BATON ROUGE — Despite splitting a pair of Southeastern Conference matches last weekend, the LSU volleyball team remained at No. 11 in the AVCA/CSTV Coaches poll, it was announced on Monday.
The Tigers began the weekend with a tough 3-1 loss to No. 7 Florida at home, but rebounded to outlast Auburn, 3-2, to close out the week. LSU is now 21-4 overall and 13-3 in Southeastern Conference play, putting it three games ahead of Alabama in the Western Division and two back of Florida overall.
The Tigers began the season receiving votes in the AVCA/CSTV poll, with LSU coming in at No. 30 among the preseason vote getters. The Tigers then jumped to No. 22 in the first regular season poll and moved steadily up the polls to No. 10 until a loss at Alabama on Oct. 8 dropped them down. LSU had moved up the polls since that point to reach No. 10 again until falling back to No. 11 last week.
The Tigers join Florida as the two Southeastern Conference teams in the AVCA/CSTV poll. Florida leads the way at No. 7, while Alabama is among the other teams receiving votes at No. 33.
LSU will close out the regular season home schedule this week. The Fighting Tigers will host Arkansas, which is currently in third in the SEC West, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and the Crimson Tide, which sits behind the Tigers in second in the West, on Friday at 7 p.m. for Senior Night.
Pom-poms will be available as local cheer teams get in free with “Advocate” tickets for the Arkansas match as part of “Pep Rally at the PMAC.” Against the Alabama there will be an autographed senior jersey giveaway to help send out the four magnificent seniors in style
AVCA/CSTV Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll
Rank, School (First-Place Votes), Total Points, 2006 Record, Last Week
1. Nebraska (60), 1500, 22-0, 1
2. Stanford, 1427, 20-2, 2
3. Penn State, 1366, 24-1, 3
4. Washington, 1327, 21-3, 4
5. UCLA, 1262, 24-2, 5
6. Southern California, 1185, 21-3, 6
7. Florida, 1156, 22-2, 7
8. Texas, 1063, 17-5, 8
9. Utah, 1000, 22-2, 9
10. Wisconsin, 973, 19-5, 10
11. LSU, 806, 21-4, 11
12. California, 789, 17-6, 13
13. Minnesota, 735, 17-7, 12
14. Hawai’i, 682, 19-5, 16
15. Oklahoma, 621, 20-5, 17
16. Purdue, 576, 19-6, 14
17. Cal Poly, 514, 19-5, 19
18. San Diego, 487, 20-5, 15
19. Ohio, 404, 22-3, 22
20. New Mexico State, 380, 28-1, 23
21. BYU, 288, 20-4, 18
22. Santa Clara, 212, 17-6, 20
23. Ohio State, 203, 17-7, 25
24. Oregon, 201, 17-5, 24
25. Missouri, 99, 15-9, 21
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: St John’s 74; Pepperdine 67; Duke 22; Iowa State 20; Long Beach State 19; Louisville 10; Sacramento State 7; Alabama 5; San Francisco 5; Bowling Green 4; Michigan 3.