Oct. 31, 2006

Pacific Lutheran Drops One Spot in AVCA National Poll

Pacific Lutheran fell one spot to No. 22 in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll.

The Lutes, 19-5 for the season, had been ranked No. 21 for two consecutive weeks but saw their 13-match winning streak ended last Friday night in a 3-2 loss at Whitman.

PLU is one of two Northwest Conference teams ranked in the Division III Top 25, joining the No. 14-ranked Linfield Wildcats. Pacific Lutheran, currently atop the conference standings with a 13-1 record, hosts Linfield at 7 p.m. Friday in a match that likely will decide the conference championship. The Wildcats are second in the conference standings with a 12-2 record. The teams have split a pair of matches this season, Linfield beating PLU in a non-conference match at a tournament hosted by Colorado College in early September, and the Lutes beating Linfield in five games in conference action on Oct. 6 in McMinnville, Ore.

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