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SPU Climbs Still Two More Rungs in National Volleyball Rankings
September 26, 2005

SEATTLE (Sept. 26) Six consecutive wins have pushed Seattle Pacific University still higher in the NCAA Division II volleyball rankings as the Falcons face their biggest Great Northwest Athletic Conference clash thus far.

Seattle Pacific (5-0, 11-3) is now No. 16 in the CSTV/AVCA coaches poll and faces No. 11 Central Washington Thursday night at Ellensburg.

SPU dispatched both Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Fairbanks in three games at home last week. The Wildcats are the sixth nationally-ranked team the Falcons have met this season. All three losses this season were to currently in the top 25.

Truman State (Mo.) is No. 1 for the fourth week in a row. Central Washington dropped two spots following a loss at Seattle University.

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	Record	Last Week
1	Truman (31)	867	16-1	1
2	Cal State San Bernardino (2)	833	11-2	2
3	Nebraska-Kearney (2)	787	14-1	3
4	Minnesota Duluth	740	13-2	4
5	Concordia-St. Paul	705	13-3	6
6	Tampa	680	14-2	7
7	Hawai'i Pacific	677	10-1	8
8	North Alabama	652	15-1	5
9	Washburn	571	16-1	10
10	UC San Diego	513	12-2	11
11	Central Washington	512	10-3	9
12	Florida Southern	437	16-2	14
13	Central Missouri State	405	11-6	13
14	Abilene Christian	396	12-3	15
15	Grand Valley State	372	11-4	12
16	Seattle Pacific	342	11-3	18
17	Cal State L.A.	310	12-1	19
18	Cal Poly Pomona	288	14-0	21
19	Ferris State	237	12-4	16
20	Barry	228	8-6	17
21	Rockhurst	214	13-2	20
22	BYU-Hawai'i	146	12-0	NR
23	Augustana (S.D.)	125	9-5	22
24	Lock Haven	96	10-4	24
25	Minnesota State-Moorhead	60	13-2	23