Lexington, Ky. – Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Northern State University volleyball team has moved up three spots to No. 4 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Poll. The Wolves earned 972 points with a record of 24-4 on the year.
Northern is the highest ranked NSIC institution heading into the league tournament, joined by No. 7 St. Cloud State, No. 8 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 8 Minnesota Duluth, No. 12 Wayne State, No. 15 Winona State, No. 18 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 19 Upper Iowa, (RV) Augustana, and (RV) Minnesota State.
In addition, regionally opponents No. 2 Nebraska Kearney, No. 3 Washburn, No. 10 Central Missouri, No. 20 Northwest Missouri State, and (RV) Central Oklahoma landed on the list.
The Wolves will open the NSIC Tournament this Friday at 7:30 p.m. versus No. 19 Upper Iowa from the Sanford Pentagon.
AVCA DII Top-25 Coaches Poll - Week #11: November 18
| Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2019 Record |
Previous
Rank |
| 1 |
Cal State San Bernardino (44) |
1148 |
24-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Nebraska-Kearney (2) |
1105 |
30-0 |
2 |
| 3 |
Washburn |
1054 |
26-2 |
3 |
| 4 |
Northern State |
972 |
24-4 |
7 |
| 5 |
Regis |
876 |
24-3 |
8 |
| 6 |
Western Washington |
855 |
24-2 |
4 |
| 7 |
St Cloud State |
842 |
23-5 |
9 |
| T-8 |
Concordia - St. Paul |
785 |
22-7 |
6 |
| T-8 |
Minnesota Duluth |
785 |
23-5 |
5 |
| 10 |
Central Missouri |
687 |
21-8 |
10 |
| 11 |
Hillsdale |
673 |
23-3 |
11 |
| 12 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
639 |
24-6 |
13 |
| 13 |
Lewis |
613 |
26-4 |
12 |
| 14 |
Angelo State |
529 |
25-2 |
14 |
| 15 |
Winona State |
486 |
21-7 |
16 |
| 16 |
Wheeling |
449 |
28-3 |
15 |
| 17 |
Ferris State |
359 |
22-5 |
18 |
| 18 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
339 |
18-10 |
17 |
| 19 |
Upper Iowa |
326 |
20-8 |
21 |
| 20 |
NW Missouri State |
280 |
20-8 |
19 |
| 21 |
Rockhurst |
247 |
26-7 |
20 |
| 22 |
Missouri-St Louis |
175 |
27-3 |
23 |
| 23 |
Michigan Tech |
141 |
21-6 |
22 |
| 24 |
Wingate |
119 |
28-1 |
24 |
| 25 |
Cal State L. A. |
98 |
18-7 |
25 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Azusa Pacific 66; Alaska-Anchorage 59; Augustana (SD) 53; Texas A&M-Commerce 39; UC San Diego 30; Lynn 21; Arkansas-Fort Smith 16; Minnesota State 16; Tarleton State 16; Tampa 12; Colorado School of Mines 10; Simon Fraser University 8; Ashland 6; Central Oklahoma 6; MSU Denver 3;
