Volleyball Ranked No. 14 In AVCA Poll

Oct. 26, 1999

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Clemson volleyball team is ranked 14th nationally for the second week in a row according to the AVCA Division I Coaches Poll released this week. The Tigers received 725 points in the poll. Last week Clemson defeated Georgia State, North Carolina and NC State on the road.

“We were very excited to get two road wins over two really strong teams in North Carolina and NC State,” said Clemson head coach Jolene Jordan Hoover, now in her seventh season with the Tigers. “The North Carolina win was very important to us because we had lost to them at home previously. We’re looking forward to facing Maryland and Virginia at home this weekend and realize that there’s still a lot to go in conference play. We’re excited to be home for five of our six remaining conference matches.”

Clemson (21-1, 9-1 ACC) will play host to Virginia Friday at 7 p.m. and Maryland Saturday at 6 p.m. Free candy will be given to all fans who wear Halloween costumes to the matches this weekend.

The complete AVCA Division I Coaches Poll is as follows:

  Rank Team (1st-place)  Points  Record  Last Week    1  Penn State (56)    1492    20-1       1    2  Stanford (3)       1363    17-2       7    3  Hawai'i            1321    17-1       2    4  Florida            1310    19-2       4    5  Pacific            1250    19-2       3    6  Long Beach State   1237    17-2       5    7  UCLA (1)           1235    19-1       6    8  UC Santa Barbara   1052    18-3       9    9  Texas              1020    15-3      10   10  Pepperdine          936    16-2      11   11  BYU                 891    15-3       8   12  Colorado State      810    19-1      15   13  Nebraska            749    15-5      13   14  CLEMSON             725    21-1      14   15  Kansas State        695    15-3      12   16  Texas A&M           596    16-4      16   17  USC                 552    13-5      17   18  Northern Iowa       438    21-0      19   19  Arizona             379    12-7      18   20  Colorado            279    12-7      21   21  Arkansas            270    18-4      22   22  Minnesota           228    17-5      23   23  Illinois            204    12-4      20   24  San Diego           198    16-3      24   25  North Carolina      110    18-4      25 

Others receiving 30 or more votes: Cal Poly (30)