LEXINGTON, Ky. – Grand Valley State’s women’s volleyball team improved one spot to No. 12 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) while Ferris State also moved up one notch to 15th.
The Lakers recorded a pair of road wins last week, sweeping Hillsdale before remaining unbeaten in league play with a five-set win at Findlay. GVSU now stands 13-2 and remains unbeaten (11-0) in the GLIAC.
The Bulldogs, who are now 12-3 overall and 8-1 in league play, as Ferris State also defeated both Hillsdale and Findlay by 3-1 margins.
Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total Points |
2014 Record |
Previous Rank |
1 |
Tampa (44) |
1196 |
15-1 |
1 |
2 |
Minnesota Duluth (4) |
1156 |
17-1 |
2 |
3 |
Concordia-St. Paul |
1071 |
15-3 |
3 |
4 |
BYU-Hawai'i |
1014 |
11-3 |
4 |
5 |
Washburn |
970 |
17-1 |
6 |
6 |
Southwest Minnesota State |
896 |
13-5 |
7 |
7 |
Nebraska-Kearney |
834 |
16-2 |
8 |
8 |
Wingate |
784 |
18-1 |
9 |
9 |
Western Washington |
727 |
14-4 |
10 |
10 |
Colorado School of Mines |
698 |
16-2 |
11 |
11 |
Grand Valley State |
664 |
13-2 |
12 |
12 |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
631 |
16-2 |
13 |
13 |
Wheeling Jesuit |
612 |
20-3 |
5 |
14 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
509 |
11-4 |
14 |
15 |
Ferris State |
489 |
12-3 |
16 |
16 |
Colorado Mesa University |
424 |
15-3 |
17 |
17 |
NW Nazarene |
387 |
15-2 |
18 |
18 |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
345 |
20-0 |
22 |
19 |
Armstrong State |
328 |
15-1 |
20 |
20 |
Augustana (SD) |
289 |
14-4 |
19 |
21 |
Central Missouri |
271 |
11-7 |
15 |
22 |
West Florida |
233 |
16-2 |
21 |
23 |
Metro State |
198 |
15-3 |
25 |
24 |
Central Washington |
141 |
12-5 |
23 |
25 |
Florida Southern |
108 |
11-4 |
NR |
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Truman 100; Alaska-Anchorage 94; West Texas A&M 90; Central Oklahoma 88; UC San Diego 47; Northern State 44; Rockhurst 42; Regis 29; Sonoma State 22; Dixie State-Utah 17; Point Loma 13; California Baptist 2
8 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 37 combined points.