LEXINGTON, Ky. - Having added four more wins to what has become an 11 match win streak, the Concordia University volleyball team made the move from a third place tie to a #2 ranking in the AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll, released today by the AVCA. Concordia is 11-1 on the year. They booted Washburn (11-0) from the second spot and trail only Cal State San Bernardino, who is responsible for the team's only loss of the year.
The Golden Bears won four matches at the 2008 CU Radisson-Roseville Tournament, played on their home turf last weekend. Two of the four wins came against top-ten ranked squads. Concordia dominated throughout play, hardly allowing teams to reach the 20 point mark and dropping just two of 14 sets. Junior Maggie McNamara has been named NSIC Setter of the Week for leading her team to a .302 hitting average and dishing out 14.00 assists per game.
The Golden Bears open NSIC play on Tuesday evening, hosting Upper Iowa at the Gangelhoff Center at 7:00 pm.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll
2008 Poll #3 September 15, 2008
|
Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2008 Record |
Last Week |
|
1 |
Cal State San Bernardino (29) |
890 |
9-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Concordia-St. Paul (1) |
845 |
11-1 |
3 |
|
3 |
Washburn (3) |
826 |
11-0 |
2 |
|
4 |
Tampa (2) |
798 |
9-0 |
4 |
|
5 |
West Texas A&M |
713 |
10-2 |
6 |
|
6 |
Western Washington (1) |
684 |
8-0 |
9 |
|
7 |
Florida Southern |
660 |
9-2 |
7 |
|
8 |
Grand Valley State |
621 |
9-2 |
10 |
|
9 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
594 |
11-1 |
13 |
|
10 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
579 |
10-1 |
11 |
|
11 |
Truman |
563 |
9-3 |
5 |
|
12 |
Minnesota Duluth |
454 |
9-3 |
12 |
|
13 |
California (Pa.) |
411 |
13-0 |
19 |
|
14 |
Emporia State |
394 |
10-1 |
16 |
|
15 |
Cal State L.A. |
376 |
9-0 |
21 |
|
16 |
Pittsburg State |
337 |
10-2 |
14 |
|
17 |
Central Missouri |
320 |
10-3 |
20 |
|
18 |
UC San Diego |
299 |
7-2 |
15 |
|
19 |
Hillsdale |
280 |
10-2 |
18 |
|
20 |
Augustana (S.D.) |
258 |
7-5 |
8 |
|
21 |
West Florida |
176 |
6-5 |
17 |
|
22 |
St. Leo |
139 |
12-0 |
NR |
|
23 |
Indianapolis |
125 |
9-2 |
22 |
|
24 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
110 |
5-2 |
23 |
|
25 |
Lewis |
80 |
8-3 |
24 |
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Midwestern State 44; BYU-Hawai'i 31; Chico State 27; Northern Kentucky 14; Nova Southeastern 14; Western Oregon 9
Seven schools were listed on only one ballot for a total of 29 points.
Dropped Out: Chico State (25)
