KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Montana Tech moved into a tie at No. 21 in the latest 2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Orediggers (13-6, 1-1) are tied with Hastings (Nebraska) who Tech lost to earlier this year in five sets at the Five Points Bank Tournament.
The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions. The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams.
Montana Tech split last weekend. The Orediggers opened the Frontier Conference season in Billings last week against No. 6 Rocky Mountain. The Orediggers took the Battlin’ Bears to four sets before falling short. On Saturday, Tech hosted perennial powerhouse Lewis-Clark State in the home conference opener. The Orediggers shut down the Warriors and sent them home after a 3-0 sweep.
The Orediggers start a month long road campaign this week when they travel to Montana State Northern Thursday.
2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3 (Sept. 22)
| RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 Record | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Biola (Calif.) (16) | 12-0 | 557 |
| 2 | 2 | Viterbo (Wis.) (4) | 13-0 | 545 |
| 3 | 3 | Missouri Baptist | 14-1 | 524 |
| 4 | 4 | Midland (Neb.) | 15-0 | 506 |
| 5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 14-3 | 484 |
| 6 | 6 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 12-4 | 470 |
| 7 | 7 | Eastern Oregon | 11-1 | 453 |
| 8 | 8 | Southern Oregon | 13-0 | 434 |
| 9 | T9 | Evangel (Mo.) | 16-0 | 412 |
| 10 | T9 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 9-4 | 393 |
| 11 | 11 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 14-3 | 382 |
| 12 | 12 | Columbia (Mo.) | 10-4 | 368 |
| 13 | 13 | Coastal Georgia | 13-1 | 334 |
| 14 | 14 | Dordt (Iowa) | 11-1 | 330 |
| 15 | T16 | Madonna (Mich.) | 12-3 | 295 |
| 16 | 18 | Westmont (Calif.) | 11-2 | 292 |
| 17 | 15 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 12-2 | 250 |
| 18 | RV | Concordia (Neb.) | 14-3 | 231 |
| 19 | 19 | Park (Mo.) | 7-4 | 210 |
| 20 | 21 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 13-3 | 197 |
| T21 | 23 | Montana Tech | 13-6 | 186 |
| T21 | 20 | Hastings (Neb.) | 10-6 | 186 |
| 23 | RV | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 11-6 | 171 |
| 24 | 24 | Doane (Neb.) | 10-6 | 108 |
| 25 | RV | The Master’s (Calif.) | 11-5 | 92 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Indiana Wesleyan (No. 16); Grand View (Iowa) (No. 22); Great Falls (Mont.) (No. 25).
Others receiving votes: Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 82; Carroll (Mont.) 69; Indiana Wesleyan 66; Grand View (Iowa) 57; Cornerstone (Mich.) 46; Oklahoma City 43; Great Falls (Mont.) 40; St. Thomas (Fla.) 34; Cumberlands (Ky.) 14; Ottawa (Kan.) 12; Mobile (Ala.) 11; Jamestown (N.D.) 10; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 10; College of Idaho 7; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 7; Bellevue (Neb.) 5; Davenport (Mich.) 3.
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