Wildcat Volleyball Slides Three Spots To #11

WAYNE – As the Wayne State College volleyball team prepares for four of their next five matches to be on the road, WSC recently posted a 1-1 weekend and fell three spots in the Week #8 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.

According to a release, the Wildcat volleyball team is now #11 after sweeping Upper Iowa but suffering a five-set defeat to then #12 Winona State this past weekend.

WSC received 710 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches from across the country.

The Wayne State College volleyball team is 17-4 overall and 10-3 in the NSIC.

MSU Denver (18-2) is still the top team in DII for volleyball receiving 44 first place votes and 1,172 points. Other NSIC teams among the Top 25 include #7 Concordia-St. Paul (18-4) fell two spots; #10 Winona State (19-3) up two spots; #13 Southwest Minnesota State (17-4) up a spot; #14 St. Cloud State (17-4) back one spot as Northern State (11) and Minnesota Duluth (six) were both receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots.

#11 WSC will host Augustana (13-8/8-5 NSIC) on Thursday, October 28 at 6 p.m. followed by a road contest against #13 Southwest Minnesota State (17-4/9-4 NSIC) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 30.

Join Voice of the Wildcats, Aaron Scheffler for the WSC vs. Augie match on The City ‘KCTY’ 98.9/1590 and waynedailynews.com with pregame coverage set for 5:30 p.m.

Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points Adjusted 2021 Record Previous Week Rank
1 MSU Denver (44) 1172 18-2 1
2 Central Missouri (2) 1119 19-2 3
3 NW Missouri State (1) 1033 18-2 6
4 Washburn 1025 19-3 2
5 Cal State San Bernardino 887 16-3 9
6 Angelo State 848 17-3 4
7 Concordia – St. Paul 835 18-4 5
8 West Florida 811 25-1 10
9 Tampa 786 19-2 10
10 Winona State 769 19-3 12
11 Wayne State (Neb.) 710 16-4 8
12 Colorado School of Mines 671 17-3 7
13 Southwest Minnesota State 639 17-4 14
14 St Cloud State 618 17-4 13
T – 15 Nebraska-Kearney 449 18-5 16
T – 15 Texas-Tyler 449 15-1 15
17 Nova Southeastern 404 17-2 17
18 Hillsdale 348 20-3 18
19 Western Washington 334 13-4 19
20 Michigan Tech 311 17-4 20
21 Lewis 203 16-6 21
22 Cal Poly Pomona 169 16-3 22
23 Oklahoma Baptist University 133 16-3 23
24 Regis 109 16-4 NR
25 West Texas A&M 87 15-2 25

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Chaminade 54; Alaska-Anchorage 45; Simon Fraser University 39; Colorado Mesa University 38; Cal State L. A. 26; Azusa Pacific 24; Arkansas Tech University 21; Southwestern OK St 19; Ferris State 18; Lynn 12; Northern State 11; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (FL) 6; Minnesota Duluth 6; Wayne State (Mich.) 2;

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

Dropped Out: Alaska-Anchorage 24;

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