Wayne, Neb. — The Wayne State College volleyball team is ranked second in the first regular season AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released late Monday afternoon. The Wildcats collected six first-place votes and garnered 1,109 points in voting from various Division II coaches across the country.
Wayne State opened the season over the weekend with four wins at the Eckerd College Invitational in Florida, including wins over NCAA Tournament Teams from last season Adelphi NY 3-0 and Eckerd (Fla.) 3-1. The Wildcats travel to Denver, Colorado this weekend for the Premier Challenge facing #13 Chaminade and Wheeling (W.Va.) on Friday.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 1 Poll: September 9, 2024
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Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Rank
1 Tampa (35) 1146 3-0 2
2 Wayne State (Neb.) (6) 1109 4-0 4
3 MSU Denver 1015 4-0 7
4 Missouri-St. Louis 957 4-0 6
5 Concordia-St. Paul (1) 841 3-1 5
6 Nebraska-Kearney 824 4-0 9
7 Southwest Minnesota State 807 4-0 11
7 St. Cloud State 807 3-1 10
9 West Texas A&M 771 3-1 3
10 Cal Poly Pomona (5) 751 4-0 21
11 Cal State Los Angeles 698 2-2 1
12 Ferris State 668 3-0 18
13 Chaminade 650 4-2 12
14 Minnesota Duluth 565 4-0 16
15 Colorado Mesa 493 3-1 17
16 Cal State San Bernardino 474 2-2 8
17 Central Missouri 412 2-1 15
18 Central Oklahoma 357 4-0 23
19 Grand Valley State 296 4-0 24
20 Michigan Tech 270 4-0 NR
21 West Florida 252 3-1 20
22 Lynn 195 4-0 25
23 Lewis 153 2-2 14
24 Regis 121 1-3 13
25 Augusta 90 3-0 NR
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Nova Southeastern 75; Washburn 59; Quincy 57; Barry 47; Angelo State 42; Point Loma 42; Northern State 32; Central Washington 31; Wingate 30; Seattle Pacific 29; Hillsdale 21; Dallas Baptist 20; Florida Southern 6; Missouri Western 6; San Francisco State 3.
13 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 56 combined points
