WAYNE – As the Wayne State College volleyball teams prepares for three more road conference games and a non-league match in the coming week, WSC fell back one spot to #13.
According to a release from the Wayne State Athletics office, the ‘Cats now sit #13 in the AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll. Wayne State is receiving 549 points in voting conducted by various DII coaches from across the nation.
The Wildcats are 19-5 overall and 10-5 in league play sitting tied for fifth with #16 Winona State in the NSIC standings. WSC recently dropped a five-set match at Augustana and swept USF at home.
The Wayne State College volleyball team is scheduled to visit #18 Southwest Minnesota State on Tuesday, November 5 at 6 p.m. SMSU is 14-9 (8-7 NSIC), tied for eighth in league play with #22 Upper Iowa and (RV) Minnesota State-Mankato as the ‘Cats won in five sets over the Mustangs on October 15 in Wayne.
WSC will also travel to Minot State Friday at 6 p.m. and the University of Mary Saturday for an 11 a.m. contest.
Cal State San Bernardino continues to remain as the top team with their 21-0 record receiving 43 first place votes as Nebraska-Kearney is right behind sitting 26-0 with the remaining three-first place votes.
Other NSIC teams joining #13 Wayne State are #5 Minnesota Duluth (20-3) dropped two spots; #6 Concordia-St. Paul (19-4) remained the same; #7 Northern State (20-3) remained the same; #8 St. Cloud State (19-4) moved up three spots; #16 Winona State (18-5) remained the same; #18 Southwest Minnesota State (14-9) fell three spots and #22 Upper Iowa (16-7) remained the same. Augustana (62) and Minnesota State-Mankato (12) were also receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots.
According to the NSIC Volleyball Release Number 9: freshman outside/right side hitter Jasmine Mulvihill of Concordia-St. Paul earned the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week; senior libero Clara Krenz of St. Cloud State was named the NSIC Defensive Player of the Week and sophomore Payton Nutter of Concordia-St. Paul was tabbed the NSIC Setter of the week.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week #9 Poll: November 4, 2019
2019 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
- Cal State San Bernardino (43) 1147 21-0 1
- Nebraska-Kearney (3) 1107 26-0 2
- Washburn 1027 22-2 4
- Western Washington 990 21-1 5
- Minnesota Duluth 940 20-3 3
- Concordia-St. Paul 928 19-4 6
- Northern State 915 20-3 7
- St. Cloud State 757 19-4 11
- Regis 745 20-3 10
- Central Missouri 684 18-7 9
- Hillsdale 624 19-3 13
- Lewis 588 22-4 8
- Wayne State (Neb.) 549 19-5 12
- Northwest Missouri State 513 18-6 14
- Wheeling 438 23-3 17
- Winona State 422 18-5 16
- Angelo State 397 21-2 18
- Southwest Minnesota State 337 14-9 15
- Ferris State 302 19-5 20
- Michigan Tech 280 19-4 21
- Rockhurst 280 21-6 19
- Upper Iowa 244 16-7 22
- Missouri – St. Louis 144 23-3 25
- Cal State Los Angeles 119 15-6 24
- Tampa 86 19-6 NR
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Wingate 69; Augustana (SD) 62; Azusa Pacific 50; Ashland 38; Texas A&M-Commerce 37; Chaminade 24; Alaska-Anchorage 23; Arkansas-Fort Smith 15; Tarleton State 14; MSU Denver 13; Minnesota State 12; Colorado School of Mines 7; Central Oklahoma 4; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (FL) 4;
8 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 22 combined points.