Lexington, Ky. – On a current six game win streak, the Northern State University volleyball team moved up five spots to No. 19 in this week's AVCA Top-25 poll. The Wolves tallied 305 points as they sit with a 9-1 record overall.
The Wolves are one of nine NSIC schools ranked in the Top-25 including: No. 1 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 2 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 6 Minnesota Duluth, No. 9 Winona State, No. 12 Augustana, No. 18 Wayne State, and (RV) Sioux Falls. The next AVCA Top-25 poll will be released September 25
th.
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2017 Record |
Previous
Rank |
| 1 |
Southwest Minnesota State (47) |
1199 |
10-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Concordia - St. Paul (1) |
1153 |
9-1 |
2 |
| 3 |
Lewis |
1086 |
10-1 |
3 |
| 4 |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
1038 |
7-0 |
4 |
| 5 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
991 |
11-1 |
6 |
| 6 |
Minnesota Duluth |
908 |
9-1 |
7 |
| 7 |
Ferris State |
871 |
8-2 |
8 |
| 8 |
California Baptist |
827 |
9-0 |
12 |
| 9 |
Winona State |
695 |
7-3 |
11 |
| 10 |
Central Oklahoma |
656 |
12-1 |
13 |
| 11 |
Angelo State |
626 |
8-3 |
5 |
| 12 |
Augustana (SD) |
610 |
8-3 |
9 |
| 13 |
Western Washington |
570 |
7-3 |
10 |
| 14 |
Regis |
494 |
10-1 |
21 |
| 15 |
Central Missouri |
393 |
9-3 |
15 |
| 16 |
NW Nazarene |
371 |
10-0 |
NR |
| 17 |
Tarleton State |
363 |
7-4 |
14 |
| 18 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
342 |
6-4 |
17 |
| 19 |
Northern State |
305 |
9-1 |
24 |
| 20 |
Alaska-Anchorage |
286 |
7-4 |
18 |
| 21 |
Saint Leo |
276 |
4-0 |
22 |
| 22 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
238 |
5-5 |
16 |
| 23 |
Colorado School of Mines |
223 |
8-3 |
20 |
| 24 |
Arkansas Tech University |
192 |
12-0 |
NR |
| 25 |
Washburn |
150 |
9-3 |
23 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Rockhurst 114; Concordia (CA) 111; Upper Iowa 109; Azusa Pacific 68; UC San Diego 46; Findlay 39; Central Washington 36; Texas A&M-Commerce 35; Sioux Falls 32; Wingate 31; Wheeling Jesuit 22; West Florida 18; Northern Michigan 13; Tampa 13; Flagler 5;
