No. 10 Volleyball Hosts Iowa Friday and Minnesota Sunday – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/8/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 8, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio – %^$The Ohio State (13-1 overall, 5-1, second place) women’s volleyball squad returns home for Big Ten Conference matches against Iowa and Minnesota. The Buckeyes, ranked 10th in the USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaches Poll, will face Iowa (2-10, 0-6, 11th) at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12 and host 20th-ranked Minnesota (10-4, 4-2, 3-way tie for third) at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 14. The match with the Gophers had been scheduled for Saturday night, but the 3:30 p.m. starting time for the Ohio State-Wisconsin football game and with the volleyball match being delayed cablecast by Fox Sports-Chicago, the match was moved to Sunday.%^$
%^$OSU NOW 10TH IN NATIONAL POLL%^$
%^$In the USA TodayAVCA Coaches Poll released Monday, Ohio State moved up one spot to 10. This marks the highest ranking for the Buckeyes this season after starting out as 15th in the preseason poll.%^$
%^$USA Today/AVCA Coaches Poll%^$
%^$Poll #6 – Oct. 8, 2001%^$ Rk School Total 2001 Last%^$ (First-Place Votes) Points Record Poll%^$ 1 Long Beach St. (55) 1615 11-0 1%^$ 2 Nebraska (10) 1567 13-1 2%^$ 3 Southern California 1467 10-1 3%^$ 4 Stanford 1442 13-1 4%^$ 5 UCLA 1345 9-2 5%^$ 6 Wisconsin 1303 12-2 6%^$ 7 Arizona 1186 8-3 7%^$ 8 Colorado State 1155 12-0 9%^$ 9 Florida 1141 10-1 8%^$ 10 Ohio State 988 13-1 11%^$ 11 Penn State 984 10-3 10%^$ 12 Pacific 924 13-3 12%^$ 13 Hawaii 854 10-4 13%^$ 14 Brigham Young 765 10-2 14%^$ 15 Pepperdine 751 8-2 15%^$ 16 Northern Iowa 633 15-0 18%^$ 17 Texas A&M 542 11-2 16%^$ 18 Utah 413 9-4 19%^$ 19 South Carolina 401 10-2 17%^$ 20 Minnesota 344 10-4 21%^$ 21 Notre Dame 313 10-3 22%^$ 22 Louisville 289 11-1 23%^$ 23 Colorado 179 9-4 NR%^$ 24 UC Santa Barbara 152 6-7 20%^$ 25 Santa Clara 126 10-5 24%^$
%^$Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Nevada (69), Kansas State (46), North Carolina (44), Texas (43), San Diego (26), Michigan State (11). Six teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of seven combined points.
