Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech Volleyball Earns No. 24 Ranking
June 21, 1999 | Women's Volleyball
November 3, 1998
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech volleyball team was ranked No. 24 in the AVCA/USA Today coaches poll, released earlier today. Texas Tech earned 106 votes from coaches around the nation and appeared on the poll after not being ranked in last weeks poll. The Red Raiders defeated No. 19 Texas A&M 3-1 before a Fox Sports Net national television audience to help their cause.
The No. 24 ranking was Texas Techs highest of the season. The Red Raiders were last ranked No. 25 on September 22, 1998 when the team received 58 points.
Texas Tech returns home to host Oklahoma on Friday (7 p.m.) and Kansas on Saturday (7 p.m.). Both matches will be held in Lubbocks Municipal Coliseum.
USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll (Poll No. 9- November 2, 1998 (poll released on Tuesdays) Rnk School Points Record Prev.
1. Long Beach State (35) 1475 22-0 1
2. Penn State (24) 1459 22-0 2
3. Nebraska (1) 1381 21-0 3
4. BYU 1316 21-1 4
5. Stanford 1263 19-2 5
6. Florida 1178 22-2 6
7. UC-Santa Barbara 1129 22-3 7
8. Wisconsin 1066 20-3 8
9. Hawai'i 1026 18-2 9
10. Pacific 958 19-4 10
11. Southern California 891 15-4 11
12. Texas 869 17-3 13
13. Colorado 792 17-2 13
14. Arkansas 724 19-3 14
15. Illinois 641 16-6 17
16. Michigan State 581 16-4 18
17. San Diego 492 18-3 20
18. Arizona 469 18-4 16
19. Loyola Marymount 444 15-6 15
20. UCLA 234 9-10 23
21. Kansas State 205 14-7 21
22. Texas A&M 202 12-8 19
23. Minnesota 136 15-8 25
24. TEXAS TECH 106 17-8 N/R
25. Louisville 100 18-4 22
Others receiving points: Northern Iowa (79), Colorado State (38), North Carolina (31), Miami, Ohio (25), Florida State (21), Santa Clara (21), Ohio State (13), Oral Roberts (11), Fairfield (11), Sacramento State (9), Northern Illinois (7), Georgetown (7), Arizona State (6), Western Michigan (4), San Jose State (4), South Carolina (2), Auburn (2), Eastern Washington (2), Nevada (1), Indiana (1), Rice (1), South Florida (1).
