Dec. 19, 2007

QUEENS, N.Y. - After an outstanding 2007 campaign, the Red Storm remained at the No. 13 spot in the final CSTV/AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll, released Wednesday afternoon. St. John's finished with a 33-4 overall record and reached the Regional Semifinal Round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history and put up a tough match before falling, 3-2, to then-No. 5 USC, the eventual Regional Champions.

The Red Storm was featured in all but two polls during the duration of the 2007 season, but was receiving votes in both the Preseason and the Week 1 (Aug. 27) polls.

St. John's reached the national tournament for the second year in a row, this year via an automatic bid after defeating then-No.21 Louisville in the BIG EAST Championship Final, 3-0. The Red Storm hosted the first and second rounds of the tournament and picked up victories over LIU (3-0) and Delaware (3-1) to earn a trip to the Gainesville Regional.

The final poll wraps up and puts a bow on the most impressive season in the 14-year history of volleyball at St. John's.

Final CSTV/AVCA Top 25 Poll
Dec. 19, 2007

No.  School               Record

1.   Penn State           34-2

2.   Stanford             32-3

3.   Southern California  29-5

4.   California           26-8

5.   Nebraska             30-2

6.   Texas                27-4

7.   UCLA                 23-11

8.   Florida              29-3

9.   Oregon               22-11

10.  Washington           27-4

11.  Cal Poly             23-8

12.  BYU                  24-8

13.  St. John's           33-4

14.  Wisconsin            26-5

15.  Middle Tennessee     35-3

16.  Kansas State         23-9

17.  Iowa State           19-14

18.  Hawaii               27-6

19.  Michigan             24-11

20.  Michigan State       21-14

21.  New Mexico State     26-6

22.  Clemson              29-4

23.  Long Beach State     26-7

24.  Dayton               33-2

25.  San Diego            21-8

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Colorado State 47; Oklahoma 39; Ohio 33; Duke 32; Tulane 22; LSU 20; Purdue 19; Sacramento State 12; Wichita State 9; Louisville 8; UNLV 5; Santa Clara 3.