The Wayne State volleyball team moved up one spot to No. 2 in this week’s American Volleyball Coaches Association Div. II coaches poll.
Wayne State moved up ahead of Concordia-St. Paul, who were upset Saturday by Sioux Falls to suffer their third loss of the season.
Wayne State, with 15 first-place votes, is behind MSU Denver, who remains No. 1 this week and has 31 first-place votes. Alaska Anchorage received one first-place vote in this week’s rankings.
The Northern Sun Conference continues to have half of the top 10 teams in this week’s rankings, with Wayne State the only one of the five to move up in this week’s poll. Concordia-St. Paul dropped one spot to No. 3, Minnesota Duluth fell from No. 4 to No. 5, Southwest Minnesota State drooped two spots to No. 7 and St. Cloud fell from No. 7 to No. 8.
Five MIAA schools are in the rankings this week, with Northwest Missouri State moving up two spots from No. 12 to No. 10. Nebraska-Kearney fell out of the top 10, going from No. 8 to No. 12. Also ranked from the MIAA are Washburn (17), Central Oklahoma (21) and Central Missouri (24).
This week’s AVCA Div. II Coaches Poll is as follows (last week’s rank in parenthesis):
1. MSU Denver (1)
2. Wayne State (3)
3. Concordia-St. Paul (2)
4. Tampa (6)
5. Minnesota Duluth (4)
6. Alaska Anchorage (9)
7. SW Minnesota State (5)
8. St. Cloud State (7)
9. Western Washington (10)
10. NW Missouri State (12)
11. West Texas A&M (11)
12. Nebraska-Kearney (8)
13. West Florida (13)
14. Regis (17)
15. Colorado Mesa (19)
16. Cal State San Bernardino (T14)
17. Washburn (T14)
18. Barry (16)
19. Cal State Los Angeles (23)
20. Quincy (24)
21. Central Oklahoma (18)
22. Colorado School of Mines (21)
23. Cal Poly Pomona (22)
24. Central Missouri (NR)
25. Lewis (25)
