(Friday, March 6; Sioux Center, Iowa) The Dordt Defender men's volleyball team is receiving votes in the most recent NAIA Coaches' Top-15 Poll released earlier this week.
The Defenders are 15-5 after beating Governors State (Illinois) and Viterbo earlier this week and will face a pair of stiff challenges this weekend in Heart of America Athletic Conference against Ottawa (Kansas) and Park (Missouri) on Friday and Saturday, March 6-7.
Ottawa is also receiving votes and Park is no. 3. The HAAC is again well represented with Missouri Valley (no. 5), William Penn (no. 6), Mount Mercy (no. 11) and Morningside (no. 14) also in voting done by seven coaches representing conferences from the NAIA.
Dordt will face Morningside on March 10 at home before going on the road March 13-14.
Full Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
The Master's (Calif.) [7] |
6-0 |
100 |
| 2 |
2 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
11-2 |
94 |
| 3 |
3 |
Park (Mo.) |
15-0 |
91 |
| 4 |
5 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
14-0 |
84 |
| 5 |
4 |
Missouri Valley (Mo.) |
10-1 |
81 |
| 6 |
6 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
7-2 |
70 |
| 7 |
8 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
11-3 |
65 |
| 8 |
11 |
Lourdes (Ohio) |
11-2 |
61 |
| 9 |
6 |
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) |
9-3 |
54 |
| 10 |
RV |
Westcliff (Calif.) |
7-3 |
51 |
| 11 |
9 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
6-2 |
50 |
| 11 |
12 |
Mount Mercy (Iowa) |
8-2Â |
50 |
| 13 |
10 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
9-2 |
42 |
| 14 |
14 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
16-3 |
36 |
| 15 |
RV |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
 10-3 |
32 |
Dropped from the Top 15: Georgetown (Ky.), Grand View (Iowa)Â
Receiving Votes: Oakland City (Ind.) 16, Dordt (Iowa) 15, Missouri Baptist 12, Georgetown (Ky.) 11, Ottawa (Kan.) 9, Grand View (Iowa) 8, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.) 3
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