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LEXINGTON – The Southwest Minnesota State volleyball team (17-3, 11-2 NSIC) rises one spot to No. 10 in the recent AVCA Top 25 Coaches' Poll, released Monday afternoon.
SMSU won in convincing fashion last weekend, sweeping both Minnesota Crookston and Minnesota State Moorhead. Libero Ashlynn Schroeder was named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week for the second straight week.
The Mustangs were also listed at No. 5 in the first NCAA Power Index (NPI) Central Region ranking earlier Monday.
SMSU is one of five teams from the NSIC represented in the top 25. For the seventh week in a row, Wayne State remains at No. 2, while Concordia-St. Paul also remains No. 7. St. Cloud State drops two spots to a tie for No. 15, while SMSU's opponent this weekend, Minnesota Duluth, falls three spots to No. 20.
The Mustangs go on the road this weekend, facing No. 20 UMD on Friday at 6 p.m., inside the Romano Gymnasium, before playing Bemidji State the following day at 2 p.m.