After losing a close five-set match at Wayne State on Saturday, the Augustana volleyball team dropped five spots to No. 23 in this week's CBS College Sports/AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll, the AVCA office announced today.
Augustana (10-6, 3-1 NSIC) went 0-1 last week, snapping a three-match winning streak in NSIC play. With a 3-1 record in conference play, Augie sits in fourth place in the conference. Concordia-St. Paul remains on the top of the conference with a 6-0 NSIC record.
Augustana has three matches scheduled for this Homecoming week. On Tuesday, the Vikings will go on the road to face St. Cloud State (2-12, 0-6 NSIC) before coming home to play two home matches. In the first match of the weekend, Augie will play Bemidji State (6-11, 2-3 NSIC) Friday at 7 p.m. The team will then turn around and play No. 13 Minnesota Duluth (14-3, 5-0 NSIC) Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Both home games will be played in the Elmen Center.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll
2008 Poll #5: September 29, 2008
|
Rank
|
School (First-Place Votes)
|
Total Points
|
2008 Record
|
Last Week
|
|
1
|
Concordia-St. Paul (30)
|
919
|
17-1
|
2
|
|
2
|
Cal State San Bernardino (5)
|
874
|
13-1
|
1
|
|
3
|
West Texas A&M
|
834
|
15-2
|
3
|
|
4
|
Western Washington (1)
|
798
|
11-0
|
5
|
|
5
|
Tampa
|
772
|
12-1
|
6
|
|
6
|
Florida Southern
|
719
|
12-3
|
7
|
|
7
|
Southwest Minnesota State
|
675
|
15-2
|
8
|
|
8
|
Grand Valley State
|
655
|
14-2
|
9
|
|
9
|
Washburn
|
641
|
14-2
|
4
|
|
10
|
Nebraska-Kearney
|
600
|
15-1
|
10
|
|
11
|
Emporia State
|
551
|
15-1
|
12
|
|
12
|
UC San Diego
|
510
|
11-2
|
16
|
|
13
|
Minnesota Duluth
|
458
|
14-3
|
14
|
|
14
|
Central Missouri
|
435
|
15-4
|
15
|
|
15
|
Truman
|
420
|
13-5
|
11
|
|
16
|
Pittsburg State
|
370
|
15-3
|
17
|
|
17
|
California (Pa.)
|
314
|
19-1
|
13
|
|
18
|
Lewis
|
255
|
14-3
|
21
|
|
19
|
West Florida
|
241
|
12-5
|
19
|
|
20
|
Midwestern State
|
214
|
18-0
|
23
|
|
21
|
Cal Poly Pomona
|
184
|
7-4
|
20
|
|
22
|
Indianapolis
|
162
|
16-3
|
24
|
|
23
|
Augustana (S.D.)
|
125
|
10-6
|
18
|
|
24
|
St. Leo
|
91
|
17-3
|
25
|
|
25
|
Northern Kentucky
|
64
|
15-3
|
NR
|
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Cal State L. A. 38; Sonoma State 25; Western Oregon 19; BYU-Hawai'i 10; Michigan Tech 9; Nova Southeastern 8; Wayne State (Mich.) 6; Wayne State (Neb.) 3
5 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 26 combined points.
Dropped Out: Cal State L.A. (22)
Next poll: October 6, 2008
