Coyotes ranked No. 4 in the nation

The National Junior College Athletic Conference has released its official women's volleyball pre-season ranking list, with Weatherford College sitting in the fourth-place spot.

WC is the only school from the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference to make the list.

Alongside the Coyotes, two other NJCAA Region 5 schools made the list: New Mexico Military Institute, ranking 11th, and Odessa College, at 19th.

The Coyotes will face off against Missouri State University-West Plains (ranked eighth) in a pre-season matchup on Thursday, Aug. 21, at 3 p.m. in the Graber Athletic Center.