Volleyball | November 02, 2022

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The University of South Carolina Aiken volleyball team is ninth in the latest NCAA Southeast Region Rankings, which were released Wednesday.

The Pacers are 15-12 with a pair of PBC contests left to play during the regular season, including the home finale Friday against Young Harris at 5 p.m.

Wingate (25-2, 24-2) is first while Augusta (22-5, 21-5) and Carson-Newman (23-4, 23-4) round out the top three schools.

Anderson (20-4, 17-3), Lander (19-8, 18-8), Flagler (14-8, 12-7), Lenoir-Rhyne (16-8, 15-8) and Emmanuel (22-7, 20-3) are ahead of head coach Glenn Cox's team. UNC Pembroke (18-13, 17-9) rounds out the top 10.

The rankings are the official poll utilized by the NCAA in the championship selection process and will continue to be released each week by the NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Committee up to the NCAA Championship selections.

The three regional rankings are scheduled to be released weekly on Wednesdays through November 9, with the NCAA D-II Tournament selections scheduled to be unveiled on Sunday night, Nov. 22, at 10 p.m. on www.ncaa.com.

The final two rankings (Nov. 2 and Nov. 9) will be in rank order.

The national tournament selection criteria are based on, in no particular order: in-region winning percentage, D2 winning percentage, D2 strength of schedule, D2 head-to-head competition, and results vs. common D2 opposition.

The NCAA regional rankings are the official rankings used by the committee to select the national tournament field. The field will be comprised of 64 teams and the Southeast Region will have eight teams. The three conference tournament champions (PBC, SAC, and Conference Carolinas) receive an automatic berth to the regional.

Records are designated with overall Division II record followed by the in-region record for each school.