Ohio State Women’s Volleyball 11th In AVCA Poll And 8th In Volleyball Magazine Poll – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/16/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 16, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State (17-1, 7-1 Big Ten) women’s volleyball team remained 11th in the USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll and dropped to eighth in the Volleyball Magazine Top 20 Poll this week. Ohio State had its 16-match winning streak stopped at No. 8 Minnesota in a 3-2 (7-15, 15-7, 4-15, 15-7, 15-9) Gopher win. The Buckeyes rebounded the next night at Iowa with a 3-0 (15-9, 16-14, 15-10) win over the Hawkeyes. This Friday Ohio State will host No. 13 Penn State (16-4, 5-3) and Saturday host Indiana (12-6, 3-5). Both matches begin at 7 p.m. The Indiana match will be delayed cablecast by ESPN2 at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Ohio State is currently tied with Minnesota and Wisconsin for first place in the Big Ten Conference. Penn State it tied for fourth and Indiana is tied for seventh.
USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Poll
Oct. 16, 2000 – Poll #7 Rk School Total 2000 Last (First-Place Votes) Points Record Week 1 Nebraska (49) 1,489 17-0 1 2 Hawai’i (11) 1,449 15-0 2 3 Colorado State 1,377 21-1 3 4 So. California 1,230 14-1 4 5 Arizona 1,224 15-2 6 6 Wisconsin 1,201 17-2 7 7 Minnesota 1,149 18-1 8 8 UCLA 1,052 12-5 10 9 Pepperdine 1,011 15-3 5 10 Florida 980 15-3 9 11 Ohio State 888 17-1 11 12 UC Santa Barbara 837 14-4 14 13 Penn State 788 16-4 12 14 Pacific 766 14-3 13 15 Santa Clara 662 17-1 16 16 Brigham Young 550 13-5 17 17 Stanford 513 11-6 21 18 Utah 452 15-3 15 19 Long Beach State 372 12-5 18 20 Michigan State 352 12-5 19 21 Notre Dame 337 14-4 20 22 Utah State 242 14-5 25 23 Loyola Marymount 208 14-5 23 24 Missouri 171 16-2 24 25 Texas A&M 93 11-5 22 Others receiving 30 or more points: None
Volleyball Magazine Top 20 Poll
Oct. 16, 2000/Poll #8 2000 Last Rk School Record Week 1 Hawai’i 15-0 2 2 Nebraska 17-0 3 3 Colorado State 21-1 4 4 Arizona 15-2 5 5 Southern California 14-1 1 6 Wisconsin 17-2 8 7 Minnesota 18-1 9 8 Ohio State 17-1 7 9 Penn State 16-4 10 10 Pacific 14-3 11 11 Florida 15-3 12 12 UCLA 12-5 13 13 UC Santa Barbara 13-4 15 14 Pepperdine 15-3 6 15 Stanford 11-6 19 16 Long Beach State 12-5 14 17 Santa Clara 17-1 17 18 Brigham Young 13-5 18 19 Utah 15-3 16 20 Kansas State 13-4 NR Others: Utah State, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Texas Tech, Loyola Marymount, North Carolina, Baylor, Michigan, Arizona State, Cal Poly
BIG TEN STANDINGS (as of Oct. 15) Conf. Pct. All Pct. 1 Minnesota 7-1 .875 18-1 .947 Ohio State 7-1 .875 17-1 .944 Wisconsin 7-1 .875 17-2 .895 4 Penn State 5-3 .625 16-4 .800 Michigan State 5-3 .625 12-5 .706 6 Iowa 4-4 .500 8-8 .500 7 Indiana 3-5 .375 12-6 .667 Michigan 3-5 .375 12-6 .667 9 Illinois 1-7 .125 10-9 .526 Purdue 1-7 .125 9-11 .450 Northwestern 1-7 .125 4-14 .222
UPCOMING SCHEDULE October 18 Indiana at Penn State 20 Penn State at Ohio State Iowa at Michigan Wisconsin at Purdue Minnesota at Michigan State Northwestern at Illinois 21 Indiana at Ohio State Minnesota at Michigan Wisconsin at Illinois Iowa at Michigan State Northwestern at Purdue
