Wayne, Neb. — After sweeping the #1 team in the country last Friday evening in Wayne, the Wayne State College volleyball team is the newest #1 team in the AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon. The 8-1 Wildcats received 26 first-place votes and 1,144 points and is ranked #1 in the nation for the eighth time in program history (WSC was #1 for five straight weeks last season – September 19-October 17) – and twice in the 2010 season.
Wayne State downed Concordia-St. Paul 25-19, 28-26, 25-21 Friday evening in their lone match last week. The ‘Cats host Chadron State Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in a non-conference match followed by NSIC road matches this weekend at Sioux Falls Friday (6 p.m.) and at #9 Southwest Minnesota State Saturday at 4 p.m.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Week 3 Poll: September 18, 2023
2023 Previous Rank School (First-Place Votes)
Points Record Rank
1 Wayne State (Neb.) (26) 1144 8-1 3
2 Concordia-St. Paul (12) 1123 10-1 1
3 West Texas A&M (8) 1107 10-1 2
4 Tampa (1) 1027 8-0 4
5 Missouri St.-Louis 958 12-0 5
6 St. Cloud State 897 9-2 6
7 Minnesota Duluth 842 9-1 7
8 MSU Denver 802 7-3 9
9 Southwest Minnesota State 770 9-1 11
10 Nebraska-Kearney 694 10-1 T7
11 Colorado Mesa 688 10-0 12
12 Chaminade 618 12-0 14
13 Washburn 602 8-1 15
14 Cal State San Bernardino 569 8-2 10
15 Central Washington 435 7-3 13
16 Regis 429 7-3 16
16 West Florida 429 6-4 17
18 Cal Poly Pomona 340 9-1 20
19 Wingate 305 9-1 19
20 Lewis 226 8-4 23
21 Central Oklahoma 203 11-1 25
22 Ferris State 200 7-3 24
23 Cal State Los Angeles 169 4-6 21
24 Northwest Missouri State 98 5-5 18
25 Rockhurst 78 8-1 NR
