Sept. 16, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The top four spots remained the same in the second Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.  The No. 1 seed Fresno Pacific (Calif.) received all 23 first place votes and 653 total points.

The Sunbirds are 10-0 on the season and knocked off No. 2 California Baptist in three games on Saturday, Sept. 13.

Cal Baptist stayed at No. 2 with 632 total points while No. 3 Concordia (Calif.) and No. 4 Biola (Calif.) claimed their spots from last week with 611 and 590 total points respectively.

No. 5 Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) and No. 6 Madonna (Mich.) both moved up a spot from week one while Columbia (Mo.) climbed two spots to No. 7 and Bellevue (Neb.) jumped three spots to No. 8.  After losing two matches last week Northwestern (Iowa) dropped out of the top-five to No. 9 and Lindenwood (Mo.) moved up four spots to round the top-10. 

The third regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 23rd.

2008 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Sept. 16

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	W	L	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	23	10	0	653
2	2	California Baptist		12	1	632
3	3	Concordia (Calif.)		13	0	611
4	4	Biola (Calif.)		12	0	590
5	6	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)		9	1	558
6	7	Madonna (Mich.)		14	1	537
7	9	Columbia (Mo.)		8	1	534
8	11	Bellevue (Neb.)		9	3	487
9	5	Northwestern (Iowa)		9	3	476
10	14	Lindenwood (Mo.)		8	3	446
11	10	Georgetown (Ky.)		4	5	440
12	12	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		14	0	438
13	8	Morningside (Iowa)		15	2	409
14	13	Vanguard (Calif.)		6	1	403
15	15	Dordt (Iowa)		14	2	350
16	16	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		11	3	345
17	18	Oregon Institute of Technology		9	2	290
18	20	Hastings (Neb.)		17	1	261
19	17	Campbellsville (Ky.)		7	1	244
20	RV	Indiana Institute of Technology		11	0	237
21	19	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)		10	2	232
22	23	Mobile (Ala.)		9	0	192
23	23	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		8	7	174
24	RV	Indiana Wesleyan		8	7	153
25	22	Eastern Oregon		7	4	144

Others Receiving Votes: Lee (Tenn.) 134;  Lubbock Christian (Texas) 110; Doane (Neb.) 71; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 51; Great Falls (Mont.) 37; Missouri Baptist 27; Malone (Ohio) 25; Southern Oregon 24; Black Hills State (S.D.) 21; Webber International (Fla.) 16; Bryan (Tenn.) 14; College of Idaho 13; Oklahoma City 13; Ozarks (Mo.) 8; Taylor (Ind.) 3; Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 1; Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) 1; Texas Wesleyan 1; Concordia (Ore.) 1; Jamestown (N.D.) 1; Union (Tenn.) 1; SCAD (Ga.) 1.