With one week left before the NCAA Championship selections are made, there were no changes to the Top 11 spots in the AVCA Top 20 Beach poll.
UCLA (31-3), which has won 26 straight matches dating to March 8, played just one match this week, besting No. 6 Long Beach State 4-1. The Bruins are slated to play in the Pac-12 Championships alongside No. 5 USC among others this weekend in Palo Alto, California.
No. 2 Pepperdine sewed up the West Coast Conference Championship title with a victory over Pacific and then two against No. 20 Saint Mary’s. The Waves are now 15-0 in WCC Tournament action over the past three seasons.
No. 3 Hawaii, No. 4 Cal Poly and No. 6 Long Beach State will facce off in the Big West Championships this weekend in Honolulu.
Meanwhile No. 7 Florida State secured the CCSA Tournament title with a 6-0 effort over the weekend, including a pair of wins over No. 8 LSU and one each over No. 10 Florida International and No. 11 George State.
Stanford and Cal switched spots after the Bears posted a 3-2 Senior Day win over the Cardinal, avenging a 3-2 loss from the previous weekend’s Pac-12 North Tournament. Cal moves up to No. 12, while Stanford drops a spot to No. 13.
Stetson moved up a spot after winning the ASUN title, dropping just one of its 12 court pairings.
Florida Atlantic was the biggest mover of the week, dropping from 18 to 20 after going 1-3 at the CCSA Tournament.
AVCA Beach Top 20 – April 23, 2018
| Rank | School | 2018 Record | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | 31-3 | 1 |
| 2 | Pepperdine | 24-3 | 2 |
| 3 | Hawai’i | 32-3 | 3 |
| 4 | Cal Poly | 25-5 | 4 |
| 5 | Southern California | 22-10 | 5 |
| 6 | Long Beach State | 23-6 | 6 |
| 7 | Florida State | 30-6 | 7 |
| 8 | LSU | 26-12 | 8 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 24-7 | 9 |
| 10 | Florida International | 23-10 | 10 |
| 11 | Georgia State | 24-12 | 11 |
| 12 | California | 21-6 | 13 |
| 13 | Stanford | 16-11 | 12 |
| 14 | Arizona | 19-10 | 14 |
| 15 | Loyola Marymount | 22-14 | 15 |
| 16 | Stetson | 30-8 | 17 |
| 17 | Grand Canyon | 13-16 | 16 |
| 18 | Tulane | 23-14 | 19 |
| 19 | Saint Mary’s | 16-12 | 20 |
| 20 | Florida Atlantic | 18-15 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Washington, TCU, College of Charleston, Arizona State, North Florida, UAB
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