In addition, Ava Nilsson was selected as the team’s player to watch heading into the 2026 season. The 2026 NSIC Volleyball Tournament shall be an eight-team tournament with the quarterfinals hosted at the top four seeds on Tuesday, November 10 and the semifinals/championship matches hosted at the highest remaining seed. New for the 2026 season, the NSIC Network is now powered by Midco Sports Plus, the conference’s new streaming home for exclusive live and on-demand coverage of all 16 NSIC member institutions. 2026 NSIC PRESEASON POLLOVERALL POLL POINTS1 Concordia-St. Paul (11) 2202 Wayne State (3) 2073 St. Cloud State (2) 1994 Southwest Minnesota State 1775 Sioux Falls 1586 Minnesota State 1567 Minnesota Duluth 1438 Northern State 140T9 Augustana 104Winona State 10411 MSU Moorhead 8612 Jamestown 7813 Bemidji State 5914 University of Mary 4015 Minnesota Crookston 2516 Minot State 24