Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Stays No. 1 for Third Straight Week

Sep 19, 2007

Sept. 19, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Sunbirds captured all 13 first place votes for the third straight week to continue their dominance at No. 1 in the third National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) volleyball ratings.

The Sunbirds remained perfect on the season with 12-0 record through matches of Sunday, Sept. 16. Fresno Pacific picked up three victories last week including a win against NCAA Division I Cal State-Bakersfield.

California Baptist moved up a spot to two after a big win against then-No. 2 Concordia (Calif.). CBU also defeated NCAA Division II No. 1 Cal State University-San Bernardino last week and compiled 312 total points in the poll. Concordia dropped to No. 3 with 298 points. National American (S.D.) and Biola (Calif.) stayed at No. 4 and No. 5 with 282 and 276 points respectively.

The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Sept. 26.

2007 NAIA Volleyball Top 25 Poll - Sept. 19

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	2007 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II)	13	12-0	325
2	3	California Baptist (II)		10-2	312
3	2	Concordia (Calif.) (II)		11-1	298
4	4	National American (S.D.) (III)		14-2	282
5	5	Biola (Calif.) (II)		11-0	276
6	6	Dickinson State (N.D.) (III)		13-1	259
7	7	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)		8-3	244
8	9	Westminster (Utah) (I)		9-4	234
9	10	Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II)		9-3	211
10	12	Columbia (Mo.) (V)		10-3	201
11	11	Albertson (Idaho) (I)		6-6	201
12	18	Morningside (Iowa) (III)		14-0	172
13	13	Georgetown (Ky.) (XI)		15-1	164
14	14	Lindenwood (Mo.) (V)		10-4	156
15	24	Northwestern (Iowa) (III)		10-5	130
16	15	Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV)		7-5	124
17	19	Vanguard (Calif.) (II)		4-4	111
18	23	Madonna (Mich.) (VIII)		10-5	94
19	8	Hastings (Neb.) (III)		11-5	71
20	20	Doane (Neb.) (III)		8-6	67
21	16	Walsh (Ohio) (IX)		10-3	59
22	17	Cornerstone (Mich.) (VIII)		15-2	53
23	NR	Bellevue (Neb.) (IV)		7-8	30
24	25	Texas Brownsville (VI)		12-4	28
25	22	Great Falls (Mont.) (I)		6-7	26

Others receiving votes: Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) 20; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI) 19; St. Francis (Ill.)( VII) 13; St. Mary (Neb.) (IV) 9; Taylor (Ind.) (VIII) 8; McKendree (Ill.) (V) 7; Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) 6; Southern Oregon (I) 6; Montana Tech (I) 3; Campbellsville (Ky.)(XI) 2; Indiana Wesleyan (VIII) 2; Dordt (iowa) (III) 1; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX) 1.

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Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Stays No. 1 for Third Straight Week

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