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LEXINGTON, Ky.- The Southwest Minnesota State women’s volleyball team jumped to No. 12 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches’ Association (AVCA) Top-25 poll that was released on Monday. This is the 169th consecutive poll, dating back to Sept. 5, 2006, in which the Mustangs have been featured in the Top-25 poll. The Mustangs were previously ranked No. 16 in last week’s poll.
SMSU (17-7, 12-4) went 2-0 last week in NSIC matches. SMSU opened the weekend with a sweep over MSU Moorhead (25-19,25-11,25-17), where Reiss led the match with 20 kills, no errors, a .513 hitting percentage. Reiss also recorded her 17th double-double in the season with 11 digs. Reiss earned seven service aces, the first time since Mustang volleyball player, Jenna Otto, against Northern State on Sept. 18, 2004
Southwest Minnesota State took down the No. 1 Northern State on Saturday afternoon in three straight sets (30-28,25-22,25-17). Taylor Reiss, led the match with 29 kills to total 1,991 career kills. Reiss hit .448 with seven digs. Sarina Smith earned 11 kills with a .476 hitting percentage while Angela Young added 13 kills. Emma Thomssen recorded 54 assists and seven digs to aid the Mustangs’ 3-0 victory.
SMSU is slated to host the No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul, who totaled 1,146 points this week with 28 first-place votes, this Friday at 2 p.m. in the PE Gym.
Concordia-St. Paul leads off NSIC competition in the poll, followed by Northern State at No. 5 with one first place vote and 962 points after dropping from No. 1 after last week’s poll. Minnesota Duluth holds the No. 8 spot with 844 points and SMSU at No. 12 spot with 638 points to round-off the NSIC competition in this week’s poll.
Southwest Minnesota State (17-7, 12-4 NSIC) hosts Concordia-St. Paul (21-4, 15-1 NSIC) on Friday at 6 p.m. and Minnesota State (16-8, 9-7 NSIC) on Saturday at 2 p.m. to conclude a four-match homestand.
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