Charger volleyball team ranked 10th in AVCA preseason Top 25 poll
August 14, 2007 - Coming off its best season in history, the Hillsdale College volleyball team is regarded as one of the 10 best in Division II, according to a preseason poll.
The Chargers are ranked 10th in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 preseason poll, released Tuesday evening. Hillsdale received a total of 514 poll points.
Hillsdale is one of three GLIAC teams ranked in the top 11 of the poll. Defending GLIAC and Great Lakes Regional champion Ashland is ranked eighth in the preseason poll, while 2005 national champion Grand Valley State University checks in at 11th in the preseason poll.
This marks the first time in school history the Charger volleyball team has achieved a preseason national top 25 ranking. Hillsdale finished 12th in the final AVCA poll of the 2006 season, when it went 29-2.
The Chargers face several ranked teams during their early-season tournaments, including No. 5 Florida Southern. Hillsdale opens this season playing at the Florida Southern Tournament Aug. 24-25 and will play the host school at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24.
Other top 10 opponents on Hillsdale's docket include North Alabama (No. 9), the Division II national runner-up in 2006, and Truman (No. 7), a team the Chargers will face at the Findlay tournament Aug. 31-Sept. 1. No. 24 Lock Haven will take on Hillsdale at the Ashland Tournament Sept. 7-8, making if four ranked teams the Chargers will face before GLIAC play begins on Sept. 14.
The only two matches Hillsdale lost in 2006 came to Ashland, a team the Chargers swept during the regular season. Hillsdale won its first 28 consecutive matches, setting a school record for consecutive wins by a volleyball team, and achieving a No. 3 national ranking during the streak.
Hillsdale lost a terrific senior class from last season, but returns a pair of First-Team All-GLIAC players in Stephanie Booms and Melissa Bartlett. Senior libero Megan Howard joined Booms on the Great Lakes Region All-Tournament team last season, and they form a core of players that should contend for the GLIAC title once again this season.
To view the AVCA Top 25 preseason poll, click on the link below.
AVCA Top 25 Division II Preseason Volleyball Poll
The Chargers are ranked 10th in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 preseason poll, released Tuesday evening. Hillsdale received a total of 514 poll points.
Hillsdale is one of three GLIAC teams ranked in the top 11 of the poll. Defending GLIAC and Great Lakes Regional champion Ashland is ranked eighth in the preseason poll, while 2005 national champion Grand Valley State University checks in at 11th in the preseason poll.
This marks the first time in school history the Charger volleyball team has achieved a preseason national top 25 ranking. Hillsdale finished 12th in the final AVCA poll of the 2006 season, when it went 29-2.
The Chargers face several ranked teams during their early-season tournaments, including No. 5 Florida Southern. Hillsdale opens this season playing at the Florida Southern Tournament Aug. 24-25 and will play the host school at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24.
Other top 10 opponents on Hillsdale's docket include North Alabama (No. 9), the Division II national runner-up in 2006, and Truman (No. 7), a team the Chargers will face at the Findlay tournament Aug. 31-Sept. 1. No. 24 Lock Haven will take on Hillsdale at the Ashland Tournament Sept. 7-8, making if four ranked teams the Chargers will face before GLIAC play begins on Sept. 14.
The only two matches Hillsdale lost in 2006 came to Ashland, a team the Chargers swept during the regular season. Hillsdale won its first 28 consecutive matches, setting a school record for consecutive wins by a volleyball team, and achieving a No. 3 national ranking during the streak.
Hillsdale lost a terrific senior class from last season, but returns a pair of First-Team All-GLIAC players in Stephanie Booms and Melissa Bartlett. Senior libero Megan Howard joined Booms on the Great Lakes Region All-Tournament team last season, and they form a core of players that should contend for the GLIAC title once again this season.
To view the AVCA Top 25 preseason poll, click on the link below.
AVCA Top 25 Division II Preseason Volleyball Poll
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