The Wayne State volleyball team moved up two spots to seventh in the final Division II Central Region Volleyball Rankings announced Wednesday afternoon.
Nebraska-Kearney remains the top team in the region while Northern State moved up two spots to second this week. Minnesota Duluth and Concordia-St. Paul from the NSIC are third and fourth with Washburn from the MIAA sitting in fifth. St. Cloud State and Wayne State are sixth and seventh with Central Missouri slipping one spot to eighth. Winona State and Northwest Missouri State round out the top 10 teams.
Wayne State, ranked 12th in this week’s AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll, faces No. 7 St. Cloud State Friday at 5 p.m. in the opening round of the NSIC Volleyball Tournament at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Wildcats are 24-6 and 14-6 in NSIC regular season play while SCSU is 23-5 and 15-5.
The top eight teams in the region will advance to the NCAA Central Region Tournament, scheduled for Dec. 5-7 at the site of the top seed. The Central Region is comprised of 39 teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, Mid-America Athletic Association and the Great American Conference.
