March 21, 2017
AVCA Release
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State enters week 11 remaining the No. 13 team in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association DI-II (AVCA) poll.
Penn State (13-7, 6-2) is coming off a 3-1 win over MPSF member Cal-Baptist this past Friday night in Rec Hall.
Long Beach State remained the number one team in the nation receiving 13 of 24 first-place votes with a record of 21-2, followed by Ohio State at No. 2 (21-1), BYU at No. 3 (19-3), Hawai'i at No. 4 (20-4) and UC-Irvine (15-6) rounding out the top-five.
Penn State travels to the state of Illinois for a matchup against Lewis Friday Mar. 24 at 7 p.m. ET, followed by a Saturday night match against Loyola Mar. 25 at 7 p.m. ET.
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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points Adjusted | 2017 Record | Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Beach State (13) | 349 | 21-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Ohio State (11) | 345 | 21-1 | 2 |
| 3 | BYU | 312 | 19-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Hawai'i | 284 | 20-4 | 4 |
| 5 | UC Irvine | 269 | 15-6 | 5 |
| 6 | UCLA | 237 | 15-7 | 6 |
| 7 | Lewis | 211 | 17-6 | 7 |
| 8 | Pepperdine | 182 | 8-9 | 9 |
| 9 | Stanford | 165 | 11-10 | 8 |
| 10 | Loyola-Chicago | 149 | 12-8 | 10 |
| 11 | Ball State | 114 | 15-6 | 11 |
| 12 | Southern California | 98 | 10-12 | 12 |
| 13 | Penn State | 76 | 13-7 | 13 |
| 14 | CSUN | 53 | 12-12 | 14 |
| 15 | UC Santa Barbara | 22 | 10-12 | 15 |