LEXINGTON, Ky. - After a pair of convincing wins over good teams, the University of Northwestern Volleyball team received more votes than it has at any point this season in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 Poll. UNW received 69 votes, coming in at the 31st position.

The full AVCA Poll can be viewed here.

Northwestern, which also found itself at its best NPI ranking in the history of the metric this week (23), took down a pair of regional foes to climb to its current positioning. The Eagles defeated Saint Benedict in four sets at home before traveling to UW-Superior and again winning in four to clinch a share of the UMAC Championship and the No. 1 seed in next week's UMAC Tournament.

UNW will conclude its regular season with three road matches this week, beginning with Augsburg at 7:00 PM on Wednesday.