SHERMAN, Texas – The Austin College volleyball team cracked the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 poll for the first time this season, entering into this week’s poll at No. 25 in the nation, the AVCA announced today.  The ’Roos are one of four Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference teams to be ranked this week. 

Austin College went 5-0 last week to improve to 10-1 overall, winning with ease over Sul Ross State twice and also UT-Tyler, East Texas Baptist and Mary Hardin-Baylor.  Also ranked this week from the SCAC are Colorado College at No. 11, Trinity University at No. 14 and Southwestern University at No. 20. 

Austin College athletic teams participate as a member of the NCAA Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. 

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About Austin College 

Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas.  Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original charter and name, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope’s influential book Colleges That Change Lives.