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Rocky Mountain College, Providence ranked in NAIA volleyball top 25

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Posted at 2:07 PM, Feb 03, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-03 16:07:32-05

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Rocky Mountain College and the University of Providence are ranked in the top 25 of the first 2021 NAIA women's volleyball coaches' top 25 poll, which was released Tuesday.

The Battlin' Bears are the highest-ranked Frontier Conference team at No. 18. Rocky, which started the spring season unranked, is 2-0 after earning two four-set wins over Montana Tech last Friday and Saturday. Tech was ranked 17th in the preseason after winning the Frontier Conference regular-season championship last year, but the Orediggers fell out of the national rankings this week. Coaches pegged Tech as the league favorite in their preseason poll.

The Argos, meanwhile, slipped from 20th to 24th in the poll after splitting with Carroll College last week. Providence started the season with a four-set win over the Fighting Saints last Friday and then dropped a five-set match the next day. Providence hosts Rocky for matches this Friday and Saturday.

Carroll is among the teams to receive votes but finish outside the top 25. The Fighting Saints play two matches at Montana Western this weekend.

Jamestown (N.D.) and Park (Mo.) tied for the No. 1 ranking, with Indiana Wesleyan, Westmont (Calif.) and Missouri Baptist slotting in third, fourth and fifth.

2020-21 NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll

RANKLAST TIMETEAM [FIRST PLACE VOTES]RECORDPOINTS
14Jamestown (N.D.) [6]18-1571
15Park (Mo.) [9]14-0571
37Indiana Wesleyan [3]15-1549
42Westmont (Calif.) [3]3-0529
58Missouri Baptist10-1510
61Marian (Ind.)12-3502
712Grand View (Iowa)14-0481
86Northwestern (Iowa)15-3474
913Eastern Oregon31-5448
1014Concordia (Neb.)12-3400
1110Central Methodist (Mo.)11-3394
1219Bellevue (Neb.)4-1345
1315Corban (Ore.)22-10342
14RVDordt (Iowa)12-5331
1511Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)2-0320
1616Oklahoma City0-0316
17NRBethel (Ind.)20-4294
18NRRocky Mountain (Mont.)2-0243
19RVMadonna (Mich.)2-0207
20RVMidland (Neb.)10-8202
21RVIU Kokomo (Ind.)18-0198
22NRKeiser (Fla.)23-0169
2325Reinhardt (Ga.)16-1167
2420Providence (Mont.)1-1165
2518Columbia (Mo.)8-2146

Receiving Votes: Aquinas (Mich.) 111, Vanguard (Calif.) 75, College of Idaho 71, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 71, Mayville State (N.D.) 64, McPherson (Kan.) 54, Texas Wesleyan 37, Ottawa (Kan.) 22, Saint Francis (Ind.) 21, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 14, Carroll (Mont.) 10, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 10, Indiana Tech 9, Bushnell (Ore.) 5, Evangel (Mo.) 4, IU East (Ind.) 3.