MaxPreps Top 25 national high school volleyball rankings

Mercy (Louisville, Ky.) continues to dominate its opponents and remains the No. 1 team in this week's MaxPreps Xcellent 25 National Volleyball Rankings.

It's been a rewarding stretch since the Jaguars moved to No. 1, as they beat Top 10 team McAuley (Chicago), Louisville rival Assumption for a second time and swept through the Berkeley Prep invitational with four wins.

Assumption, meanwhile, returned to the Top 10 by winning the prestigious Durango Classic in Las Vegas. Assumption beat previously unbeaten and No. 3 ranked Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 2-0, to move to No. 5. Mitty fell to No. 7 with its first loss of the season.

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Jupiter (Fla.) moved into the Top 10 at No. 9 by running its win streak to 12. Jupiter has won 32 of its last 33 matches.

Brentwood (Tenn.) cracked the Top 25, roaring to No. 14 as it beat previously ranked No. 14 Siegel (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) to win its own tournament and avenge its season-opening loss to Siegel. Brentwood has won 39 straight since that loss.

Also new to the Top 25 this week are Bettendorf (Iowa), Charlotte Country Day (N.C.), Torrey Pines (San Diego), Eden Prairie, Minn.), Parkland (Allentown, Pa.), Pitman (Turlock, Calif.) and Desert Vista (Phoenix).


1. (No. 1 last week) - Mercy (Louisville, Ky.), 18-0

2. (2) - St. Ursula Academy (Toledo, Ohio), 14-0

3. (4) - St. Francis (Wheaton, Ill.), 13-1

4. (6) - Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 31-1

5. (10) - Assumption (Louisville, Ky.), 17-2

6. (5) - Punahou (Honolulu), 8-0

7. (3) - Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 12-1

8. (7) - St. James Academy (Lenexa, Kan.), 9-1

9. (13) - Jupiter (Fla.), 12-0

10. (8) - Mother McAuley (Chicago), 9-2

11. (12) - Lewis-Palmer (Monument, Colo.), 10-0

12. (14) - El Camino (Sacramento, Calif.), 21-0

13. (15) - Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac, Mich.), 33-1

14. (NR) - Brentwood (Tenn.), 39-1

15. (18) - Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 8-0

16. (NR) - Bettendorf (Iowa), 18-0

17. (20) - Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 15-1

18. (22) - Charlotte Country Day (N.C.), 32-0

19. (NR) - Parkland (Allentown, Pa.), 13-0

20. (13) - Winter Springs (Fla.), 14-1

21. (NR) - Torrey Pines (San Diego), 10-1

22. (NR) - Eden Prairie (Minn.), 14-0

23. (14) - Siegel (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), 25-1

24. (NR) - Pitman (Turlock, Calif.), 20-0

25. (NR) - Desert Vista (Phoenix), 15-0

Dropped Out: Dike-New Hartford (Iowa), Lakewood (Calif.), Coronado (Las Vegas), Olathe East (Kan.), Harrison (Ga.), Venice (Fla.), Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Lake Catholic (Mentor, Ohio).