Oct 04, 2022

🏐 HutchCC VB: Strong week puts HutchCC back in rankings

Posted Oct 04, 2022 9:24 AM

HutchCC Sports Information

The Hutchinson Community College Volleyball team is back in the NJCAA Division I national rankings

The Blue Dragons returned to the poll, coming in at No. 20 in the latest edition released Monday.

The reappearance in the rankings came after the Blue Dragons’ stunning sweep of previous-No. 12 Seward County in dominant fashion on Saturday at the Sports Arena to complete a 3-0 week.

The win over the Saints tightened up the Jayhawk West standings with the Blue Dragons, Butler and Seward County all tied for first in the conference at 8-1. The Blue Dragons are 21-8 overall, Butler is 14-7 and Seward County is 19-5.

 Butler was ranked No. 19 after being 20th last week. Seward County dropped three spots to No. 15.

Hutchinson’s slate is short this week with a road trip to Cloud County on Wednesday in Concordia for the second meeting of the season. The Blue Dragons won the first matchup, sweeping the Thunderbirds 3-0 on Sept. 2 at the Sports Arena.

The Blue Dragons will not be traveling to the MSU-West Plains Grizzly Classic this weekend in West Plains Missouri.

For the fifth-straight week, Florida Southwestern received all eight first-place votes and remains No. 1 in the rankings. Salt Lake, Indian Hills, Miami-Dade and Utah State-Eastern round out the nation’s Top 5 this week.

NJCAA DIVISION I VOLLEYBALL RANKINGS

                                                                Record          Points           Last Poll

1. Florida SouthWestern (8)        14-0               160                1

2. Salt Lake                                          19-2               133                3

3. Indian Hills                                     28-2               126                2

4. Miami Dade                                   14-4               119                4

5. Utah State Eastern                      19-3               112                6

6. Western Nebraska                      22-3               105                7

7. Snow                                                12-3               98                   5

8. Trinity Valley                                 20-5               91                   8

9. Odessa                                            19-4               84                   10

10. Central Wyoming                      13-7               77                   11

11. Missouri State-West Plains   13-7               70                   18

12. New Mexico Military               16-7               63                   9

13. Hillsborough                               12-5               56                   13

14. Blinn                                              24-6               49                   14

15. Seward County                          18-5               42                   12

16. Navarro                                         20-4               35                   15

17. Daytona State                            7-3                 28                   17

18. New Mexico                                16-6               21                   19

19. Butler                                            14-7               14                   20

20. Hutchinson                                 21-8               4                     RV

Receiving Votes: Mineral Area