The Lewis-Clark State College women’s volleyball team is ranked No. 16 in the NAIA preseason volleyball rankings, which were released this week.
The Warriors, fresh off a 26-8 season last year in which they won the Frontier Conference regular season and tournament titles along with the Region I title, drew 360 points in the poll and are the top-ranked Frontier Conference team.
College of Idaho and Southern Oregon, two teams LCSC defeated in winning the Region I title last year, are ranked ahead of the Warriors in the preseason poll. College of Idaho is No. 9, while Southern Oregon is No. 12. Westminster, which finished second to LCSC in the Frontier Conference last season, is ranked No. 24.
The Warriors kick off the season on Friday and Saturday by playing host to the five-team Holliday Inn Express Tournament at the LCSC Activity Center.

Meanwhile, the Lewis-Clark State College men’s and women’s cross country teams picked up where they left off from a year ago as both were ranked among the top 15 in the nation in the NAIA Cross Country Preseason Polls.
The men’s squad is ranked No. 12 in the coaches’ poll with 254 points, just 11 points out of being in the top 10. Last season, the Warriors were ranked No. 14 in the final poll. The Warriors are the highest ranked team in the Pacific Northwest with only 22nd ranked Concordia University of Oregon also cracking the Top 25.
The LC women’s team is tied for No. 14 with Northwestern College of Iowa with 194 points, and just one point behind Eastern Oregon University. College of Idaho, also a Region I foe, is ranked No. 11. Last season, the Warriors finished the year ranked 21st.
Both LCSC squads are the defending Region I and Frontier Conference champions and will open their seasons September 6 at the Whitman College Invitational in Walla Walla, Washington..