INDIANAPOLIS– The Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team is ranked sixth in this week's NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rankings, which were released Wednesday by the NCAA. This is the final ranking release prior to the announcement of the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship field.
 
The South Central Region consists of the Lone Star, Heartland, and Rocky Mountain Athletic conferences. The winner of each conference's postseason tournament receives an automatic bid into the NCAA Regional Tournament, as well as the other five top-ranked teams in the regional rankings. The tournament field will be announced by the NCAA on Monday, November 20, at 6:30 pm.
 
The Lions are currently 20-10 entering this weekend's Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship. A&M-Commerce wrapped up an undefeated home season last weekend with wins over UT Permian Basin. The Lions last went undefeated in the Field House in 1987.

The Lions have won 14 of their last 17 matches and are 5-4 against teams in the current South Central Regional Rankings. The Lions swept their season series with West Texas A&M, split their series against Tarleton State, Angelo State, and A&M-Kingsville, and have a loss to Colorado School of Mines. 
 
A&M-Commerce starts the Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship as the second seed at 2:30 p.m. Thursday as the No. 2 seed against No. 7 seed Western New Mexico in the quarterfinal round at Tarleton State. The semifinal round would be played at 5 p.m. Friday, with the final round played at 3 p.m. Saturday.
 
NCAA South Central Regional Rankings – Nov. 15

Rk	Team	In Region	Overall
1	Regis	23-2	25-3
2	Tarleton State	22-4	26-5
3	Colorado School of Mines	23-4	23-4
4	Angelo State	19-7	21-8
5	Metro State	18-5	19-7
6	A&M-COMMERCE	18-9	20-10
7	Arkansas-Fort Smith	23-4	25-6
8	West Texas A&M	19-9	20-12
9	Texas A&M-Kingsville	20-11	21-11
10	Colorado Christian	15-10	16-10