2021-22 MVC Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll Rankings (Points) (First Place Votes)

1. Missouri State, 365 (35)
2. Drake, 316 (2)
3. UNI, 298 (3)
4. Illinois State, 268
5. Bradley, 209
6. Valparaiso, 208
7. Loyola, 193
8. Southern Illinois, 161
9. Indiana State, 102
10. Evansville, 83

AP Top 25 Poll Preseason

RANK SCHOOL (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) POINTS PREVIOUS RANK

1. Gonzaga (55)   1,562        1
2. UCLA (8)          1,459        NR
3. Kansas             1,427        12
4. Villanova          1,332        18
5. Texas               1,315        9
6. Michigan          1,255        4
7. Purdue             1,213        20
8. Baylor               992           3
9. Duke                 963          NR
10. Kentucky           894          NR
11. Illinois                861         2
12. Memphis           831         NR
13. Oregon              775         NR
14. Alabama            713         5
15. Houston             694        6
16. Arkansas            673         10
17. Ohio State         581          7
18. Tennessee          563        NR
19. North Carolina  547         NR
20. Florida State      381         14
21. Maryland           294         NR
22. Auburn              267        NR
23. St. Bonaventure 238        NR
24. Connecticut        161        NR
25. Virginia               125        15

Others receiving votes: Michigan State 87, Indiana 41, USC 30, Arizona 26, Virginia Tech 25, Oklahoma State 25, Xavier 22, Texas Tech 17, Richmond 13, Rutgers 11, Colorado State 11, LSU 7, Belmont 7, San Diego State 5, St. John’s 5, Mississippi State 5, Syracuse 5, Drake 4, Colorado 4, BYU 3, Notre Dame 3, Louisville 3

CLASS 4A

Region 1
LeMars @ Lewis Central
Denison-Schleswig @ Carroll

Region 2
Creston @ ADM
Perry @ Dallas Center-Grimes

CLASS 5A

Region 1
Sioux City West @ Sioux City North

Region 2
Des Moines North @ Des Moines Lincoln

CLASS 1A

Region 2
(3-0) Fremont-Mills 25-25-25, Essex 12-13-8
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Lenox 15-9-16
(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Bedford 15-9-19
(3-0) Tri-Center 25-25-25, Heartland Christian 8-12-11
(3-2) East Mills25-25-22-21-15, Griswold 11-19-25-25-9
(3-1) Riverside 25-25-13-25, Woodbine 16-15-25-7 (R: Ayla Richardson 34 assists, Veronica Andrusyshyn 16 kills 10 digs, Izzy Bluml 12 kills 13 digs)
(3-0) Boyer Valley 25-25-25, West Harrison 20-8-14

Region 3
(3-0) Ankeny Christian 25-25-25, Coon Rapids-Bayard 14-16-11
(3-0) Audubon 25-25-25, Exira-EHK 17-22-16
(3-1) Glidden-Ralston25-21-25-25, Ar-We-Va 7-25-22-10
(3-0) CAM 25-25-25, Orient-Macksburg 7-7-12
(3-0) Gladbrook-Reinbeck 25-25-25, Colo-Nesco 9-6-10
(3-2) GMG 21-25-16-28-15, Baxter 25-20-25-26-5
(3-0) BCLUW 25-25-25, Collins-Maxwell 7-8-11
(3-0) Grand View Christian 25-25-25, Martensdale-St. Marys 12-9-18

Region 8
(3-0) Seymour 25-25-25, Moulton-Udell 6-13-12
(3-0) New London 25-25-25, Moravia 5-6-5
(3-1) WACO 25-25-23-25, Keota 9-15-25-11
(3-0) Lamoni 25-25-25, Wayne 10-7-13
(3-1) Mount Ayr 20-26-25-14-25, Murray 25-24-14-21
(3-0) Southeast Warren 25-25-25, East Union 12-9-11
(3-2) Mormon Trail 25-20-14-25-15, Diagonal 21-25-25-22-13

CLASS 2A

Region 2
(3-0) Rock Valley 25-25-25, West Sioux 23-21-11
(3-1) AHSTW 21-25-25-26, Logan-Magnolia 25-17-8-24

Region 3
(3-0) Ogden 25-25-25, Madrid 20-19-23
(3-2) Panorama 25-19-25-18-17, IKM-Manning 18-25-14-25-15

CLASS 3A

Region 1
(3-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 25-25-25, Harlan 9-14-13
(3-0) Red Oak 25-25-25, Atlantic 10-20-10 – ON KJAN
(3-0) Sioux Center 25-25-25, MOC-Floyd Valley 12-9-19
(3-2) Cherokee Washington 25-14-29-17-15, West Lyon 15-25-27-25-13

Region 4
(3-0) Des Moines Christian 25-25-25, Clarke 6-6-8
(3-1) Clarinda 25-16-25-25, Shenandoah 18-25-15-13
(3-0) Roland-Story 25-25-25, Saydel 9-12-14
(3-2) Nevada 16-25-24-25-15, Ballard 25-17-26-22-9

The Red Oak Tigers swept past the Atlantic Trojans in a Class 3A Region 1 Volleyball Quarterfinal on Monday night at Red Oak High School. The Tigers jumped out to an early lead and used a big run at the end of the second set to grab the victory 25-10, 25-20, 25-10.

The Tigers jumped out quickly in the opening set and lead 12-1 early before racing away for the 25-10 win. The second set was a much different story. The teams traded points for a long stretch with Atlantic holding a slight advantage most of the way. Atlantic then used a 5 point run to lead 20-15. The Tigers then ripped off a 10 point run to snatch the set away from the Trojans 25-20 and seize all the momentum in the match. The Tigers scored the first 6 points of the third and rolled to the win. Atlantic Head Coach Michelle Blake said it was frustrating to let the Tigers grab that momentum back in the 2nd.

The Trojans had quite a few passes that ended up awkwardly close to the net and setting at the net was a bit off for most of the match. Coach Blake said the net play was tough to see given past results against the Tigers.

Atlantic ends the season with a record of 17-20. The 13th ranked Tigers improved to 28-9 on the season and will travel to face Sergeant Bluff-Luton on Wednesday night in the Regional Semifinals.

Class 5A
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (8-0), LW #1 @ Hempstead
2. Southeast Polk (7-1), LW #2 vs CR Jefferson
3. Ankeny (6-2), LW #5 vs DSM Lincoln
4. Urbandale (7-1), LW #4 vs Waukee Northwest
5. Dowling Catholic (5-3), LW #8 @ Waukee
6. WDM Valley (6-2), LW #3 vs DSM Roosevelt
7. Cedar Rapids Prairie (6-2), LW #6 @ #9 Linn-Mar
8. Iowa City High (7-1), LW #7 @ Davenport Central (Thur)
9. Linn-Mar (7-1), LW #10 LW vs #7 Prairie
10.Pleasant Valley (6-2), LW (X) @ Iowa City West

Class 4A
1. North Scott (8-0), LW #1 @ Mount Pleasant
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (7-1), LW #2 @ Oskaloosa
3. Waverly-Shell Rock (7-1), LW #7 vs #9 Decorah
4. Lewis Central (6-2), LW #4 @ #7 Winterset
5. Indianola (7-1), LW #6 vs Boone
6. Bondurant-Farrar (7-1), LW #3 vs Norwalk
7. Winterset (7-1), LW #8 vs #4 Lewis Central
8. Webster City (6-2), LW #9 @ Denison-Schleswig
9. Decorah (6-2), LW #10 @ #3 Waverly-Shell Rock
10.Spencer (6-2), LW (X) vs Storm Lake

Class 3A
1. Harlan (8-0), LW #1 @ Knoxville
2. West Delaware (7-1), LW #2 vs Charles City
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (8-0), LW #3 @ Heelan
4. Solon (8-0), LW #4 vs Keokuk
5. Humboldt (8-0), LW #5 @ Algona
6. Nevada (7-1), LW #6 vs North Polk
7. Benton (7-1), LW #8 vs Central DeWitt
8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (6-2), LW #9 vs Carroll
9. Independence (7-1), LW #7 @ Center Point-Urbana
10.ADM (Adel) (6-2), LW (X) vs Saydel

Final Class 2A
1. Waukon (7-1), LW #2 vs West Liberty
2. West Marshall (7-1), LW #3 vs Centerville
3. Southeast Valley (7-1), LW #1 vs Sheldon
4. OABCIG (7-1), LW #4 vs Red Oak
5. West Lyon (6-2), LW #5 vs Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
6. Greene County (7-1), LW #6 vs Roland-Story
7. North Fayette Valley (7-1), LW #7 vs New Hampton
8. Spirit Lake (6-2), LW #9 @ Osage
9. Estherville Lincoln Central (5-3), LW #8 @ #10 Central Lyon
10.Central Lyon /GLR (5-3), LW #10 vs #9 Estherville Lincoln Central

Final Class 1A
1. Van Meter (8-0), LW #1 vs Pleasantville
2. Iowa City Regina (8-0), LW #2 Cascade
3. Underwood (8-0), LW #3 vs Nodaway Valley
4. Dike-New Hartford (8-0), LW #4 vs Eagle Grove
5. Sigourney-Keota (8-0), LW #5 vs Durant
6. West Sioux (7-1), LW #6 vs West Monona
7. Pella Christian (7-1), LW #7 vs Mediapolis
8. Dyersville Beckman (8-0), LW #8 vs South Hardin
9. South Central Calhoun (97-1), LW #10 vs Emmetsburg
10.Denver (7-1), LW (X) vs MFL MarMac

Final Class A
1. West Hancock (8-0), LW #1 vs Alta-Aurelia
2. Grundy Center (7-1), LW #2 vs Saint Ansgar
3. North Linn (8-0), LW #3 vs Nashua-Plainfield
4. Woobury Central (7-1), LW #5 vs AHSTW
5. Logan-Magnolia (7-1), LW #6 vs LeMars Gehlen
6. Lisbon (7-1), LW #7 vs Bellevue
7. East Buchanan (7-1), LW #8 vs Newman Catholic
8. North Butler (7-1), LW #4 vs Nashua-Plainfield
9. Belle Plaine (7-1), LW #9 vs Earlham
10. Mount Ayr (6-2), LW #10 vs Madrid

Final 8-Player
1. Montezuma (9-0), LW #1 vs New London
2. CAM (Anita) (8-0), LW #2 vs East Mills
3. Easton Valley (8-0), LW #3 vs Dunkerton
4. Remsen St. Mary’s (8-0), LW #4 vs Exira/EHK
5. WACO (8-0), LW #5 vs Edgewood-Colesburg
6. Turkey Valley (8-0), LW #6 vs Springville
7. Lenox (8-0), LW #7 vs Lamoni
8. Audubon (7-1), LW #8 vs Stanton/Essex
9, Kee High (7-1), LW #9 vs Northwood-Kensett
10.Newell-Fonda (7-1), LW #10 @ Janesville

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior placekicker Andrew Mevis was honored for his outstanding performance at Kansas State on Saturday, earning Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week and Lou Groza Award “Star of the Week” honors.

A native of Warsaw, Ind., Mevis was sensational in Iowa State’s 33-20 victory at Kansas State. His accuracy and range played a key part in helping ISU claim its first victory in Manhattan since 2004.

Mevis was perfect on the night, making all four of his field goal attempts and both of his PATs. His four made field goals was a career high, and the senior also produced four touchbacks in seven attempts.

All four field goals were from 40 yards or longer, connecting from 44, 41, 41 and 40 yards. He closed out the first half by making a 41-yarder as time expired.

Mevis is having a fantastic season. He ranks 12^th nationally in field goals made per game (1.67) and has made 10-of-12 field goals on the season, including 8-of-10 from 40 yards or longer. His 54-yard field goal at UNLV earlier in the season ties for the seventh-longest kick in school history.

The Atlantic (17-19) volleyball team is excited for their postseason opportunity tonight as they open up in 3A Region 1 at the Red Oak Tigers (27-9). Red Oak has swept the two meetings this season and Atlantic will be looking for their first win over the Tigers since 2010. Atlantic Head Coach Michelle Blake said the Trojans have the mindset of why not now.

The Trojans have seen improvement the past few seasons and have their best record this year since 2010. Coach Blake said they just need to work on consistency and the ability to adapt.

The Trojans leaders on the season are Jada Jensen with 321 assists, Abby Smith with 204 kills, and Chloe Mullenix with 55 blocks. Red Oak has been led by Merced Ramirez with 422 assists, Lexi Johnson with 349 kills, and Liz Carbaugh with 74 blocks.

We’ll have coverage of that regional quarterfinal match tonight on KJAN. Chris Parks will have the call from Red Oak High School with pregame at 6:45 p.m. and first serve at 7:00 p.m.