Wildcat volleyball up two spots in AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll

The Wayne State College volleyball team moved up two spots to 15th in the first regular season AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.

August 29, 2022Updated: August 29, 2022
News Channel NebraskaBy News Channel Nebraska

WAYNE, Neb. --- The Wayne State College volleyball team moved up two spots to 15th in the first regular season AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Monday by the coaches association. WSC received 476 points in voting conducted by various Division II coaches from across the country.

The 4-0 Wildcats opened the season last weekend with four 3-0 sweeps in New York. WSC travels to Denver this weekend for the Colorado Premier Challenge, facing Azusa Pacific (Calif.) and #5 West Florida Friday.

AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 1 Poll: August 29, 2022 

Rank School (First-Place Votes), Points, Record, Rank:

1. Tampa (39), 1141, 4-0, 1

2. Washburn (1), 1077, 4-0, 2

3. Western Washington (5), 1052, 4-0, 3

4. MSU Denver (1), 1011, 4-0, 4

5. West Florida (1), 965, 4-0, 5

6. Concordia-St. Paul, 931, 4-0, 6

7. Cal State San Bernardino, 890, 4-0, 7

8. St. Cloud State, 850, 4-0, 9

9. Nebraska-Kearney, 775, 4-0, 10

10. Northwest Missouri State, 729, 4-0, 12

11. Central Missouri, 663, 2-1, 8

12. West Texas A&M, 541, 3-1, 14

13. Southwest Minnesota State, 518, 4-0, 22

14. Colorado School of Mines, 508, 3-1, 11

15. Wayne State (Neb.), 476, 4-0, 17

16. Angelo State, 416, 3-1, 13

17. Gannon, 403, 3-0, 18

18. Lewis (Ill.), 330, 3-1, 21

19. Michigan Tech, 295, 4-0, 23

20. Alaska-Anchorage, 269, 8-0, NR

21. Minnesota Duluth, 232, 4-0, NR

22. Hillsdale, 220, 3-1, 16

23. Nova Southeastern, 164, 4-0, 24

24. Colorado Mesa, 140, 3-1, NR

25. Winona State, 90, 2-2, 15

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Colorado State-Pueblo 73; Barry 60; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (FL) 48; Cal State L. A. 47; Central Washington 40; Augustana (SD) 30; Wingate 27; Texas-Tyler 25; Cal Poly Pomona 24; Biola University 23; Rockhurst 23; Chaminade 17; Harding 16; Northern State 16; Clarion 14; American International 13; Sonoma State 8; Azusa Pacific 7; Missouri S&T 6; Palm Beach Atlantic 5; Ashland 4.15 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 63 combined points.

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