Tigers Jump into AVCA Top 25
10/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 9, 2000
Columbia, Mo. - The University of Missouri volleyball team cracked the USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 poll on Monday for the first time in 18 years. The No. 24 Tigers are now 14-2 on the year and 5-2 in the Big 12 Conference. The Tigers are one of three teams from the Big 12 to be ranked including Texas A&M and No. 1 Nebraska.
"This is a big step for our program," said first year MU head coach Susan Kreklow. "It's an honor to be recognized by your peers as a Top 25 team in the nation."
A Mizzou squad had not been ranked in the AVCA poll since Nov. 1, 1982, when that team was No. 20. The highest rank a Tiger team has reached was the No. 18 slot on Oct. 18, 1982, but Kreklow said that there is still plenty of work to be done by the Tigers.
"We really don't discuss the rankings that much," Kreklow said. "We want to continue to concentrate on preparation and improvement each day in practice."
The 14-2 Tigers begin this week's schedule at home as they take on vaunted rival Kansas on Wed., Oct. 11 at 7:00 p.m., in the Hearnes Center before traveling to Oklahoma to take on the Sooners on Sat., Oct. 14.
