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Montana State University-Northern's Joni Nagy, left, and Abby Nicholas go up for a block during last Thursday night's Frontier Conference volleyball match against UM-Western at the Armory Gymnasium. The Skylights are receiving votes in the NAIA Coaches Poll as they hit the road this weekend.
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is off to its best start in quite some time. And the Skylights sit alone in first place in the Frontier Conference standings through four weeks. But MSU-N is still scratching and clawing to earn national respect.
Despite beating Frontier rivals UM-Western and Westminster College last weekend, the Skylights did not crack the NAIA Top 25 this week. The NAIA Coaches Poll was released on Tuesday afternoon, and though the Skylights received 80 votes, they still sit two spots outside of the Top 25.
Northern is still ranked first among Frontier Conference teams. In the most recent Frontier Power Rankings, the Skylights are first, followed by Rocky Mountain College, which also received 34 votes in the NAIA Coaches Poll. Lewis-Clark State, which lost its first match of the conference season this past weekend at Rocky, sits third, while Montana Tech and Carroll College round out the top five.
The rest of the Frontier rankings have Westminster at No. 6, followed by Great Falls, Western and winless Dickinson State.
Senior setter Joni Nagy was Northern’s nominee for Frontier Conference Player of the Week. That honor went to LCSC’s Niurka Toribio.
The Skylights are on the road this week, with matches at Montana Tech Friday night and Carroll Saturday afternoon.
NAIA Volleyball Coaches Poll
Rnk. Prv. Rec. Pts.
1 1 Concordia (Calif.) (22) 11-0 653
2 2 Texas at Brownsville (1) 12-0 632
3 3 Biola (Calif.) 12-0 611
4 4 Madonna (Mich.) 20-0 590
5 6 MidAmerica Naz. 15-1 546
6 7 Northwestern (Iowa) 21-1 544
7 5 Midland (Neb.) 22-1 533
8 8 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 18-0 511
9 9 Park (Mo.) 18-2 480
10 10 Westmont (Calif.) 14-2 455
11 11 Eastern Oregon 17-2 448
12 12 Oklahoma Baptist 14-4 426
13 15 Bellevue (Neb.) 20-3 378
14 14 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 10-5 376
15 13 Missouri Baptist 16-1 373
16 19 Dordt (Iowa) 12-4 315
16 21 The Master's (Calif.) 12-3 315
18 18 Georgetown (Ky.) 15-4 285
19 20 Concordia (Ore.) 14-2 261
20 17 Vanguard (Calif.) 12-4 259
21 22 Wayland Baptist (Texas) 16-3 226
22 16 Columbia (Mo.) 10-4 211
23 25 Grand View (Iowa) 12-8 147
24 23 Hastings (Neb.) 14-6 137
25 RV Cal State San Marcos 18-7 111
Others receiving votes: Viterbo (Wis.) 107;Davenport (Mich.) 95; Trinity Christian (Ill.) 84;Montana State-Northern 60;Indiana Wesleyan 56;Bryan (Tenn.) 42;Spring Hill (Ala.) 38;Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 34;Cornerstone (Mich.) 31;Campbellsville (Ky.) 11;Jamestown (N.D.) 7;Menlo (Calif.) 5;Kansas Wesleyan 5;Evangel (Mo.) 5;Tabor (Kan.) 4.
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