Coyotes volleyball team moves up to No. 1

Cal State San Bernardino's convincing wins over 2007 national champion Concordia St. Paul and 15^th-ranked Lewis University this past weekend vaulted the Coyotes women's volleyball team to No. 1 in the first official CBS College Sports/American Volleyball Coaches Assn. Division II top 25 poll.

            The Coyotes, 3-0 on the season, will face another top 25 team - No. 24 BYU-Hawaii - in the third match of the UC San Diego Tritons Tournament this Saturday at RIMAC Arena on UCSD's La Jolla campus.

            CSUSB was also No. 1 in the national poll on Sept. 4, 2007 and stayed there for two weeks before losing to Cal Baptist on the road and dropping to No. 2. The Coyotes were also No.1 in the poll late in the 2004 and 2003 seasons and topped the poll for five weeks in 2002.

            The Coyotes' 3-0 sweep of Concordia-St. Paul, ranked No. 1 in the pre-season poll, dropped the Golden Bears into a tie for No. 3 in the poll with Truman State (4-0).

Washburn (Kan.) stayed in the No. 2 slot with a 4-0 record.

            UC San Diego, which posted a 2-1 record in the Coyotes Volleyball Classic last weekend, moved up five spots from No. 22 to No. 17. Cal Poly Pomona, unranked in the pre-season poll, is No. 22 after winning three of four matches at a tournament in Hawaii. Chico State (4-0) is No. 21.

                        CBS COLLEGE SPORTS/AVCA DIV. II TOP 25

No.      Team                                                   Record            Pts.

1          CSU SAN BERNARDINO               3-0                   887

2.         Washburn                                             4-0                   850

3 (tie)   Concordia St. Paul                               3-1                   810

            Truman State                                        4-0                   810

5.         Tampa                                                  3-0                   761

6.         West Texas A&M                                5-0                   727

7.         Grand Valley State                               3-1                   682

8.         Minnesota Duluth                                  4-0                   643

9.         Western Washington                             0-0                   598

10.       Florida Southern                                   2-1                   518

11. Hillsdale (3-1); 12. Pittsburg State (3-1); 13. Nebraska-Kearney (3-1); 14. Emporia State (3-1); 15. Augustana SD (4-0); 16. Southwest Minnesota State (3-1); 17. UC San Diego (2-1); 18. Indianapolis (3-1); 19. West Florida (4-0); 20. Central Missouri (2-1); 21. Chico State (4-0); 22. Cal Poly Pomona (3-1); 23. Ashland (2-2); 24. BYU-Hawaii (2-2); 25. Lewis (1-3).