Oct. 19, 1999

Chapel Hill, N.C. - The North Carolina volleyball team is ranked no. 25 in the latest USA/Today AVCA Coaches Poll. The Tar Heels crack the Top 25 for the first time this season after completing the week with road wins over N.C. State, Florida State and Jacksonville University and increasing their overall record to 17-3. Carolina is also on a 15-match winning streak, the longest in school history and is undefeated in the ACC at 8-0, which is best ACC start in school history.

UNC will return home to Carmichael Auditorium for a rematch with No. 14 Clemson on Friday at 7:00 p.m. The Tar Heels earned a 3-1 (6-15, 15-9, 15-10, 15-5) victory over the Tigers in Clemson on October 9th.

Rank	Team			Votes	Record	Previous
1	Penn State (43)	  	1480	18-1	1			
2 	Hawai'i (17)		1455	16-0	2
3	Pacific			1374	17-1	3
4	Florida			1293	17-2	4
5	Long Beach State	1266	15-2	5
6	UCLA			1212	17-1	6
7	Stanford		1126	13-2	7
8	BYU			1069	13-2	8
9	UC Santa Barbara	993	15-3	9
10	Texas			915	13-3	10
11	Pepperdine		914	14-2	11
12	Kansas State		854	14-2	13
13	Nebraska		839	14-4	12
14	Clemson			660	18-1    15
15	Colorado State		588	17-1	14
16	Texas A&M		569	14-4	16
17	USC			524	11-5	17
18	Arizona			475	12-5	18
19	Northern Iowa		425	19-0	19
20	Illinois		313	11-3	23
21	Colorado		292	11-6	20
22	Arkansas		255	16-4	21
23	Minnesota		203	16-4	22
24	Univ. of San Diego	149	14-3	25
25	NORTH CAROLINA		109	17-3    NR
Others receiving 30 or more points: San Jose State (54)