The Emporia State volleyball team moved up five spots to No. 13 in this week’s AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll after winning their MIAA Mid-Season Tournament including a win over No. 5 Nebraska-Kearney last week. Ferris State remains at No. 1 with all but one first-place vote and is followed by Wayne State College, Tampa, Fresno Pacific, and Angelo State. The Lopers of UNK dropped to sixth while Missouri Western dropped to 11th this week, Washburn remained at 15 and Central Oklahoma jumped up to 23 while Central Missouri received votes.
Nationally, Emporia State is 7th in the first National Performance Indicator (NPI) rankings released this week, the third highest in the Central Region. The Wayne State College Wildcats sit atop the Regional Rankings and are followed by UNK, the Lady Hornets, and Missouri Western. The MIAA, Great American Conference, and Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference champions will automatically qualify for the NCAA Tournament. The final five spots will be determined by NPI rankings following each league’s conference tournament. Updated rankings are scheduled to be released weekly through the end of the season.
