Women’s Volleyball Returns to National Rankings – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/22/1998 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
December 22, 1998
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s volleyball team returned to the USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll as the 24th ranked team in the country in the season ending poll. The Buckeyes, 17-14 overall, had fallen out of the top 25 in the last six weekly votes. In three of those six week OSU received votes and was ranked 34th in the previous Dec. 1 voting.
The Buckeyes, who won three of its last four matches, was selected for the 10th year to play in the NCAA Championships. OSU upset No. 22 Texas Tech 3-2 in first round action before losing to No. 4 Florida 3-1 , a national semifinalist in the second round. The top 25 finish marks the 10th consecutive season that Ohio State has finished the season ranked in the USA TODAY/AVCA Poll.
Ohio State returns the entire 1998 squad next year including all-Big Ten selection Rosie Snow (Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo.).
USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll
Poll #14 (Final Poll) – Dec. 21, 1998
Rk School Total 1998 Last (First-Place Votes) Points Record Poll 1 Long Beach State (60) 1500 36-0 1 2 Penn State 1440 35-1 2 3 Nebraska 1380 32-2 3 4 Florida 1302 35-3 4 5 Hawai’i 1200 32-3 7 6 BYU 1179 31-4 6 7 Wisconsin 1167 30-5 8 8 Texas 1059 27-5 12 9 Stanford 1026 27-4 5 10 Pacific 939 26-6 10 11 USC 900 24-6 9 12 UC Santa Barbara 888 28-6 11 13 Arkansas 792 29-6 13 14 Illinois 639 22-11 21 15 Pepperdine 507 19-11 N/R 16 UCLA 489 16-12 15 17 Colorado 471 22-8 17 18 Texas A&M 459 21-9 18 19 University of San Diego 429 24-6 16 20 Arizona 399 22-7 19 21 Louisville 390 29-5 23 22 Michigan State 336 23-8 14 23 Kansas State 264 19-12 20 24 Ohio State 108 17-14 N/R 25 Indiana 36 16-14 N/R Others Receiving Points: Colorado State (33), Texas Tech (27), Miami, Ohio (25), Loyola Marymount (24), Northern Illinois (15), Oral Roberts (15),North Carolina (10), Sacramento State (9), Utah (6), Northern Iowa (5), Ball State (4), Florida State (2).
