Salisbury cracks the top 20 in latest AVCA poll
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Salisbury University volleyball team moved up one spot to No. 20 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division III Coaches Top 25 Poll released Tuesday.
Salisbury (33-1) earned 122 points and is right in front of No. 21 Christopher Newport University, who the Sea Gulls defeated 3-2 on October 3, for another week. This is the fifth straight week the maroon and gold has been ranked in the AVCA poll. When Salisbury made its debut in the AVCA poll (October 7, 2008) it marked the first-time in program history the Sea Gulls had ever been nationally ranked.
The Sea Gulls have won a nation best 33 consecutive matches and have not lost since August 29 to then No. 1 Juniata College. Salisbury has the most wins of all of the top 25 teams in the latest poll. SU is one of only three teams in the top 25 to have only one loss. There are no undefeated teams in the top 25. There is a new No. 1 team this week as Emory University (27-1) moved up one spot after it defeated Juniata. Emory received 21 first-place votes and 596 points. Juniata is No. 2 (one first-place vote) and La Verne is No. 3 (two first-place votes).
Salisbury, the defending Capital Athletic Conference champions, is the top seed in the upcoming conference tournament and received a first round bye. The Sea Gulls will host University of Mary Washington (18-10, 5-3 CAC) in a conference semifinal game on Thursday, November 6, at 7 p.m.
AVCA Division III Coaches Top 25 Poll
