Dec. 4, 2007

QUEENS, N.Y. - The St. John's volleyball team (33-3) leapt five spots to No. 13 in the latest CSTV/AVCA Top 25 Coaches' Poll, released on Monday. The ranking is the highest the Red Storm has earned in the program's 14-year existence, and marks the 14th straight week that the team has appeared in the national poll.

The ranking came on the heels of the Red Storm's first and second round victories in the 2007 NCAA Tournament over LIU (3-0) and Delaware (3-1). With the wins, St. John's advanced to the program's first ever NCAA regional semifinal.

The Red Storm will take to the court on Friday, Dec. 7, at 4:30 p.m. against the No. 5 Trojans of USC in the regional semifinals. The match will take place at the Stephen C. O'Conell Center on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. The winner of that match will go on to play the winner of the matchup between No. 7 Florida and No. 3 Texas in the regional final match-up on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 4 p.m.

CSTV/AVCA Top 25 Poll
Dec. 3, 2007

1. Penn State
2. Nebraska
3. Texas
4. Stanford
5. Southern California
6. California
7. Florida
8. UCLA
9. Oregon
10. Washington
11. Cal Poly
12. Wisconsin
13. ST. JOHN'S
14. Kansas State
15. Hawaii
16. Middle Tennessee
17. BYU
18. Iowa State
19. Michigan
20. New Mexico State
21. Clemson
22. Dayton
23. San Diego
24. Michigan State
25. Long Beach State

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Duke 121; Oklahoma 120; Ohio 116; Colorado State 72; Purdue 38; Louisiana State 32; Louisville 26; Wichita State 19; Nevada-Las Vegas 15; Sacramento State 4.