Dordt #2, NWC 7th In NAIA Preseason Volleyball Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After claiming its first red banner, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) is the No. 1 pick in the 2018 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Poll, the national office announced on Wednesday. The Blue Raiders captured 11-of-14 first-place votes as well as 371 points. Dordt captured the remaining three first place votes and are ranked in second place after finishing runner-up last year. Northwestern College comes into the season ranked 7th

The Defenders posted a 34-8 overall record in 2017 and finished the GPAC season with a 14-2 mark and the Defenders were tri-champions in the regular season race, and returns seven players who played in at least 41 matches in 2017.

Northwestern finished the 2017 season with a 30-6 overall record, reaching the round of 16 at the NAIA National Championship before losing to Westmont (Calif.). Kyle Van Den Bosch begins his 14th season as the Red Raiders head coach and returns six starters and seven letter winners from the 2017 season. 

2018 Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Poll – (Aug. 14)

RANK LAST WEEK SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] RECORD POINTS
1 1 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [11] 35-0 371
2 2 Dordt (Iowa) [3] 34-8 364
3 4 Missouri Baptist 34-9 345
4 3 Viterbo (Wis.) 40-2 341
5 6 Park (Mo.) 32-4 328
6 5 Westmont (Calif.) 36-4 298
7 11 Northwestern (Iowa) 30-6 296
7 7 College of Idaho 28-7 296
9 10 Grand View (Iowa) 34-8 281
10 9 Hastings (Neb.) 28-3 277
11 13 Midland (Neb.) 21-11 248
12 14 Montana Tech 25-10 238
13 NR Southern Oregon 15-11 214
14 18 Columbia (Mo.) 34-8 205
15 12 Eastern Oregon 24-11 193
16 17 Cornerstone (Mich.) 28-8 181
17 20 Georgetown (Ky.) 22-6 175
18 RV Doane (Neb.) 17-12 167
19 8 Corban (Ore.) 27-9 156
20 24 Madonna (Mich.) 29-7 130
21 19 Bellevue (Neb.) 30-13 123
22 22 Indiana Wesleyan 29-12 104
23 RV Ottawa (Kan.) 30-13 103
24 21 Northwest (Wash.) 24-10 95
25 15 Jamestown (N.D.) 23-10 90

Dropped from the rankings: No. 23 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), No. 25 Saint Xavier (Ill.), No. 16 Morningside (Iowa)

Others receiving votes: Embry-Riddle 88, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 77, Campbellsville (Ky.) 44, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 37, Marian (Ind.) 27, Morningside 18, Kansas Wesleyan 11, William Woods (Mo.) 6, Reinhardt (Ga.) 5, Aquinas (Mich.) 4, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 4, Mobile (Ala.) 4, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 3, Vanguard (Calif.) 3, Lourdes (Ohio) 3

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