COLUMBIA COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL RANKED NINTH

The Columbia College volleyball team dropped two spots to ninth in this week’s NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25. Columbia is fifth in the nation in assists per game (12.920), fifth in hitting percentage (0.257), eighth in service aces per game (2.280), 10th in kills per game (13.790), and 12th in total service aces (237). The Cougars will host an American Midwest Conference quarterfinal match Tuesday night at 7. Missouri Baptist is still second, Park is still fifth, and Central Methodist is down one spot to 15th.

RECORD POINTS

27-0 591

2 2 Missouri Baptist 27-4 572

3 4 Indiana Wesleyan 30-1 544

4 3 Eastern Oregon 26-2 530

5 5 Park (Mo.) 22-3 517

6 6 Viterbo (Wis.) 28-5 491

7 9 Southern Oregon 25-3 473

8 8 Jamestown (N.D.) 24-4 459

9 7 Columbia (Mo.) 26-3 455

10 10 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 24-5 415

11 11 Grand View (Iowa) 25-9 402

12 15 Marian (Ind.) 28-1 371

13 13 Bellevue (Neb.) 25-6 348

14 12 Corban (Ore.) 17-7 347

15 14 Central Methodist (Mo.) 27-3 338

16 17 Concordia (Neb.) 21-4 306

17 18 Montana Tech 22-6 293

18 22 Oklahoma City 28-1 252

19 18 Providence (Mont.) (Mont.) 19-6 251

20 23 Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 27-2 250

21 24 Midland (Neb.) 17-9 195

22 20 Dordt (Iowa) 18-9 142

23 24 Hope International (Calif.) 18-8 130

24 NR Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 20-8 117

25 21 College of Idaho 15-10 112

Others receiving votes: Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 102, Reinhardt (Ga.) 89, Westmont (Calif.) 85, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 75, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 61, Saint Francis (Ind.) 50, Saint Mary (Neb.) 23, Vanguard (Calif.) 19, Thomas More (Ky.) Saint Mary (Kan.) 5, Dakota State (S.D.) 3, Xavier (La.) 3