Nov. 4, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fresno Pacific (Calif.) received all first place votes for the ninth straight week and remained No. 1 in the Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.  The Sunbirds compiled 684 total points.

Biola (Calif.) moved up a spot after knocking off then-No. 2 Concordia (Calif.) last week.  The Eagles received 662 total points.  Concordia (Calif.) dropped to No. 3 with 640 points.  No. 4 Bellevue (Neb.), No. 5 Columbia (Mo.) and No. 7 Georgetown (Ky.) each moved up a spot from last week with 610, 593 and 553 points respectively.  No. 6 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (568 points) climbed three spots after defeating then-No. 4 California Baptist last Saturday.  CBU fell to No. 8 with 533 points.  Northwestern (Iowa) also moved up this week to No. 9 from No. 11 with 488 points.  Madonna (Mich.) slipped three spots from No. 7 to round the top-10 with 481 points.

The tenth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Nov. 11th.

2008 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Nov. 4

RANK	WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	WON	LOST	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	24	25	0	684
2	3	Biola (Calif.)		24	2	662
3	2	Concordia (Calif.)		23	4	640
4	5	Bellevue (Neb.)		25	4	610
5	6	Columbia (Mo.)		35	3	593
6	9	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		20	8	568
7	8	Georgetown (Ky.)		29	6	553
8	4	California Baptist		21	7	533
9	11	Northwestern (Iowa)		26	6	488
10	7	Madonna (Mich.)		31	3	481
11	10	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		24	1	466
12	12	Lindenwood (Mo.)		31	7	441
13	13	Morningside (Iowa)		32	4	433
14	14	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)		16	8	409
15	16	Dordt (Iowa)		30	5	373
16	16	Vanguard (Calif.)		14	7	341
17	18	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		32	9	337
18	19	Taylor (Ind.)		29	7	314
19	15	Indiana Institute of Technology		28	1	295
20	20	Campbellsville (Ky.)		30	8	262
21	21	College of Idaho (Idaho)		19	7	243
22	22	Mobile (Ala.)		30	2	213
23	24	Doane (Neb.)		24	7	203
24	25	Walsh (Ohio)		26	9	150
25	24	Lubbock Christian (Texas)		28	2	110

Others Receiving Votes: Hastings (Neb.) 101; Webber International (Fla.) 84; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 77; Indiana Wesleyan 73; Southern Oregon 68; Jamestown (N.D.) 26; Oregon Tech 23; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 18; Ozarks (Mo.) 8; Berry (Ga.) 6; King (Tenn.) 6; Menlo (Calif.) 4; Eastern Oregon 3; St. Francis (Ill.) 3; Benedictine (Kan.) 1; John Brown (Ark.) 1; Great Falls (Mont.) 1; Black Hills State (S.D.0 1; Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 1; SCAD (Ga.) 1.