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Duck Volleyball Tabbed No. 23 in AVCA Poll #11

Oregon Ducks

(Eugene, Oregon) - The No. 23 University of Oregon volleyball team (17-8, 5-8) enjoyed its 57th straight week in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaches Top 25 Poll released Monday.

In the 11th edition of the season, No. 23 UO was one of seven Pac-10 teams sighted, and overall has been ranked between 11th and 23rd in 2010.

Compared to last week, No. 20 Arizona improved three positions; No. 2 Stanford (20-1) and No. 6 USC (20-3) improved one and two spots, respectively; No. 10 UCLA (17-7) and No. 11 Washington (17-5) remained the same; No. 4 California (21-2) and No. 23 Oregon (17-8) dropped two and three positions, respectively.

Among other poll notes, No. 1 Florida (22-1) remained atop the rankings for the fifth straight week. The former fourth-ranked team, No. 3 Hawai’i (23-1), improved a position, and No. 5 Nebraska (22-2) remained the same.

The Ducks have been ranked consecutively for more than three seasons, a stretch that has included 14 combined top-10 appearances in 2007, ’08 and ’09, and an all-time high position of sixth.

Before the arrival of sixth-year head coach Jim Moore, Oregon’s previous longest poll streak was a 28-week run from 1986-88 (with a previous program high of 11th three times in that span).

A complete listing of the Ducks' string of top-25 rankings under Moore follows: 2010: Preseason – 20th, 8/30 – 18th; 9/6 – 19th; 9/13 – 16th; 9/20 – 15th; 9/27 – 11th; 10/4 – 13th; 10/11 – 17th; 10/18 – 16th; 10/25 – 18th; 11/1 – 20th; 11/8 – 23rd. 2009: Preseason - 14th, 8/31 - 14th, 9/7 - 12th, 9/14 - 14th; 9/21 - 7th; 9/28 – 7th; 10/5 – 11th; 10/12 - 15th; 10/19 – 12th; 10/26 – 15th; 11/2 – 14th; 11/9 – 16th; 11/16 – 18th; 11/23 – 18th; 11/30 – 17th; 12/22 – 18th. 2008: Preseason - 11th; 9/2 - 13th; 9/9 - 12th; 9/17 - 12th; 9/24 - 11th; 9/30 - 11th; 10/6 - 7th; 10/13 - 6th; 10/20 - 7th; 10/27 - 7th; 11/3 - 8th; 11/10 - 8th; 11/17 - 8th; 11/24 - 8th; 12/1 - 7th; 12/23 - 9th. 2007: 9/18 24th; 9/25 21st; 10/1 – 19th; 10/8 – 19th; 10/15 – 19th; 10/22 – 19th; 10/29 - 19th; 11/5 – 20th; 11/12 - 14th; 11/19 - 13th; 11/26 - 13th; 12/3 - ninth; 12/10 - ninth.

Before that run, UO ranked 24th twice the season in 2006 – Moore’s second campaign in Eugene – in late October and early November.

More information on the AVCA and its polls is available at the www.AVCA.org website at the http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-one-women/polls URL address.

This weekend, No. 23 Oregon travels to Oregon State (8-19, 1-12) for its second Civil War test of the season after it won the first meeting, 3-0, in Eugene last month.

UO sports a 52-41-1 all-time series edge, thanks to an 8-3 mark under Moore that includes an 8-1 run the last five years. Oregon’s only losses under his direction came in Corvallis last year, 3-2, and in his first season 2005 when OSU won 3-2 and 3-0.

Last weekend, the Ducks split in the desert with a 3-2 win at ASU and 3-0 loss at then-No. 23 Arizona; while OSU dropped both matches via a sweep at ASU and 3-1 decision at then-No. 23 UA.

Among the Ducks’ highlights in Tempe, senior outside hitter Heather Meyers posted her second +20-kill effort of 2010 with her 24 kills – one off her career high – and hit +.300 (.370) for the 12th time this campaign. Sophomore outside hitter Katherine Fischer posted similar numbers (career-high 24 kills, .297), and her 13 digs rounded out her 11th double-double of the season – third-most in the Pac-10.

Freshman setter Lauren Plum registered a career high 65 assists – third-best in the Pac-10 this season - and added 10 digs for her sixth career double-double. Sophomore outside hitter Jocelyn Levig’s five blocks was her seventh tally this year of five or more - one more than the rest of the team combined. Sophomore libero Haley Jacob’s 23 digs were one off her career high.

Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Alaina Bergsma added double-digit kill totals vs. both ASU (14) and UA (11), and has 15 double-digit kill figures this campaign.


AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll #11 (11/8) Rk School (1st Place Vts) Points W-L Prev
1 Florida (48) 1483 22-1 1
*2 Stanford (9) 1431 20-1 3
3 Hawai’i (1) 1349 23-1 4
*4 California (1) 1312 21-2 2
5 Nebraska (1) 1276 22-2 5
*6 USC 1197 20-3 7
7 Texas 1100 17-5 8
8 Penn State 1090 21-4 9
9 Illinois 1031 20-4 6
*10 UCLA 923 17-7 10
*11 Washington 896 17-5 11
12 Northern Iowa 795 25-2 13
13 Colorado State 763 21-2 14
14 Iowa State 645 17-6 12
15 LSU 623 21-2 16
16 Michigan 606 21-5 15
17 Dayton 544 22-3 17
18 San Diego 524 20-4 18
19 Cincinnati 348 24-4 21
*20 Arizona 288 18-7 23
21 Tennessee 279 21-5 22
22 Minnesota 240 18-8 19
^23 Oregon 192 17-8 20
24 Northwestern 159 17-8 24
25 Tulsa 115 25-2 25

Others Receiving Votes (and appearing on two or more ballots): Duke 55; Long Beach State 47; Cal State Fullerton 40; St. Mary's (Calif.) 34; Indiana 20; Ohio State 18; Purdue 16; Missouri 12; Pepperdine 9; Cal Poly 7; North Carolina 7; Louisville 6; Oklahoma 4; Wichita State 4
Dropped Out: None

Source: University of Oregon Athletics




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