Wayne State Volleyball Misses Out On Regional At-Large Berth, Finish Regular Season Ranked 14th

WAYNE – Selection Monday was held on NCAA.com where the Wayne State College volleyball program just missed out on the top eight in the Central Region Tournament.

The 2021 NCAA Central Region host will be Central Missouri on December 2-4.

Central Missouri won the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA), Arkansas Tech won the Great American Conference as St. Cloud State won the NSIC Tournament as automatic qualifiers. At-large representatives will be Northwest Missouri State (MIAA), Winona State (NSIC), Washburn (MIAA), Nebraska-Kearney (MIAA) and Concordia-St. Paul (NSIC).

Matches include #1 Central Missouri vs. #8 Arkansas Tech; #4 Winona State vs. #5 Washburn; #2 St. Cloud State vs. #7 Concordia-St. Paul and #3 Northwest Missouri State vs. #6 Nebraska-Kearney.

The championship quarterfinals, semifinals and final match will take place Thursday-Saturday, December 9-11, at the Bob Martinez Athletics Center in Tampa, Florida.

The Wayne State College volleyball team also moved up one spot to 14th in the final regular season AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon. The Wildcats received 479 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches from across the nation.

The Wildcats finished the regular season at 22-8 and advanced to the semi-finals of the NSIC Volleyball Tournament last weekend in Sioux Falls before falling in five sets to then #11 St. Cloud State.

Other NSIC teams rated inside the top 10 include #7 St. Cloud State (27-4/one first place vote) moved up four spots; #10 Winona State (28-4) fell two spots; #15 Concordia-St. Paul (22-8) fell two spots and #17 Southwest Minnesota State (21-8) fell one spot as Upper Iowa (8 votes) and Augustana (4 votes) were receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots.

MIAA ranked teams are #1 Central Missouri (28-3/18 first place votes) up two spots; #4 Northwest Missouri State (26-5) remained the same; #6 Washburn (26-5) down a spot and #12 Nebraska-Kearney (25-6) remained the same

#25 Oklahoma Baptist (23-4) of the GAC fell two spots as Arkansas Tech (22-7/33) was receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots.

AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week #12 Poll: November 22, 2021
                                                                         2021   Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes)         Points    Record   Rank
1              Central Missouri (18)              1129        28-3         3
2              Cal State San Bernardino (23) 1096        25-3         2
3              MSU Denver (4)                     1047        26-3         1
4              NW Missouri State                 999          26-5         4
5              West Florida (1)                     921          33-1         7
6              Washburn                              900          26-5         5
7              St Cloud State (1)                   877          27-4         11
8              Colorado School of Mines        863          26-3         10
9              Tampa                                    825          28-2         9
10            Winona State                          759          28-4         8
11            Angelo State                           687          23-4         6
12            Nebraska-Kearney                  641          25-6         12
13            Western Washington              593          22-4         14
14            Wayne State (Neb.)              479          22-8         15
15            Concordia – St. Paul                435          22-8         13
16            Hillsdale                                 410          27-4         18
17            Southwest Minnesota State     376          21-8         16
18            Cal Poly Pomona                    333          23-4         19
19            Lewis                                     325          25-6         21
20            Michigan Tech                        270          24-6         20
21            Nova Southeastern                 242          24-5         22
22            Texas-Tyler                             229          19-3         17
23            Ferris State                            168          23-4         NR
24            Chaminade                             148          27-5         24
25            Oklahoma Baptist                    99           23-4         23

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Regis 74; West Texas A&M 58; Colorado Mesa University 57; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (FL) 40; Arkansas Tech University 33; Cal State L.A. 25; Simon Fraser University 24; Biola University 22; Wayne State (Mich.) 15; Lynn 10; Upper Iowa 8; Central Washington 6; Alaska-Anchorage 5; Augustana (SD) 4; Colo State-Pueblo 4.

13 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 39 combined points

 

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