INDIANAPOLIS – In the first NCAA South Central Regional rankings of 2021, the Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team is ranked 10^th, as announced on Wednesday.
 
The Lions have won 11 of their last 13 matches and hold a 12-8 record. A&M-Commerce is 11-6 against teams in the South Central Region, including a win over Angelo State, who is No. 3 in the initial rankings.
 
With three matches left in the regular season, the Lions are in fifth place in the Lone Star Conference standings. The winner of the LSC Tournament gets an automatic berth into the eight-team South Central Regional, which will be hosted by the highest seed on December 2-4.
 
A&M-Commerce looks to make its fourth-consecutive trip to the South Central Regional.
 
Five teams from the LSC are in the initial regional rankings, the other five teams are from the
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
 

No.	Team	In Region	DII
1	Metropolitan State University of Denver	18-2	20-2
2	Colorado School of Mines	17-2	19-3
3	Angelo State	16-3	19-3
4	Regis (Colorado)	14-5	17-5
5	The University of Texas at Tyler	16-1	17-1
6	Colorado Mesa	17-2	17-4
7	West Texas A&M	18-2	18-2
8	Colorado State University Pueblo	12-6	16-6
9	Lubbock Christian	13-4	14-6
10	A&M-COMMERCE	11-6	12-8

 
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The Lions have a crucial battle against UT Tyler, who is No. 5 in the regional rankings, at home on Saturday at 6 p.m. Prior the match, the Lions will honor eight graduating seniors: Sydney Andersen, Taryn Cast, Riley Davidson, Maiya Dickie, Nicki Gonelli, Madison Luther, Natalie Sarbeck, and Shelbi Sheppard.