The Nebraska Kearney volleyball team is fifth in the second edition of the NCAA Regional Rankings.
These rankings determine the NCAA Tournament field which will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 13. The field consists of 64 teams from eight regions. UNK and the MIAA are in the Central Region along with the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conf. (NSIC) and Great American Conf. (GAC). The conference tourney winners receive an auto bid to the NCAA’s with national rankings having no bearing on the NCAA selection process.
UNK has a 22-4 Division II record and an 18-4 Central Region mark. The Lopers are 3-5 against the current Central Top 10 with Pittsburg State (15-13) and Missouri Southern (13-14) visiting the Health & Sports Center this Thursday and Friday nights to close out the regular season. MSSU upset Central Missouri Tuesday in Warrensburg; the Lions also have two wins over Washburn.
The top seed in the region hosts the first three rounds of the NCAA Tourney/Central Regional Nov. 17-19. Wayne State is at Concordia-St. Paul this Saturday in a big NSIC match. WSC is 2-0 vs. the Golden Bears to date and they could face each other again in the NSIC Tourney which is in St. Paul this year.
Seed/School In-Region D2 National Rank
- Wayne State 21-1 26-1 2nd
- Concordia-St. Paul 18-3 23-3 3rd
- Minnesota-Duluth 19-3 23-3 5th
- Northwest Missouri 15-3 21-5 10th
- UNK 18-4 22-4 12th
- Central Missouri 16-4 18-8 24th
- Southwest Minn. St. 17-5 21-5 7th
- Central Oklahoma 21-5 23-5 21st
- Washburn 14-6 20-6 17th
- St. Cloud State 15-5 21-5 8th
The GAC Tourney Champ will be in the top eight