BATON ROUGE – The LSU Beach Volleyball team (6-2) remained in the AVCA Top-10 for the 26th consecutive week after it went 2-2 over the weekend in the Beach Burrow Bash at FAU.
LSU dropped from No. 4 in the AVCA and DiG Magazine rankings to No. 6 in both polls.
The Tigers defeated No. 18 FAU over the weekend, 3-2, along with UAB, 4-1.
The two losses over the weekend were to No. 5 Florida State and No. 10 South Carolina, two teams that LSU defeated the prior weekend when it went 4-0, defeating four Top-20 teams including three in the Top-10, and vaulted into the Top-5 for the first time in program history.
LSU will have a chance to climb back up again this weekend though when it travels to Manhattan Beach, Calif. to face four of the top five teams in the nation in No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 USC, No. 3 Pepperdine and No. 5 Hawaii. Last year at the same event, LSU became just the sixth team all-time to notch at least one victory against USC.
AVCA Poll
Rank | School | 2019 Record | Previous Rank |
---|---|---|---|
1 | UCLA (32) | 9-0 | 1 |
2 | Southern California (1) | 4-1 | 2 |
3 | Pepperdine | 6-1 | 3 |
4 | Florida State | 8-1 | 5 |
5 | Hawai’i | 2-2 | 6 |
6 | LSU | 6-2 | 4 |
7 | Cal Poly | 3-3 | 7 |
8 | Long Beach State | 3-1 | 8 |
9 | Florida International | 4-0 | 9 |
10 | South Carolina | 3-5 | 10 |
11 | California | 4-1 | 11 |
12 | Loyola Marymount | 5-1 | 13 |
13 | Stanford | 2-5 | 12 |
14 | Arizona | 4-2 | 14 |
15 | Stetson | 3-1 | 15 |
16 | Florida Atlantic | 6-2 | 18 |
17 | Grand Canyon | 5-2 | 19 |
18 | Georgia State | 4-4 | 16 |
19 | TCU | 5-3 | NR |
20 | Saint Mary’s | 2-3 | 20 |