April 13, 2015

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina sand volleyball team stayed at No. 17 in the DiG Magazine Collegiate Sand Volleyball Poll released Monday.

The Gamecocks remained at No. 17 for a third-straight DiG Poll after having a two-week break from dual play. Carolina had a stellar showing at the Fiesta on Siesta Key Pairs Tournament over the weekend, finishing pool play on Saturday with a combined 17-13 record and having two of its top three pairs reach the final of their respective brackets on Sunday.

Carolina enters its final week of the regular season with an 11-5 dual record. The Gamecocks wrap up the season this weekend at the Battle on the Bayou hosted by LSU in Baton Rouge, La. Carolina will take on Spring Hill (10 a.m. ET), LSU (3 p.m.) and ULM (6 p.m.) in duals on Saturday and Tulane (11 a.m.) and New Orleans (1 p.m.) on Sunday.

DiG Magazine Collegiate Sand Volleyball Poll

1. USC

2. Hawaii

3. Florida International

4. Pepperdine

5. Florida State

6. Long Beach State

7. Georgia State

8. UCLA

9. Stetson

10. Washington

11. Arizona

12. Nebraska

13. Pacific

14. Stanford

15. Loyola Marymount

16. Grand Canyon

17. South Carolina

18. Santa Clara

19. Tulane

20. CSU Bakersfield