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Still 18th, Falcons Look to Leapfrog in National Volleyball Poll
September 26, 2006

SEATTLE (Sept. 26) Stuck at No. 18 in the CSTV/AVCA volleyball rankings for NCAA Division II, Seattle Pacific University takes matters into its own hands this week.

SPU (14-2) travels to Ellensburg to face No. 15 Central Washington Saturday night in a battle of last season's Great Northwest Athletic Conference co-champions.

Despite losses by several teams ranked ahead of them, including Central, the Falcons did not budge in the coaches poll.

Tampa remained No. 1 ranking, earning 34 of 36 first-place votes.

Undefeated Cal State San Bernardino is the top team from the Pacific at No. 7.

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2006 Record	Last Week
1	Tampa (34)	897	17-0	1
2	Grand Valley State	847	14-1	2
3	Concordia-St. Paul	831	16-1	3
4	Truman	789	16-1	4
5	Florida Southern	754	16-2	5
6	Minnesota Duluth	703	16-2	6
7	Cal State-San Bernardino	690	13-0	7
8	Washburn	627	16-2	8
9	BYU-Hawai'i (1)	619	9-0	9
10	Hillsdale (1)	564	16-0	11
11	Central Missouri	521	16-3	10
12	Chico State	500	12-1	14
13	UC San Diego	464	11-2	13
14	Florida Gulf Coast	404	12-2	16
15	Central Washington	330	14-2	12
T-16	Cal State-L.A.	322	10-2	15
T-16	Nebraska-Omaha	322	11-4	17
18	Seattle Pacific	315	14-2	18
19	SIU-Edwardsville	279	15-2	20
20	North Alabama	241	12-5	19
21	Rockhurst	229	13-1	21
22	Wayne State (Neb.)	110	16-3	25
23	Findlay	80	12-4	23
24	Southwest Minnesota State	57	14-5	24
25	Missouri Southern State	51	18-2	NR