The Cobber volleyball and women’s soccer team both solidified their spots in the top 15 of the nation when the new polls came out on Tuesday. The Cobber football showed up in the national rankings as the are now in the “also receiving votes category”.
The Concordia volleyball team stayed at No.15 in the AVCA national poll despite going 4-0 at the Wartburg Invitational and posting wins over a pair of top 25 teams. CC is currently 8-1 on the season and has won six straight. The 8-1 start is the best beginning to a season since the Cobbers went 25-1 in 2006.
The Cobber women’s soccer team made a huge jump in the national rankings. After beating Augustana and St. Scholastica in the Cobber Invitational Tournament, CC jumped from 17th all the way to 11th in the DIII NSCAA National poll. Concordia is also ranked No.1 in the North Region.
The CC volleyball team hosts Hamline on Tuesday at 5 p.m. and then travels to Colorado to Compete in the Colorado College Invitational tournament over the weekend. The women’s soccer team also opens conference play this week. They will play at Hamline on Wednesday and then host Gustavus on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 1 p.m.
AVCA Division III Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Poll
2011 Week #2: September 13, 2011
1. Calvin (22)
2. Washington-St. Louis
3. Wittenberg
4. Emory
5. Eastern
6. Christopher Newport
7. St. Thomas (Minn.)
8. Carthage
9. Juniata
10. Southwestern (Texas)
11. Heidelberg
12. Colorado College
13. Hope
14. Cal Lutheran
15. Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)
16. Puget Sound
17. Wisconsin-Platteville
18. Chicago
19. UMass-Boston
20. Pacific Lutheran
21. SUNY Cortland
22. Wisconsin-Whitewater
23. Trinity (Texas)
24. Wartburg
25. Coast Guard
Others Receiving Votes: St. Scholastica 38; Nebraska Wesleyan 31; Occidental 27; Otterbein 23; St. Olaf 23; MIT 17; Whitworth 15; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 15; Springfield 11; Elmhurst 7; Washington & Lee 4; Bowdoin 2
NSCAA Continental Tire
NCAA Soccer Rankings – National Women
Division III 2nd Poll – September 13, 2011
1. Messiah (Pa.)
2. William Smith (N.Y.)
3. Williams (Mass.)
4. Wheaton (Ill.)
5. Emory (Ga.)
6. Trinity (Texas)
7. Johns Hopkins (Md.)
8. Rochester (N.Y.), University of
8. Centre (Ky.)
10. Hardin-Simmons (Texas)
11. Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)
12. Washington (Mo.)
13. Wartburg (Iowa)
14. Springfield College (Mass.)
15. Union (N.Y.)
15. Virginia Wesleyan
17. Transylvania (Ky.)
18. Illinois Wesleyan
19. Redlands (Calif.), University of
20. Dickinson (Pa.)
21. St. Thomas (Minn.)
22. Brandeis (Mass.)
22. Ithaca (N.Y.)
24. Chicago, University of
25. College of New Jersey
D3football.com Football National Poll
1. UW-Whitewater (19)
2. Mount Union (6)
3. Mary Hardin-Baylor
4. St. Thomas
5. Bethel
6. Linfield
7. Wheaton (Ill.)
8. Hardin-Simmons
9. Thomas More
10. Montclair State
11. Cortland State
12. Ohio Northern
13. Wartburg
14. North Central (Ill.)
15. Wesley
16. Alfred
17. Redlands
18. Kean
19. Cal Lutheran
20. Wabash
21. Wittenberg
22. Trine
23. Hampden-Sydney
24. Salisbury
25. Delaware Valley
Others receiving votes: Johns Hopkins 41; Pacific Lutheran 36; Baldwin-Wallace 32; Monmouth 24; Franklin 23; Lycoming 19; Washington and Lee 19; Louisiana College 16; UW-Platteville 12; Springfield 12; UW-Eau Claire 8; Rowan 7; St. John’s 5; Williams 5; UW-La Crosse 5; UW-Oshkosh 5; Concordia-Moorhead 4; Lebanon Valley 4; Adrian 3; St. John Fisher 2; UW-Stout 1.
