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Iowa State Volleyball Opens Season Ranked No. 33
08.14.2007 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa ?
The Iowa State volleyball team will open the 2007 season ranked No. 33 in the preseason CSTV/AVCA Division I Coaches Poll, released Tuesday by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
The Cyclones, who finished 21-11 overall last year and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, received 39 votes. Five teams ranked in the top 25 are on the Cyclones' schedule, including top-ranked Nebraska and No. 4 Texas. The Cyclones will face both the Huskers and Longhorns twice in the regular season.
Iowa State returns three starters from last year's squad including AVCA Honorable Mention All-American Erin Boeve. Boeve and Kaylee Manns were recently voted to the preseason all-Big 12 team for the Cyclones, who were picked sixth in the league's preseason poll. Right side hitter Lauren Cummings and defensive specialist Laura Cady split time starting last season for the Cyclones and return for their senior campaigns.
The Cyclones will open their season on Sunday, Aug. 26, when they face Middle Tennessee at Hilton Coliseum. The Blue Raiders are ranked 44th in the preseason poll.
CSTV/AVCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Preseason Poll
2. Stanford (7)
3. Penn State
4. Texas
5. UCLA
6. Southern California
7. Florida
8. Washington
9. Minnesota
10. Hawai'i
11. Wisconsin
12. California
13. Purdue
14. Cal Poly
15. San Diego
16. Ohio State
17. BYU
18. Duke
19. Long Beach State
20. Missouri
21. Utah
22. Oklahoma
23. LSU
24. Santa Clara
25. Ohio
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Louisville 157, Pepperdine 126, New Mexico State 104, Notre Dame 86, Colorado State 76, Colorado 63, Arizona 44, Iowa State 39, Michigan 31, Northern Iowa 29, Texas A&M 29, Kentucky 24, St. John's 24, Alabama 22, Michigan State 22, UC Santa Barbara 12, Wichita State 11, Tennessee 10, Middle Tennessee 9, Sacramento State 5, Georgia Tech 3, Oregon 3.
*Iowa State opponents in italics.
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