Independent file photo SMSU’s Angela Young goes up for a kill during their Oct. 19 match against the University of Minnesota Crookston.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Southwest Minnesota State University volleyball team (13-8, 7-6 NSIC), is ranked 15th in this week’s American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 Division II weekly poll released on Monday afternoon.

SMSU is 13-8 overall and 7-6 in the conference after a 0-2 weekend, which began with a four-set loss to, then-ranked, No. 13 St. Cloud State on Friday and a five-set loss to No. 3 Minnesota Duluth on Saturday afternoon.

SMSU has been ranked in the Top 25 for 184 consecutive polls, dating back to Sept. 5, 2006.

SMSU is one of eight NSIC schools ranked in this week’s Top 25 with Minnesota Duluth leading the way at No. 3. Followed by Concordia-St. Paul at No. 6, Northern State at No. 7, St. Cloud State at No. 11, Wayne State at No. 12, SMSU at No. 15, Winona State at No. 16, and Upper Iowa at No. 22.

Southwest Minnesota State (13-8, 7-6 NSIC) prepares for a match on Thursday at Sioux Falls (14-7, 6-7 NSIC) at 6 p.m. and returns home to face Augustana (14-8, 7-6 NSIC) on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the PE Gym.

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