Volleyball Earns Nine Votes in Bison/AVCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll

Nov. 10, 2008

LEXINGTON, Ky. - After three-set sweeps over West Virginia and Pittsburgh last weekend, the University of Cincinnati's volleyball team earned nine votes in the Nov. 10 Bison/AVCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced today.

In this week's poll, UC earned nine votes compared to the three votes received in last week's poll.

The Top 5 stayed intact as Penn State held on to the top spot, followed by Stanford, Nebraska, Texas, and Washington. Two previous Bearcats opponents from this season, Hawai'i and Minnesota, moved up to No. 6 and No. 15, respectively. Cincinnati concludes its BIG EAST conference schedule on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. versus Rutgers. Sunday also marks Senior Day as seniors Natalie Dossman, Jessica Elley, Jessie Nevitt, Lindsey Peterson, and Jami Torok suit up for the final time at Fifth Third Arena.

Below are the Nov. 10 Bison/AVCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll rankings:

Rank School 2008 Record1 Penn State (60) 26-02 Stanford 21-33 Nebraska 23-14 Texas 19-35 Washington 19-46 Hawai'i 21-37 California 20-48 Oregon 20-59 UCLA 16-810 Southern California 14-811 Wichita State 26-012 Florida 20-213 San Diego 19-314 Kansas State 21-515 Minnesota 20-616 Colorado State 20-317 Illinois 19-618 Purdue 20-619 Michigan 20-620 Saint Louis 22-421 Santa Clara 17-622 Kentucky 23-423 Utah 19-524 Pepperdine 17-525 Long Beach State 21-4

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: New Mexico State 53; San Francisco 53; Tulane 42; St. Mary's (Ca.) 22; UAB 19; Iowa State 15; Arizona 12; Cincinnati 9; Tennessee 6; North Carolina 5; Middle Tennessee 4; Florida International 2; Rice 2