BATON ROUGE – After claiming two top-five wins over the weekend in California, the LSU Beach Volleyball team rejoined both the AVCA and DiG Magazine top-five.
The Tigers came in at No. 4 in both polls announced Monday. This is the 27th consecutive week that LSU has been inside the AVCA top-10. After joining the top-five for the first time in program history following the first week of the season, the Tigers dropped to No. 6 in both polls
LSU vaulted to back into the top-five after it accumulated wins over No. 3 Pepperdine and No. 5 Hawaii over the weekend at Manhattan Beach. LSU dropped matches to No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 USC.
The Tigers will host Coastal Carolina Friday, March 15 at 7 p.m. under the lights for the first ever competition at LSU Beach Volleyball Stadium.
AVCA Poll – March 11, 2019
| Rank | School (First place votes) | 2019 Record | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA (27) | 14-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Southern California | 10-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Florida State | 11-4 | 4 |
| 4 | LSU | 8-4 | 6 |
| 5 | Pepperdine | 8-4 | 3 |
| 6 | Hawai’i | 4-4 | 5 |
| 7 | Cal Poly | 3-3 | 7 |
| 8 | Florida International | 5-4 | 9 |
| 9 | Long Beach State | 5-3 | 8 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 5-5 | 10 |
| 11 | California | 7-1 | 11 |
| 12 | Stetson | 5-3 | 15 |
| 13 | Loyola Marymount | 5-1 | 12 |
| 14 | Stanford | 3-6 | 13 |
| 15 | Arizona | 6-2 | 14 |
| 16 | Florida Atlantic | 6-2 | 16 |
| 17 | Grand Canyon | 8-2 | 17 |
| 18 | Georgia State | 8-4 | 18 |
| 19 | Saint Mary’s | 6-3 | 20 |
| 20 | TCU | 5-7 | 19 |