WAYNE – After working their way into the top 10 rankings last week, the Wayne State College volleyball team split a pair of road matches against non-ranked opponents.
The Wildcat volleyball team fell four spots to #12 in the AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll after sweeping Minnesota Crookston but falling in four sets to Bemidji State. WSC is now 18-4 (9-4 NSIC) receiving 610 points in voting conducted by various DII coaches.
Cal State San Bernardino continued their undefeated start at 19-0 remaining as the top team with 45 first place votes and 1149 points. UNK stayed right behind at number two with their 22-0 record with the final first place vote and just 45 points behind the top spot as the only ranked teams undefeated.
Other NSIC teams ranked along with 12th ranked WSC includes: #3 Minnesota Duluth (19-2) up two spots; #6 Concordia-St. Paul (17-4) up one spot, #7 Northern State (18-3) down four spots; #11 St. Cloud State (17-4) up two spots; #15 Southwest Minnesota State (13-8) down four spots; #16 Winona State (17-4) up one spot and #22 Upper Iowa (15-6) down one spot. Minnesota State-Mankato (43) was receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots.
Freshman outside/right side hitter Jasmine Mulvihill of Concordia-St. Paul earned the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week; senior middle blocker Sara Macek of CSP took home the NSIC Defensive POW and senior Emily (Torve) Balts of Minnesota Duluth was selected as the NSIC Setter of the Week.
Wayne State will next visit Augustana University on Thursday, October 31 at 6 p.m. before hosting Sioux Falls on Saturday, November 2 at 1 p.m. WSC won in four sets over Augie in a non-conference game on September 24.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week #8 Poll: October 28, 2019
2019 Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
- Cal State San Bernardino (45) 1149 19-0 1
- Nebraska-Kearney (1) 1104 22-0 2
- Minnesota Duluth 1015 19-2 5
- Washburn 1006 19-2 T3
- Western Washington 957 19-1 6
- Concordia-St. Paul 918 17-4 7
- Northern State 909 18-3 T3
- Lewis (Ill.) 772 21-3 9
- Central Missouri 714 16-6 10
- Regis 654 18-3 12
- St. Cloud State 638 17-4 13
- Wayne State (Neb.) 610 18-4 8
- Hillsdale 530 17-3 16
- Northwest Missouri State 521 17-5 14
- Southwest Minnesota State 509 13-8 11
- Winona State 486 17-4 17
- Wheeling 359 20-3 19
- Angelo State 329 19-2 15
- Rockhurst 286 19-6 20
- Ferris State 264 17-5 18
- Michigan Tech 231 18-4 22
- Upper Iowa 214 15-6 21
- Texas A&M-Commerce 173 19-4 23
- Cal State Los Angeles 122 14-5 24
- Missouri – St. Louis 79 21-3 25
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Azusa Pacific 58; Wingate 57; Minnesota State 43; Ashland 39; Chaminade 31; MSU Denver 31; Tampa 30; Alaska-Anchorage 26; Tarleton State 22; Colorado School of Mines 15; Central Oklahoma 10; Arkansas-Fort Smith 5;
11 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 34 combined points.