The Wayne State volleyball team finished the 2021 season ranked No. 18 in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association) Div. II Top 25 coaches poll.
Wayne State was one of five Northern Sun Conference teams ranked in the final poll. Concordia-St. Paul was ranked seventh, Winona State finished ninth, St. Cloud State was 10th and Southwest Minesota State was ranked 23rd.
University of Tampa won the national title and finished the season ranked No. 1. Central Region champion and tournament runner-up Washburn was ranked second. Other Central Region teams in the final ranking included No. 4 Central Missouri, No. 11 Nebtaska-Kearney, No. 12 Northwest Missouri State and No. 25 Oklahoma Baptist.
The Wildcats finished the regular season at 22-8 and were fourth in the NSIC with a 14-6 league record. WSC was ranked in every AVCA poll this season, starting the year 24th and ranked as high as fifth two different times. It’s the 12th time in the last 15 years Wayne State ended the season with a Top 25 national ranking.
The final AVCA Div. II Top 25 is as follows:
1. Tampa
2. Washburn
3. MSU Denver
4. Central Missouri
5. West Florida
6. Western Washington
7. Concordia-St. Paul
8. Cal State San Bernardino
9. Winona State
10. St. Cloud State
11. Nebraska-Kearney
12. Northwest Missouri State
13. Angelo State
14. Colorado School of Mines
15. Hillsdale
16. West Texas A&M
17. Gannon
18. Wayne State
19. Nova Southeastern
20. Texas-Tyler
21. Ferris State
22. Michigan Tech
23. Southwest Minnesota State
24. Cal State Los Angeles
25. Oklahoma Baptist
