Long Beach State Back On Top, Grand Canyon Enters Top-15

  0 Carly DeMarque | April 03rd, 2017 | College - Men's Indoor, Conference Carolinas, EIVA, Independents, MIVA, MPSF, News, Rankings

Long Beach State makes their way back to #1 in this week’s poll after a three set sweep over Concordia. Former #1 Ohio State falls to #2 this week after dropping a match to now #12 Penn State. It is the second loss for the Buckeyes this season.

The 49ers earned 22 of the first place votes this week, with Ohio State and #3 BYU each receiving one vote.

The remainder of the top-10 teams stay the same in this week’s poll with the next change coming for Penn State who jumped one spot to #12 with their win over Ohio State. Despite two wins this week, with the huge upset, Ball State fell back to #13.

Joining the top-15 for the first time this season is Grand Canyon, knocking off UC Santa Barbara. The Lopes captured a 3-1 victory over #10 Loyola-Chicago before falling to them the following day in straight sets.

UC Santa Barbara received 10 points while George Mason claimed four votes in this week’s poll.

RANK SCHOOL POINTS RECORD PREVIOUS
1 Long Beach State (22) 358 25-3 2
2 Ohio State (1) 327 25-2 1
3 BYU (1) 322 21-3 3
4 Hawai’i 283 22-4 4
5 UC Irvine 270 17-6 5
6 UCLA 237 17-7 6
7 Lewis 213 20-6 7
8 Pepperdine 190 9-10 8
9 Stanford 168 12-11 9
10 Loyola-Chicago 120 15-10 10
11 Southern California 116 12-13 11
12 Penn State 108 16-9 13
13 Ball State 83 17-8 12
14 CSUN 45 12-14 14
15 Grand Canyon 25 16-10 NR

Others receiving votes: UC Santa Barbara 10; George Mason 4

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Carly DeMarque

Carly DeMarque has been involved with competitive volleyball for the majority of her life, playing competitively at the club and collegiate level for 15 years and coaching club for five. Now a retired Division I volleyball athlete out of McNeese State University, she continues her volleyball enthusiasm by stepping back into …

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