Oct. 12, 1999

CLEMSON, S.C.-The Clemson volleyball team is ranked 15th nationally according to the AVCA Division I Coaches Poll released this week, dropping two spots from last week's 13th-place ranking. The Tigers received 596 points in the poll. Last week Clemson defeated NC State and Florida State before being defeated by North Carolina for its first loss of the season.

"We were disappointed to lose to North Carolina at home, but North Carolina really played well," said Clemson head coach Jolene Jordan Hoover, now in her seventh season with the Tigers. "We have a big weekend ahead with Maryland and Virginia on the road."

Clemson (16-1, 5-1 ACC) will travel to Maryland Friday at 7 p.m. and will play at Virginia on Saturday at 7 p.m.

The complete AVCA Division I Coaches Poll is as follows:

Rank Team          (1st-place)  Points  Record  Last Week
1    Penn State    (41)         1478    16-1    1
2    Hawai'i       (19)         1457    15-0    2
3    Pacific                    1372    15-1    3
4    Florida                    1294    15-2    4
5    Long Beach State           1276    13-2    5
6    UCLA                       1204    14-1    9
7    Stanford                   1067    12-2    6
8    BYU                        1026    12-2    10
9    UC Santa Barbara            975    13-3    7
10   Texas                       914    11-3    8
11   Pepperdine                  907    12-2    11
12   Nebraska                    851    12-4    12
13   Kansas State                849    12-2    16
14   Colorado State              762    16-0    15
15   CLEMSON                     596    16-1    13
16   Texas A&M                   554    13-3    14
17   USC                         515     9-4    17
18   Arizona                     488    11-4    18-tie
19   Northern Iowa               324    18-0    22
20   Colorado                    323    10-5    20
21   Arkansas                    246    14-4    21
22   Minnesota                   215    15-3    NR
23   Illinois                    173     9-3    NR
24   Wisconsin                   166    11-5    18-tie
25   San Diego                   163    12-3    24

Others receiving 30 or more points: North Carolina (134), Loyola Marymount(38), San Jose State (37), Michigan (30).