2010 NORTH EAST COLLEGIATE VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION
TOP 10 POLL #3
February 23, 2010
JERSEY CITY, NJ…Baruch College is the No. 1 ranked team in the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association Top 10 poll and this time its unanimous. The Bearcats, winners of 11 consecutive matches, improved to 19-2 on the year last week and claimed all 10 first place votes and 100 possible points, as the #4 ranked team in Division III and the only CUNYAC Division team to sit atop this poll continued to roll.
Medaille College (13-4) remains #2, up six points to 88. In a light week, the Mavericks won twice. Rivier College (17-4) won three of four matches at the Endicott College Invitational and climbed back to third place, despite losing eight points in the poll. The Raiders downed New Jersey City, along with Top 10 poll programs MIT and SUNY New Paltz.
Vassar College went 4-0 at its own tournament and with an 11-6 record, the Brewers, who defeated Nazareth College and Philadelphia Biblical University, surged from seventh last week, to No. 4 this week, with an increase of 26 points. PBU (12-3), which went 2-2 at the Vassar Invitational, fell two spots into a share of fifth, losing 23 points. The Crimson Eagles fell to Nazareth and Vassar.
Endicott College made the biggest splash though last week, and vaulted from ninth into a share of fifth place. The Gulls (14-4), climbed from 20 to 58 points by virtue of wins over Emmanuel College, MIT and Rivier while going 4-0 at the Endicott Invitational. The Gulls have won eight straight matches as of the poll.
MIT moved from a share of 10th into seventh place. The Engineers (14-6) had wins over Harvard University and Ramapo College during the week, and went 2-2 at the Endicott Invitational. Stevens fell from fifth to a share of eighth place, and 47 to 25 points.
The Ducks (8-7) lost to New Paltz and Sacred Heart University, and currently are in their lowest position in the seven-year history of the poll. Ramapo remains in eighth placed, tied with Stevens. The Roadrunners (12-4) defeated New Paltz and Emmanuel at the Endicott Invitational, finishing 3-1 at the event. Nazareth, tied for 10th last week, is 10th this week. The Golden Flyers (8-7) advanced to the finals of the Vassar Invitational, knocking off PBU.
New Paltz and Newbury each dropped out of the poll but continued to receive votes, as did Emmanuel.
The NECVA will release its weekly Top 10 Poll each Tuesday, leading up to the 2010 NECVA championship, April 9-11, in Cape Cod, Mass.
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RK
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AVCA
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TEAM (#1 VOTES)
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RECORD
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TOTAL PTS
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LAST WEEK
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LAST WEEK POINTS
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1
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#4
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Baruch College (10)
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19-2
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100
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1
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98
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2
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#5
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Medaille College
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13-4
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88
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2
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82
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3
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#7
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Rivier College
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17-4
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70
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4
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78
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4
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#9
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Vassar College
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11-6
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59
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7
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33
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5t
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#8
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Philadelphia Biblical
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12-3
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58
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3
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81
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5t
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#13
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Endicott College
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14-4
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58
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9
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20
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7
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RV
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MIT
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14-6
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26
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10T
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13
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8t
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RV
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Stevens
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8-7
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25
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5
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47
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8t
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#15
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Ramapo College
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12-4
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25
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8
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32
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10
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#12
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Nazareth College
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8-7
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16
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10T
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13
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Dropped Out: #6 SUNY New Paltz, #10T Newbury College.
Also Receiving Votes: Newbury College (13-4), 12; SUNY New Paltz (10-8), 11; Emmanuel College (13-6), 2.
Note: Points represent total out of 10. A team voted No. 1 on a ballot receives 10 points, No. 2 receives 9 points, No. 3 receives 8 points, and so forth.
ABOUT THE NECVA:
The North East Collegiate Volleyball Association, the largest known single-sport conference in the United States, is in its 16th year of competition during the 2010 season as a leading Division III men’s volleyball conference. Founded in 1995 as the Metro Conference, it became known as the NECVA in 1998. Currently comprised of 44 colleges and universities stretching from New Hampshire to Virginia, Albertus Magnus College, Daniel Webster College, Emerson College and St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) joined the conference for the 2009 campaign. New teams in 2010 include Regis College and Sage Colleges.
The league is divided into five smaller divisions: CUNY (8), GNAC (7), Metro (10), New England (9), and Western (9) with one associate member. Each week, schools from the five divisions nominate athletes and then vote for the divisional Player and Rookie of the Week awards. The conference sports information office then selects the NECVA Player and Rookie honors from each of these five divisional winners.
The NECVA holds an annual 16-team conference tournament each April with the top two schools in each division and six at-large selections earning berths. The NECVA champion receives one of four automatic bids to the Molten Division III Final Four in April.
2010 POLL VOTERS:
Tim Byram, Endicott College (NE Division); Paul Dill, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (NE Division); Patrick Dorywalski, Stevens Institute of Technology (Metro Division); Bill Gorman, Wentworth Institute of Technology (NE Division); Keith Koch, Medaille College (Western Division); Craig Kolek, Rivier College (GNAC Division); John Neves; Baruch College (CUNYAC Division); Ira Thor, NECVA Assistant Commissioner for Athletic Communications/New Jersey City University; Don Vanderbeck, Ramapo College (At-large voter); Cal Wickens, Nazareth College (Western Division); Chris Wright, Emmanuel College (GNAC Division).