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S.D. – North Star Athletic Association’s (NSAA) newcomer Viterbo (Wis.) recorded eight first-place votes in the volleyball coaches’ preseason poll and was the coaches’ pick to win the 2015 league title, the poll was announced today.

The preseason poll was voted by the league coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team. The NSAA volleyball conference currently have nine teams, with three new members joining the conference this year – Bellevue (Neb.), Viterbo and Waldorf (Iowa). The V-Hawks – who finished their 2014 season with an overall record of 39-9 – tallied 64 points in the poll.

Viterbo qualified for the NAIA Volleyball National Tournament last season and advanced to the national semifinals for the first time in school history. Jamestown (N.D.) – another NAIA national tournament qualifier last fall with an overall record of 25-9 – picked up the final first-place vote and recorded 57 points to finish second in the poll.

The Jimmies won the NSAA Volleyball Conference regular-season outright with a 10-0 record and postseason conference tournament in 2014. Bellevue finished third with 49 points followed by Mayville State (N.D.) fourth with 39 points and Dakota State (S.D.) fifth with 33 points. Waldorf (Iowa) edged Valley City State (N.D.) 29-28 for sixth place in the preseason poll. Presentation (S.D.) is eighth with 18 points followed by Dickinson State (N.D.) ninth with 8 points.

The 2015 NSAA Volleyball Conference Tournament Champions will receive an automatic bid to the NAIA Volleyball National Tournament. The national tournament’s opening round will be held on Nov. 21 at campus sites, with each opening round winner advancing to the NAIA National Tournament in Sioux City, Iowa on Dec. 1-5. T

he NSAA conference season kicks off on Sept. 11 as Waldorf makes a trip to North Dakota, visiting Jamestown as part of a triangular with Montana State-Northern from the Frontier conference. Here are the complete 2015 NSAA Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Poll: