INDIANAPOLIS – The Southwest Minnesota State University volleyball team is ranked sixth in the first edition of the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Central Region rankings. The Central Region is composed of teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC).

The top eight teams will advance to the NCAA Central Region Tournament.

The NSIC has six teams ranked in the top 10, with Minnesota Duluth topping the group at No. 1. Concordia-St. Paul was ranked second, followed by Colorado School of Mines, Nebraska-Kearney and Metro State rounding out the top five.

SMSU, ranked No. 9 in the AVCA Top 25, debuts at sixth followed by Minnesota State, Winona State, Wayne State and Regis.

Southwest Minnesota State continues NSIC on Saturday hosting No. 19 Minnesota State beginning at 4 p.m.

	CENTRAL REGION	In-Region	Overall
1	Minnesota-Duluth	19-0	23-0
2	Concordia-St. Paul	17-1	22-1
3	Colorado Mines	15-4	17-6
4	Nebraska-Kearney	19-1	23-1
5	Metro State	15-4	19-4
6	Soutwest Minnesota State	12-6	17-6
7	Minnesota State-Mankato	8-7	15-7
8	Winona State	9-9	13-10
9	Wayne State (Neb.)	17-6	17-6
10	Regis (Colo.)	13-5	19-6