HAAC Athletic News
Volleyball - Tue, Oct. 23, 2012

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - League-leading MidAmerica Nazarene remained the lone Heart of America Athletic Conference team to be included in this week's Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll.

 
The Pioneers (19-4) moved up one spot in this week's rankings to #20, the third-consecutive week they have improved their standing by one place in the poll. MNU is on the road on Tuesday evening against Graceland with the winner taking control of the top seed in the upcoming HAAC Tournament.
 
The top five teams in the poll all remained the same this week as defending national champion Texas at Brownsville remained in the top spot with 21 of 22 first place votes. Concordia (Calif.) received the remaining first place tally and stayed in the #2 slot while Columbia (Mo.), Biola (Calif.) and Lee (Tenn.) rounded out the top five.
 
RankLast WeekSchool (First Place Votes)RecordPoints
11Texas at Brownsville (21)20-0622
22Concordia (Calif.) (1)23-0602
33Columbia (Mo.)28-1582
44Biola (Calif.)21-2562
55Lee (Tenn.)19-7531
66Hastings (Neb.)21-3528
77Embry-Riddle (Fla.)21-4503
88The Master's (Calif.)20-4477
99Indiana Wesleyan27-1471
1010Oklahoma Baptist24-4443
1111Georgetown (Ky.)25-2421
1214Westmont (Calif.)21-5390
1315Missouri Baptist28-1387
1412College of Idaho16-5356
1518Indiana East33-2343
1619Madonna (Mich.)28-6299
1713Grand View (Iowa)26-7295
1816Cal State San Marcos20-11288
1917Doane (Neb.)21-8253
2021MidAmerica Nazarene19-4244
2123Vanguard (Calif.)15-9212
2222Midland (Neb.)18-8211
2320Viterbo (Wis.)27-6163
24RVBellevue (Neb.)26-9155
2525Park (Mo.)21-10136

Others receiving votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 95, Lubbock Christian (Texas) 75, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 71, Southern Oregon 42, Jamestown (N.D.) 42, Point Park (Pa.) 34, Northwestern Ohio 34, Ottawa (Kan.) 26, Spring Hill (Ala.) 12, Taylor (Ind.) 10, Dordt (Iowa) 8, Carroll (Mont.) 4, Eastern Oregon 4

 
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