In light of the Sept. 11 national tragedy, Conference USA had a limited sports schedule from Sept. 11-16. Therefore, there will not be a Player of the Week honoree for the period ending Sept. 16.

NATIONAL POLLS

Here is a look at the Sept. 17 AVCA/USA Today Poll.
1. Nebraska
2. Long Beach State
3. Arizona
4. Stanford
5. USC
6. Penn State
7. Pacific
8. UCLA
9. Wisconsin
10. Florida
11. Colorado
12. Hawaii
13. Pepperdine
13. BYU
15. Ohio State
16. Texas A
17. Minnesota
18. UC Santa Barbara
19. South Carolina
20. Santa Clara
21. Utah
22. Kansas State
23. Notre Dame
24. Northern Iowa
25 Texas

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Louisville (111), Colorado (83). Michigan State (56), Baylor (18), Missouri (13), Washington State (12).

IMPRESSIVE SHOWINGS

Several Conference USA teams turned in strong performances during the second week of the regular season.

Louisville upset No. 19 Utah, 3-0 in the Arizona Wildcat Classic in Tucson. Charlotte won the War Eagle Invitational in Auburn, Ala., as KATHLEEN RAMOS had a career-high and school record 31 kills against the host Tigers. DePaul and Memphis remain C-USA's only unbeaten teams, as each won its second straight tournament title. DePaul swept the Powerade Panther Invitational, while Memphis captured the Kent State Tournament title. This is the Tigers' best start since 1997.

Marquette's MEHGAN DEVINE hit .531 on the week to lead the Golden Eagles to first place in the Marquette Challenge, and UAB took home the Hurricane Invitational crown in Miami, Fla.

GAME REC0RDS<

School 3 4 5 Total
Charlotte 1-1 3-1 1-0 5-2
Cincinnati 1-2 1-0 0-1 2-3
DePaul 3-0 3-0 1-0 7-0
East Carolina 0-5 0-1 1-0 1-6
Houston 0-2 1-2 2-0 3-4
Louisville 3-1 1-0 0-0 4-1
Marquette 5-0 0-1 0-1 5-2
Memphis 5-0 1-0 1-0 7-0
Saint Louis 2-2 0-2 0-1 2-5
South Florida 4-3 0-0 0-0 4-3
Southern Miss 2-1 2-1 1-1 5-3
TCU 0-5 0-1 1-0 1-6
Tulane 3-2 2-1 0-1 5-4
UAB 1-0 3-1 2-0 6-1

AGAINST CONFERENCES

America East 1-1
ACC 0-2
Atlantic Sun 4-0
Atlantic 10 1-1
Big East 3-2
Big Sky 1-1
Big South 2-0
Big Ten 0-4
Big 12 0-5
Big West 0-1
CAA 0-1
Horizon League 5-1
Independent 2-1
Ivy 1-0
Mid-American 4-2
Mid-Continent 2-0
Mid-Eastern 0-0
Missouri Valley 4-1
Mountain West 3-1
Northeast 3-0
Ohio Valley 7-1
Pac-10 0-4
Southeastern 2-5
Southern 0-0
Southland 3-1
SWAC 2-0
Sun Belt 2-3
WAC 2-1
WCC 2-1
Non Division I 0-0
TOTAL 56-39 (.589)

COACHES RECORDS
Coach School Career
Lisa Marston, CHA 19-20 104-99
Reed Sunahara, CIN 26-13 45-53
Dawn Dockstader, DPU 67-69 67-69
Colleen Farrell, ECU 18-19 18-19
Bill Walton, HOU 323-180 533-235
Leonid Yelin, LOU 120-43 234-79
Laura Farina, MAR 32-38 32-38
Carrie Yerty, MEM 74-99 74-99
Marilyn Nolen, SLU 149-100 768-317-12
Nancy Mueller, USF 47-27 47-27
Santiago Restrepo, USM 5-3 80-35
Sandy Troudt, TCU 51-114 245-275
Betsy Becker, TUL 35-38 113-96
Melinda Claiborne, UAB 12-25 12-25

C-USA NOTEBOOK

CHARLOTTE: Charlotte won the War Eagle Invitational at Auburn, going undefeated for the week with wins over Jacksonville, Syracuse and Auburn. KATHLEEN RAMOS, COURTNEY BURG and ASHLEY FERRIS were all named to the all-tournament squad. They are the second straight all-tourney nods for Ramos and Burg. Ramos' 31 kills against Auburn on Sunday is a career-best and a school record for a four-game match. Charlotte takes on Charleston Southern on Tuesday, before opening C-USA play against Cincinnati this Saturday.

CINCINNATI: Cincinnati lost three matches at the Aston Imua Classic in Honolulu. The Bearcats lost to No. 6 USC and No. 10 Hawaii. Junior TRISH LADUSAW is now third on the Cincinnati career digs list with 1,156. BECKY STAHL was named to the all-tournament team. The freshman from Austin, Texas amassed 36 kills and a .218 hitting percentage

DE PAUL: DePaul posted its best start ever after defeating Illinois-Chicago, 4-1, last Thursday and improving to 7-0. Junior KATE ENGEL led the Blue Demon offense, notching 18 kills and recording a .395 hitting percentage. For the season, STEPHANIE BISHOP leads the team in kills, tallying 105 kills and an average of 4.04 per game. DePaul plays host to UW-Green Bay on Tuesday, before beginning conference play against Marquette on Saturday.

EAST CAROLINA: East Carolina fell to Duke, 3-0, on Sunday. Senior AMANDA RUDOLPH recorded 17 kills on a .469 attack percentage and garnered 10 digs to post her third consecutive double-double game of the season. Senior LISA DONOVAN contributed 23 assists, while junior ROBYN DREWES added 11 kills in the effort.

HOUSTON: After dropping matches to nationally-ranked Kansas State (No. 22) and Washington State (No. 26) at the K-State Wildcat Classic, Houston defeated SEC power Arkansas for third place. It was UH's second-straight win over the Razorbacks dating back to last season. In addition to all-tournament selection JENNIFER WITTENBURG, the Cougars got solid performances from juniors JENNY TANNEBERGER and JANE ANNE KARASEK. Karasek averaged 3.58 kills and 2.29 defensive digs per game while Tannenberger averaged 3.08 kills and 1.08 blocks per game

LOUISVILLE: Louisville upset No. 19 Utah, 3-0 but lost to No. 5 Arizona, 3-0 in Tucson. SONJA PERCAN was named to the all-tournament team after recording 27 kills, six digs and two blocks on the weekend. Louisville hosts Tennessee on Tuesday.

MARQUETTE: MEHGAN DEVINE hit .531 to earn MVP honors and lead MU to its own Marquette Challenge title. Devine is now eighth on the school's all-time list with 821 career kills. As a team, the Golden Eagles hit .374 in the three matches. Marquette also dished out 18 service aces in the final match against Central Michigan. The Golden Eagles return to action on Tuesday when they play at Illinois State. The match was arranged over the weekend and followed the cancellation of matches last week.

MEMPHIS: With its second straight tournament title (Kent State Tournament), Memphis is now 7-0 for the first time since 1997. This is also the first time since 1997 that the Tigers have won two regular season tournaments in the same year. AMIE HAMILTON is fourth in school history with 165 service aces, sixth with 1,162 digs and eighth with 1,398 assists.

SAINT LOUIS: Saint Louis competed at the Wisconsin Invitational. Wisconsin, ranked No. 3, was the highest-ranked team the Billikens have ever played in volleyball. COLLEEN HUNTER had a streak of 28 straight matches in double-digit kills end against Northern Iowa. Her last match without at least 10 kills was on Sept. 9, 2000, against Sacramento State.

SOUTH FLORIDA: South Florida competed at the Loyola-Chicago Invitational last week. MICHELLE COLLIER had 28 kills and hit .429 against the host Ramblers. The preseason league Player of the Year was named to the all-tournament team for her efforts.

SOUTHERN MISS: Southern Miss defeated Tennessee-Martin and Samford but lost to Ole Miss and Arkansas State at the Magnolia Invitational in Oxford, Miss. BRYAN OLSSON had 25 digs against the Rebels, while freshman LISA DOWNEY had nine service aces on the week. The loss to Ole Miss snapped USM's four-match winning streak.

TCU: TCU posted its first win of the season with a 3-2 victory over Indiana State at the Mizuno Holiday Inn Classic. ALLISON LYNCH had her first career double-double (18 kills, 11 digs) against the Sycamores. Lynch also had 10 kills and four digs in a loss to Denver.

TULANE: Tulane went 4-1 last week, including 3-1 at its own Kathy Trosclair Invitational. BRITNEY HURST had 17 kills and 15 digs at Jackson State and 11 kills and 14 digs at San Diego State. This is the second straight week that Hurst has earned all-tournament honors.

UAB: UAB has won five straight matches after capturing the Hurricane Invitational championship in Miami, Fla. KRISTI LEE, SHELLY GREENE and KAREN BOYD were each named to the all-tournament team. Lee led the Blazers in kills in two of the three matches and recorded double-digit kill performances in all three matches. UAB meets cross town rival Samford Tuesday and the Blazers own a 21-0 series record against the Bulldogs.