Five SAC volleyball Teams In Region Rankings

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Committee has released this week's regional rankings, with five South Atlantic Conference teams ranked in the top 10 of the Southeast Region.

Wingate University is ranked No. 1 in the region. The Bulldogs are 19-1 overall and 12-0 in the SAC, riding a 17-match winning streak. Wingate has been the top-ranked team in the region in every poll since the start of the 2008 season. The Bulldogs have hosted the NCAA Southeast Regional Tournament the last two years.

Tusculum College is third in the rankings. Lincoln Memorial is sixth, followed by Carson-Newman in seventh. Anderson is 10th.

The rankings include the top 10 teams in each of the eight regions, with records through October 18. The next rankings will be released October 27. The national selections will be Nov. 14. Tournament champions from the SAC, Peach Belt Conference and Conference Carolinas will receive automatic bids to NCAA Southeast Regional in November. The five remaining top-ranked programs will earn at-large bids to the eight-team regional.

Eight eight-team regional tournaments will be played Nov. 18-21 at campus sites. The quarterfinals, semifinals and championship will be Dec. 2-4 at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Ky.

Complete rankings

Southeast Region
Overall DII In-Region
Record Record
1. Wingate 19-1 19-1
2. Flagler 18-7 15-7
3. Tusculum 17-4 17-2
4. Montevallo 13-9 12-6
5. Lees-McRae 15-6 13-3
6. Lincoln Memorial 14-5 14-5
7. Carson-Newman 9-6 9-6
8. UNC Pembroke 15-7 15-7
9. Erskine 13-8 12-8
10. Anderson 13-8 12-8