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Royals Voted to Finish 12th In Preseason Poll

Royals Voted to Finish 12th In Preseason Poll

KNOXVILLE, Tn- The Royals are expected to finish 12th in the conference this year according to the AAC Women's Volleyball Coaches' Poll released Monday.

Columbia International is favored to win the 2022 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Women's Volleyball championship, according to the AAC Women's Volleyball Coaches' Poll released Monday.

The poll was voted on by the women's volleyball coaches of the AAC.

CIU received nine of the 15 first-place votes to claim the top spot with 218 voting points. Bryan collected five first-place votes to land second with 200 voting points. Last season, CIU and Bryan tied for the regular-season championship with Bryan earning the No. 1 seed in the AAC Tournament since it won the head-to-head matchup. CIU and Bryan met up in the tournament title match with Bryan coming out on top in a thrilling 3-1 victory.

Reinhardt, Bluefield, and Brenau round out the top five with Brenau collecting the lone remaining first-place vote.

The top 10 teams in the regular season advance to the AAC Tournament, which is set for Nov. 10-12 in Kingsport, Tenn.

The Royals will look to finish above their ranking as they push for a postseason berth in the conference tournament.

Here is the entire poll:

AAC Women's Volleyball Preseason Poll
School (First-Place Vote) - Total Voting Points
1. Columbia International (9) - 218
2. Bryan (5) - 200
3. Reinhardt - 197
4. Bluefield - 186
5. Brenau (1) - 151
6. Union - 150
7. Milligan - 139
8. Point - 104
9. Truett McConnell - 99
10. St. Andrews - 88
11. Montreat - 83
12. Johnson - 81
13. Kentucky Christian - 41
14. Tennessee Wesleyan - 31
15. Columbia - 25

Sat, Aug/26 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (TN)
0 at Alice Lloyd (KY)
Fri, Sep/01 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (TN)
1 vs Tougaloo (MS)
Fri, Sep/01 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (TN)
1 vs Central Baptist (AR)
Sat, Sep/02 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (TN)
0 vs Fisk (TN)
Sat, Sep/02 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (TN)
1 vs Rust (MS)
Thu, Sep/07 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Bryan (TN)
1 vs Johnson (TN)
Sat, Sep/09 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (TN)
2 at Pikeville ( KY)
Tue, Sep/12 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Bluefield (VA)
2 vs Johnson (TN)
Fri, Sep/15 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (TN)
2 at Columbia (SC)
Sat, Sep/16 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (TN)
3 at CIU (SC)
Tue, Sep/19 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Union (KY)
2 vs Johnson (TN)
Sat, Sep/23 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (TN)
3 at Milligan (TN)
Tue, Sep/26 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (TN)
0 at Kentucky Christian
Sat, Sep/30 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 St. Andrews (NC)
3 vs Johnson (TN)
Sat, Sep/30 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Welch College
3 vs Johnson (TN)
Tue, Oct/03 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (TN)
1 at Tennessee Wesleyan
Fri, Oct/06 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Pikeville ( KY)
3 vs Johnson (TN)
Sat, Oct/07 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Milligan (TN)
2 vs Johnson (TN)
Tue, Oct/10 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Kentucky Christian
3 vs Johnson (TN)
Fri, Oct/13 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Truett-McConnell
1 vs Johnson (TN)
Sat, Oct/14 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Reinhardt (GA)
1 vs Johnson (TN)
Tue, Oct/17 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (TN)
3 at Bryan (TN)
Sat, Oct/21 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (TN)
3 at Bluefield (VA)
Tue, Oct/24 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Tennessee Wesleyan
3 vs Johnson (TN)
Fri, Oct/27 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (TN)
3 at Montreat (NC)
Sat, Oct/28 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (TN)
3 at Brenau (GA)
Tue, Oct/31 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (TN)
0 at Union (KY)
Thu, Sep/01 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Maryville (Tenn.)
Fri, Sep/02 Final
Women's Volleyball
2 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 vs Rhodes
Sat, Sep/03 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
1 vs Washington and Lee
Thu, Sep/08 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Bryan (TN)
Sat, Sep/10 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Montreat
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Tue, Sep/13 Final
Women's Volleyball
2 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Bluefield (VA)
Fri, Sep/16 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Columbia (SC)
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Sep/17 Final
Women's Volleyball
2 CIU (SC)
0 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Sep/17 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Appalachian Bible College
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Tue, Sep/20 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
0 at Union
Sat, Sep/24 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Milligan
0 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Sep/24 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Kentucky Christian
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/01 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
0 at Toccoa Falls
Sat, Oct/01 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
0 vs Pensacola Christian College
Tue, Oct/04 Final
Women's Volleyball
2 Tennessee Wesleyan
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Fri, Oct/07 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Montreat
Sat, Oct/08 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Milligan
Tue, Oct/11 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Kentucky Christian
Fri, Oct/14 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Point
Sat, Oct/15 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Reinhardt
Tue, Oct/18 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Bryan (TN)
0 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/22 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Bluefield (VA)
0 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/22 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Bob Jones
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Tue, Oct/25 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
0 at Tennessee Wesleyan
Fri, Oct/28 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Truett-McConnell
2 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/29 Final
Women's Volleyball
2 Brenau (GA)
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/29 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Cincinnati-Clermont
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Tue, Nov/01 Final
Women's Volleyball
2 Union
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Nov/05 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at St. Andrews
Thu, Nov/10 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
1 vs Truett-McConnell
Fri, Nov/11 Final
Women's Volleyball
2 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 vs Bryan (TN)
Sat, Aug/28 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
0 at Boyce
Tue, Aug/31 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Alice Lloyd
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Fri, Sep/03 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 vs Lancaster
Fri, Sep/03 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
1 vs Methodist
Sat, Sep/04 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Agnes Scott
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Sep/04 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Bob Jones
Sat, Sep/04 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Methodist
Thu, Sep/09 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Bryan
1 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Sep/11 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
2 at Montreat
Tue, Sep/14 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Bluefield
2 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Fri, Sep/17 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
0 at Columbia (SC)
Sat, Sep/18 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at CIU
Sat, Sep/18 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
1 at Bob Jones
Tue, Sep/21 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Union
0 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Thu, Sep/23 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Milligan
Sat, Sep/25 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
0 at Welch
Sat, Sep/25 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
0 at Alice Lloyd
Tue, Sep/28 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
2 at Kentucky Christian
Fri, Oct/01 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 St. Andrews
1 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/02 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Boyce
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/02 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Appalachian Bible College
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Tue, Oct/05 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
1 at Tennessee Wesleyan
Fri, Oct/08 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Montreat
2 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/09 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Milligan
1 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/09 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Kentucky Christian
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Tue, Oct/12 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
0 at Appalachian Bible College
Fri, Oct/15 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Point
1 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/16 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Reinhardt
2 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Oct/16 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Toccoa Falls
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Tue, Oct/19 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Bryan
Sat, Oct/23 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Bluefield
Tue, Oct/26 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Tennessee Wesleyan
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Fri, Oct/29 Final
Women's Volleyball
2 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Truett McConnell
Sat, Oct/30 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Brenau
Tue, Nov/02 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson (Tenn.)
3 at Union
Fri, Nov/12 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Grace Christian (MI)
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Nov/13 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Alice Lloyd
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Thu, Nov/18 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Faith Baptist
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Thu, Nov/18 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Maranatha Baptist
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Fri, Nov/19 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson (Tenn.)
1 vs Bob Jones
Sat, Nov/20 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Pensacola Christian College
3 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Sat, Nov/20 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Bob Jones
0 vs Johnson (Tenn.)
Fri, Aug/30 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
1 vs Johnson & Wales (FL)
Sat, Aug/31 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Boyce
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Aug/31 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Regent
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Aug/31 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Keiser
0 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Thu, Sep/05 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Cleveland State Community College
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Sep/07 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
1 at Alice Lloyd
Fri, Sep/13 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
2 at Johnson (FL)
Sat, Sep/14 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Pensacola Christian
1 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Tue, Sep/17 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson University Tennessee
3 at Maryville (Tenn.)
Sat, Sep/21 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 UC Clermont
0 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Sep/21 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Alice Lloyd
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Mon, Sep/23 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
0 at Appalachian Bible
Mon, Sep/23 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
0 vs Mid-Atlantic Christian
Sat, Sep/28 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Chattanooga State
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Sep/28 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Welch College
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Tue, Oct/01 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Maryville (Tenn.)
0 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Oct/05 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
0 at UC Clermont
Sat, Oct/05 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
0 vs Boyce
Sat, Oct/05 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Hocking
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Thu, Oct/10 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
0 at Cleveland State Community College
Sat, Oct/12 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
0 at Judson College
Sat, Oct/12 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
0 at Welch College
Sat, Oct/19 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Mississippi University for Women
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Mon, Oct/21 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Johnson University Tennessee
1 at Chattanooga State
Sat, Oct/26 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson (FL)
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Oct/26 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Toccoa Falls
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Nov/02 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Appalachian Bible
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Nov/02 Final
Women's Volleyball
2 Johnson University Tennessee
3 at Toccoa Falls
Tue, Nov/05 Final
Women's Volleyball
2 Tenn. Wesleyan
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Nov/09 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson University Tennessee
3 at Tenn. Wesleyan
Thu, Nov/14 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Boyce
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Fri, Nov/15 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Alice Lloyd
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Sat, Nov/16 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Johnson University Tennessee
3 at Geneva
Wed, Nov/20 Final
Women's Volleyball
3 Arlington Baptist
1 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Wed, Nov/20 Final
Women's Volleyball
1 Manhattan Chrst.
3 vs Johnson University Tennessee
Thu, Nov/21 Final
Women's Volleyball
0 Johnson University Tennessee
3 at Bob Jones University