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SPU Stays 18th in National Volleyball Rankings
October 10, 2005

SEATTLE (Oct. 10) Seattle Pacific University, after posting a pair of home wins, stayed at No. 18 in the NCAA Division II volleyball rankings this week.

Seattle Pacific (7-2, 13-5) is listed among the top 25 of the CSTV/AVCA coaches poll for the sixth week in a row. The Falcons go after their seventh consecutive home sweep Thursday night against Humboldt State.

Truman State (Mo.) is No. 1 for the sixth week in a row while Nebraska Kearney, which lost to SPU last month, is No. 2.

Nine of the top 25 teams are from the Pacific Region, including No.4 Hawaii Pacific, No. 8 Cal Poly Pomona and No. 10 Central Washington.

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	Record	Last Week
1	Truman (30)	869	20-1	1
2	Nebraska-Kearney(3)	826	19-1	2
3	Minnesota Duluth (1)	800	19-2	3
4	Hawai'i Pacific	748	14-1	5
5	Tampa	745	18-2	4
6	Concordia-St. Paul	672	16-4	7
7	North Alabama	657	21-1	10
8	Cal Poly Pomona (1)	653	17-0	9
9	Washburn	571	22-1	11
10	Central Washington	510	14-3	11
11	Cal State San Bernardino	505	12-5	6
12	Florida Southern	502	20-2	12
13	Cal State L.A.	460	16-1	16
14	Abilene Christian	423	16-3	14
15	Grand Valley State	366	16-4	15
16	UC San Diego	357	14-4	13
17	Central Missouri State	331	14-7	17
18	Seattle Pacific	262	13-5	18
19	Lock Haven	226	19-4	19
20	Ferris State	183	16-5	20
21	BYU-Hawai'i	160	13-3	21
22	Rockhurst	150	18-3	22
23	Minnesota State-Moorhead	113	16-3	23
24	Southwest Minnesota State	100	16-3	24
25	Cal State Bakersfield	62	13-6	NR

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Florida Gulf Coast 34; Barry 21; Wayne State (Neb.) 13; Seattle 12; Emporia State 8; Northwood (Mich.) 8; Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 6; Nebraska-Omaha 2