Nov. 16, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fresno Pacific (Calif.) remained No. 1 in the final Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.  The Sunbirds received all 25 first place votes for 715 total points.

The next seven spots also stayed the same from last week.  Biola (Calif.), Concordia (Calif.), Bellevue (Neb.), Columbia (Mo.), Georgetown (Ky.), California Baptist and Azusa Pacific (Calif.) all held their spots from 2-8 respectively.

No. 9 Lindenwood (Mo.) and No. 10 Northwestern (Iowa) switched spots from a week ago to round the top-ten.

2008 Final Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Nov. 16

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	WON	LOST	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)	25	29	0	715
2	2	Biola University (Calif.)		27	3	692
3	3	Concordia University (Calif.)		26	5	666
4	4	Bellevue University (Neb.)		30	4	647
5	5	Columbia College (Mo.)		39	3	625
6	6	Georgetown College (Ky.)		33	6	601
7	7	California Baptist University		24	8	578
8	8	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)		22	10	553
9	10	Lindenwood University (Mo.)		34	7	523
10	9	Northwestern College (Iowa)		27	7	499
11	11	Madonna University (Mich.)		35	4	489
12	12	Morningside College (Iowa)		36	4	467
13	13	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)		18	9	436
14	14	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)		28	2	410
15	16	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)		36	9	390
16	15	Dordt College (Iowa)		31	7	380
17	17	Vanguard University (Calif.)		15	10	346
18	19	Indiana Institute of Technology		31	3	323
19	21	College of Idaho (Idaho)		23	7	306
20	23	University of Mobile (Ala.)		32	3	254
21	24	Walsh University (Ohio)		28	10	242
22	22	Doane College (Neb.)		26	8	224
23	RV	Indiana Wesleyan University		27	14	197
24	25	Lubbock Christian University (Texas)		32	4	173
25	18	Taylor University (Ind.)		32	8	158

Others Receiving Votes: Webber International (Fla.) 98; Southern Oregon 91; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 83; Hastings (Neb.) 68; Black Hills State (S.D.) 43; Campbellsville (Ky.) 41; King (Tenn.) 32; Lee (Tenn.) 31; Oregon Tech 8; Menlo (Calif.) 5; Shawnee State (Ohio) 5; Union (Tenn.) 5; Jamestown (N.D.) 4; Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 3; Ozarks (Mo.) 3; Missouri Baptist 1.