St. Ursula stays at No. 1, Mount Notre Dame replaces Assumption at No. 24.
St. Ursula rolls into the Ohio state tournament Friday night riding a 28-match winning streak and remains at the top of the latest MaxPreps Xcellent 25 National Volleyball Rankings presented by the Army National Guard.
The Arrows, 28-0, meet No. 24 Mount Notre Dame (Cincinnati) on Friday in the Ohio 4A state semifinals. The two met earlier this year and the Arrows won, 2-1. Mount Notre Dame's two losses have come against the top-rated Arrows and No. 3 Mercy (Louisville, Ky.).
The Arrows are 165-5 over the last six seasons.
Lewis-Palmer won twice last week and improved to 25-0 and took over the No. 2 spot in this week's poll as Archbishop Mitty dropped to No. 13 after suffering its second loss of the season.
Mercy, which has routed every opponent (375-82 in five matches) since losing three weeks ago, is playing its best volleyball of the season and moved to No. 3.
Brentwood, which captured its second-straight state large school title and finished the season with a 60-match winning streak two weeks ago, remains at No. 4.
Jesuit rounds out the Top 5 having finished the regular season at 33-0 and an 82-1 set record.
MaxPreps Xcellent 25 National Volleyball Rankings presented by the Army National Guard
1. (1 last week) - St. Ursula Academy (Toledo, Ohio), 28-0
Nikki Koval, Mercy
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2. (3) - Lewis-Palmer (Monument, Colo.), 25-0
3. (5) - Mercy (Louisville, Ky.), 37-1
4. (4) - Brentwood (Tenn.), 60-1 season overWon Tennessee large school title and won final 60 matches of the season.
5. (6) - Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 33-0
6. (7) - Bettendorf (Iowa), 35-0
7. (8) - Parkland (Allentown, Pa.), 41-0-1
8. (9) - Mother McAuley (Chicago), 34-3
9. (10) - Papillion-LaVista (Papillion, Neb.), 38-0
10. (12) - Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.), 36-1
11. (13) - Kamehameha (Honolulu), 29-1
12. (14) - Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville, Fla.), 27-1
13. (2) - Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 29-2
14. (15) - St. Mary's (Lancaster, N.Y.), 41-0-1
15. (12) - Charlotte Country Day (N.C.), 44-1Season over. Won North Carolina Independent Schools 3A title and outscored 2014 foes 112-5.
16. (16) - Mt. Carmel (New Orleans), 43-2
17. (17) - Jupiter (Fla.), 26-1
18. (18) - Xavier College Prep (Phoenix), 34-3
19. (19) - The Woodlands (Texas), 34-3
20. (20) - Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 41-3
21. (21) - Emerald Ridge (South Hill, Wash.), 34-0-1
22. (24) - Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.), 25-2
23. (23) - P.K. Yonge (Gainesville, Fla.), 26-2
24. (NR) - Mount Notre Dame (Cincinnati), 24-2
25. (25) - Novi (Mich.), 47-4Dropped out: Assumption (Ky.).
