The Central College volleyball team is picked to finish sixth this season in the preseason coaches poll.
Wartburg, the 2016 IIAC champ, 7 of 9 first place votes and 63 total points, well ahead of Luther, who is picked second with 51 points. Central tallied 28 points.
The Dutch are coming off a 14-15 season that included a 4-4 mark in the Iowa Conference, good for a tie for fifth.
Central opens the 2017 season on September 1st with a pair of matches in Winona, Minnesota.