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Assumption beat #1 ranked Indianapolis Cathedral 3 games to 1. 25-22, 25-19, 25-16, 26-24. Was shocked that Cathedral jumped from #118 at end of last year to #1 to start this year. Mercy and Sacred Heart will face off tomorrow afternoon at SH.

I heard it was something like 5 or 6 games to 2 Mercy. ND's back row defense was very good--dug up a lot of hard shots. Like you said, not much offense though. I think teams keying on Thelen last year opened it up some for the other hitters--but she's gone. Hertz is extremely good but someone's going to give her some help. Mercy very strong upfront, but not as good in the back. Mercy's libero did great, but they need to develop some more help there.

Poll updated again.....original results posted. DuPont Memorial disappeared--short season I guess. So this has now been posted three times and is still wrong. I agree with the precious poster that preseason polls are usually worthless, but they should be believable. To be honest, any preseason poll that doesn't include at least the first 2-3 teams from the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 11th regions is unbelievable. Not to disparage any other regions, but I'd be safe to say that most district winners and runners-up in these regions could easily win other regions in the state.

Poll updated as of this morning to remove the odd entries. However, a new KHSAA member I've never heard of makes an appearance at #20 in the state--DuPont Memorial??????? Never heard of them, but I hope they have a great season. You know, people do screw up and some errors, typos, etc. are understandable. What makes you really look stupid is when you screw up, people call you on it, you make corrections, and then still screw it up.

I was so shocked to see VM at #4 that I completely overlooked Henry County from the 8th at #6. Surely someone reviewed this before posting it online. If so, I want some of what they were having.

The 2014 preseason poll was released yesterday. The usual suspects sit at the top of the poll, but there was one thing that had me scratching my head. Villa Madonna, not ranked at all in the top 5 of their region poll, is ranked 4th in the state top 25 poll. Is there something the state poll voters know that the region poll voters don't? Or, is this just a screw up? State poll: http://affiliates.avca.org/Portals/3/2014%20Preseason%20Poll%20Release.pdf Region poll: http://affiliates.avca.org/Portals/3/2014%20Preseason%20Regional%20Poll%20Release.pdf