Minnesota State Volleyballers #17 in Final AVCA Top 25 Poll
12/10/2009 12:08:50 PM
Lexington, Ky. - The Minnesota State volleyball team finished the 2009 season ranked #16 in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top-25 poll. The Mavericks received a total of 285 points.
Other Northern Sun teams ranked in the top 25 are National Champions, #1 Concordia-St. Paul, #14 University of Minnesota Duluth #16, Southwest Minnesota State and #18 Wayne State.
Minnesota State, seeded fifth in the central region, was defeated by fourth seeded Wayne State in the first round of the NCAA Division II tournament, 3-2. The Mavericks ended the 2009 season with a 26-7 record, the twelfth 20 win season in school history.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll
2009 Final Poll: December 7, 2009
|
Rank
|
School (First-Place Votes)
|
Total Points
|
2009 Record
|
Last Week
|
|
1
|
Concordia-St. Paul (32)
|
800
|
37-0
|
1
|
|
2
|
Cal State San Bernardino
|
765
|
33-2
|
2
|
|
3
|
West Texas A&M
|
736
|
38-4
|
5
|
|
4
|
Tampa
|
700
|
31-3
|
6
|
|
5
|
Central Missouri
|
656
|
34-5
|
4
|
|
6
|
Indianapolis
|
630
|
38-2
|
9
|
|
7
|
UC San Diego
|
581
|
27-3
|
3
|
|
8
|
Washburn
|
565
|
33-5
|
8
|
|
9
|
Lewis
|
497
|
32-5
|
11
|
|
10
|
Saint Leo
|
481
|
30-4
|
12
|
|
11
|
Metro State
|
446
|
26-8
|
20
|
|
12
|
Nebraska-Kearney
|
430
|
33-3
|
7
|
|
13
|
Emporia State
|
399
|
29-6
|
10
|
|
14
|
Minnesota Duluth
|
364
|
23-9
|
15
|
|
15
|
Cal State L.A.
|
336
|
23-9
|
19
|
|
16
|
Southwest Minnesota State
|
313
|
25-8
|
13
|
|
17
|
Minnesota State
|
285
|
26-7
|
16
|
|
18
|
Wayne State (Neb.)
|
267
|
29-8
|
17
|
|
19
|
Pittsburg State
|
239
|
25-11
|
21
|
|
20
|
Hawai'i-Hilo
|
179
|
25-2
|
14
|
|
21
|
Sonoma State
|
158
|
23-8
|
18
|
|
22
|
Flagler
|
131
|
36-9
|
NR
|
|
23
|
California (Pa.)
|
107
|
35-6
|
NR
|
|
24
|
Alaska-Anchorage
|
71
|
23-8
|
NR
|
|
25
|
Truman
|
55
|
24-13
|
22
|
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Hillsdale 38; Nebraska-Omaha 33; Abilene Christian 29; Dowling 25; Wingate 24; West Florida 16. Seven teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 44 combined points.
Dropped Out: Nebraska-Omaha (23); Wingate (24); Abilene Christian (25)
Next Poll: Preseason 2010
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