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RICHMOND, Ky. – Riding a 15-match winning streak and sporting a 20-2 record, the Eastern Kentucky University volleyball team moved up to No. 44 in this week's NCAA RPI ranking.
 
The Colonels have beaten nine straight opponents without losing a set, including Little Rock and second-place Central Arkansas this past week.
 
Before this season, the highest known RPI ranking in program history was No. 57 in October of 2023.  The Colonels were No. 55 in the first ranking this season on Oct. 5.  Eastern Kentucky climbed nine spots to No. 46 on Oct. 12.  The Colonels were 48th last week.
 
Eastern Kentucky has a victory over one team ranked higher – No. 23 Western Kentucky (3-1).  The team's two losses were to No. 35 Pepperdine and No. 75 Georgia Southern.  The Colonels have wins over six others ranked in the top-150 – No. 84 James Madison (3-2), No. 112 North Alabama (3-0), No. 117 South Florida (3-2), No. 129 Appalachian State (3-2), No. 143 Marshall (3-0) and No. 145 Abilene Christian (3-0).
 
EKU is ranked higher than such programs as Georgia (45), Michigan (46), Miami (49), Florida State (54), California (58), Iowa State (60), Mississippi State (62), Southern California (63), West Virginia (65), Duke (66), LSU (76), Cincinnati (79), Auburn (80), Iowa (82), Ohio State (91), North Carolina State (92) and Notre Dame (159).
 
There are 348 NCAA Division I volleyball programs. 
 
The Colonels are 10-0 in the United Athletic Conference.  Eastern will host Texas-Arlington on Thursday at 6 p.m.  It will be Youth Sports Night and Trick-or-Treat with the Colonels.  When the gates open at 5 p.m., kids will receive a FREE EKU trick-or-treat bag and can collect treats from EKU student-athletes throughout the concourse of Baptist Health Arena.  Kids 12 and under will receive FREE admission.