The Wayne State College volleyball team will hold its annual Black and Gold scrimmage on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. at Rice Auditorium in Wayne. The event is free and open to the public. The Wildcats, ranked 9th in the AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 preseason poll released on August 16, open the 2011 season next weekend, September 2-3, at the Concordia-St. Paul Tournament in St. Paul, Minnesota.

WSC will face three of the nation's top six teams at the event, battling #2 Central Missouri and #6 Southwest Minnesota State Friday followed by contests Saturday vs. Pittsburg State and #1 and four-time defending national champion Concordia-St. Paul.

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WAYNE - Jennifer Hefner of Wayne State College has been awarded a postgraduate scholarship of $7,500 from the NCAA. The senior volleyball player from Archer, Nebraska (Central City HS) is one of just 29 female student-athletes from Division I, II and III to receive the prestigious honor. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are at least in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.

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Marlon Brink had dreamed of Nicole Brungardt competing on his track and field team from the moment the multisport athlete signed with Wayne State to play volleyball.

“I thought, ‘Man, what I wouldn’t give to have someone like that on our team,’ " Brink said.
He didn’t want to disrupt her year-round training for volleyball, though, so he never approached the 2008 World-Herald high school girl athlete of the year with the idea.

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Give Cola Svec an average pass and the University of Nebraska at Kearney senior would work her magic, transforming it into an excellent set.

“That's what really separates her from the pack,” Loper coach Rick Squiers said.

WAYNE - Wayne State College finished the 2010 season ranked ninth in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday afternoon. It’s the highest season-ending ranking ever for a Wildcat volleyball program that finished this season with a 26-4 overall record.

Wayne State was one of four teams from the NSIC to finish in the top 10 and one of seven teams from the Central Region ranked in the top 16 in the final poll. The Wildcats ended their season with a sixth straight trip to the NCAA Division II national tournament. WSC achieved the school’s first-ever #1 national ranking twice during the regular season and went 17-3 in the NSIC, good for a third place finish in league play.

Listed below is this week’s AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll:

AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Final Poll December 7, 2010
2010
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Last Rank
1. Concordia-St. Paul (32) 800 32-4 1
2. Tampa 768 31-4 2
3. Central Missouri 720 32-5 9
4. Cal State San Bernardino 699 28-3 6
5. Nebraska-Kearney 644 31-5 10
6. Washburn 601 32-3 5
7. Southwest Minn. State 583 27-4 4
8. Grand Valley State ( Mich. ) 559 24-7 12
9. Wayne State ( Neb. ) 533 26-4 3
10. Minnesota Duluth 490 23-6 7
11. Metro State ( Colo. ) 471 25-7 13
12. Hillsdale ( Mich. ) 448 29-2 8
13. Seattle Pacific 398 26-3 14
14. Lewis ( Ill. ) 375 27-5 11
15. Indianapolis 333 27-9 19
16. Minnesota State 297 19-8 16
16. Western Washington 297 20-4 15
18. Emporia State ( Kan. ) 255 22-10 17
19. West Florida 233 28-7 T20
20. Dowling 208 31-2 22
21. Truman State ( Mo. ) 188 25-8 18
22. Abilene Christian 137 27-6 23
23. Northern Michigan 115 22-7 T20
24. Wingate 98 31-2 25
25. UC San Diego 47 19-9 NR

Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Missouri St. Louis 19;
Clarion 17; West Texas A&M 17; Lynn 16; Florida Southern 9;
Wheeling Jesuit 4.

Six schools were listed on only one ballot for a total of 36 combined points.

WAYNE - #13 Metro State defeated #3 Wayne State College in four sets Thursday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Division II Central Regional Volleyball Tournament in Marshall, Minnesota by scores of 28-26, 20-25, 25-18 and 25-16. WSC ends the season at 26-4 while the Roadrunners advance to the semi-finals on Friday at 5:00 p.m. against three-time defending national champion Concordia-St. Paul, who downed #16 Minnesota State earlier in the day 21-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-11.

ABOUT THE WILDCATS: Wayne State College is 26-3 entering this weekends NCAA Central Regional Tournament in Marshall, Minnesota.

The Wildcats have won 10 of their last 11 matches since October 15th, with the lone loss coming against Concordia St Paul in Wayne on October 29th.

Wayne State leads the NSIC in digs per set (18.40) while ranking 10th in NCAA Divison II. The Cats rank 2nd in the NSIC in opponent hitting percentage (.171) and are 4th in service aces (1.41) and assists (12.90).