augustana (SD) 11; Sioux Falls 11; Central Missouri 10; Hillsdale 10; Missouri-St Louis 10; Gannon 4; Daemen 3
2 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 6 combined points
