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Summit Set For Volleyball

Summit Set For Volleyball

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Defending Summit League champion Denver has been selected as the favorite to win the 2015 volleyball crown in a vote of the league’s head coaches

. The Pioneers collected seven first-place votes and 63 total points in the poll. This marks the second straight season that Denver has been voted The Summit League’s preseason number one.

IUPUI finished second in the poll gathering 57 points along with two first-place votes. The Jaguars fell in the league’s championship match to the Pioneers a season ago.

South Dakota is picked fifth and South Dakota State is eighth in the poll.

2015 Summit League Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Poll
Rank   School Points (1st)   2014 Record (SL)
1. Denver 63 (7) 27-7 (13-3)
2. IUPUI 57 (2) 20-13 (13-3)
3. North Dakota State 47 15-17 (8-8)
4. Oral Roberts 42 15-15 (9-7)
5. South Dakota 36 19-12 (12-4)
6. Omaha 28 14-19 (6-10)
IPFW 28 13-20 (7-9)
8. South Dakota State 12 6-27 (0-16)
9. Western Illinois 11 6-23 (4-12)

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