Oct. 8, 2002
With an 18-3 record and a 3-1 record in Atlantic Coast Conference play, the Georgia Tech volleyball team is ranked No. 21 in the most recent USA Today/AVCA Coaches Poll.
“We are pleased that we continue to climb the poll but we still have a lot of work to do,” said head coach Bond Shymansky, who in his first year as head coach has defeated three nationally ranked teams. “One of the things that we told our team at the beginning of the season was if we take care of what we need to do on our side of the court everyday in practice, then good things will happen and this is one of those things.”
The Jackets, who have dropped only one match to No. 11 North Carolina over the past three weeks, have obtained their highest ranking since appearing as No. 25 in the 2001 preseason poll. Tech’s highest ranking was in 1996 when the Jackets were ranked No. 16.
Georgia Tech, which stands in second in the ACC standings, travels to take on Clemson Friday in Jervey Gym at 7 p.m.
USA TODAY/AVCA DIVISION I COACHES TOP 25Poll #6, October 7, 2002Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points 2002 Record Last Week1 USC (59) 1619 12-0 12 Hawai'i (6) 1547 12-0 23 Florida 1469 14-1 34 Stanford 1430 13-2 45 Nebraska 1400 13-1 56 Minnesota 1265 17-2 67 UC Santa Barbara 1257 15-0 78 Long Beach State 1161 13-1 89 Penn State 1112 14-1 910 Northern Iowa 989 15-2 1011 North Carolina 972 15-1 1112 Pepperdine 829 9-5 1213 UCLA 756 10-6 1314 Santa Clara 725 13-2 1515 Wisconsin 661 11-4 1416 Washington State 651 13-2 1917 Eastern Washington 615 17-0 1818 Michigan State 459 11-3 2219 Utah 386 13-4 2020 Arizona 336 7-6 1721 Georgia Tech 259 18-3 2322 Arizona State 212 7-3 2423 Missouri 192 14-2 2124 Ohio State 187 6-7 1625 Texas A&M 158 11-4 25
Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: South Carolina (136), Pacific (61) San Diego (60), Texas (52), California (46), Illinois (24), Louisville (21), Fresno State (18), Notre Dame (17), Kansas (8), Michigan (2).
Nine teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 33 combined points
