The Wayne State volleyball team moved up three spots to eighth in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association Div. II Top 25 coaches poll.
Wayne State went 2-1 against a trio of Top 20 teams last week, beating No. 12 Southwest Minnesota State 3-2, falling 3-2 to No. 7 Minnesota Duluth and sweeping No. 8 St. Cloud State 3-0.
Once again, eight Northern Sun Conference schools are listed in this week’s rankings, including No. 3 Northern State, No. 5 Minnesota Duluth, No. 7 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 8 Wayne State, No. 11 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 13 St. Cloud State, No. 17 Winona State and No. 21 Upper Iowa. Minnesota State and Sioux Falls are also in the list of teams receiving votes.
Other Central Region schools include No. 2 Nebraska-Kearney, No. 3 Washburn (tied with Northern State), No. 10 Central Missouri and No. 14 Northwest Missouri State. Central Oklahoma was in the list of schools receiving votes.
The Wildcats will be on the road this weekend, visiting Minnesota Crookston Friday evening at 6 p.m. and Bemidji State Saturday in a 1 p.m. contest.
