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Schedule & Results:

Date
Event
Time
Result
Score
5/6/04 Penn State vs. Long Beach State 6:05 p.m. LBSU 30-26, 30-26, 30-26
(recap)
5/6/04 Lewis vs. BYU 8:03 p.m. BYU 30-21, 30-28, 30-21
(recap)
5/8/04 Championship Match
Long Beach State vs. BYU		 4:00 p.m. BYU 15-30, 30-18, 20-30, 32-30, 19-17
(recap)

All times - Hawaii Standard Time

Recap: Brigham Young vs. Long Beach State (provided by: Bill Kauffman AVCA)

HONOLULU - In a championship matches witnessing huge momentum swings, Brigham Young University's Jonathan Alleman turned in four kills in the fifth of the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship title match against Long Beach State on May 8, and it led to the Cougars' third championship since 1999. The Cougars won the match 15-30, 30-18, 20-30, 32-30, 19-17 in an unlikely outcome after a low-scoring first game.

The championship match sold 4,105 tickets with a 3,108 turnstile at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu.

BYU, top-ranked in the USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 Poll the last nine weeks, improved to 29-4. Long Beach State, the second seed in the tournament, ends the season at 28-7 with four of its losses to the Cougars. BYU had defeated LBSU twice in the regular in five games at Long Beach State. The Cougars hosted the 49ers in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title match and won in four games.

BYU lost in the championship match last year in five games to Lewis.

BYU Head Coach Tom Peterson is the first head coach to lead two different schools to NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship titles. He led Penn State to the title in 1994.

LBSU gained a quick 19-6 lead in game one and limited BYU to a NCAA Tournament all-rally scoring era low 15 points. Momentum turned quickly in favor of the Cougars in game two as they clawed to a 16-8 lead en route to a 30-18 victory. The match shifted towards LBSU in game three as the 49ers broke an 11-all tie to end the game on a 19-9 run. BYU extended the match by winning a fourth game that included 13 ties but only two lead changes. The Cougars rallied from a 12-9 deficit in the fifth game and saved two championship points to win 19-17.

Alleman led the Cougars with 17 points on 13 kills, two block solos and four total blocks. BYU's Joe Hillman added 14 kills, one block solo and two block assists. Fernando Pessoa turned in 13 killls, nine digs, two block solos and a block assist in the victory, while Michael Burke charted seven kills and seven block assists. Carlos Moreno, the AVCA Division I-II National Player of the Year, also earned the tournament's most outstanding player as he turn led the Cougars to a .252 team attack percentage in the championship match with 51 assists, three kills and four block assists. Victor Batista contributed nine kills with a team-high .538 attack percentage.

LBSU was led by Scott Touzinsky's 17 kills and 24 overall points that included five aces and four block assists. Jeff Wootton chalked up 16 kills and 10 digs for a double-double, while Duncan Budinger hit .609 with 15 kills and four blocks. David Lee put up 13 kills and four block assists in the loss. Tyler Hildebrand led the 49ers to a .312 attack percentage with 65 assists. Nathan Hagstrom also turned in eight kills and six digs in the loss.

In addition to Moreno, the all-tournament team consisted of Hildebrand, Touzinsky, Budinger, Pessoa, Penn State's Keith Kowal and Lewis' Jeff Soler.

Both teams struggled early with the serve in game one. The Beach took a 4-2 advantage on the fourth straight service error. Wootton popped down two kills to give LBSU a 6-2 advantage. Joe Hillman ended a 4-0 run by the 49ers with a kill to narrow the deficit to 7-3. LBSU increased its margin back to six, 10-4, with a Budinger kill and Cougar attack error. The 49ers continued the pressure by scoring four of the next six points, including back-to-back kills by Nathan Hagstrom and Touzinsky for a 14-6 advantage forcing a BYU timeout. Touzinsky crushed two aces coming out of the timeout to give the 49ers a 16-6 lead. After a BYU hitting error, Touzinsky added yet another ace for a 18-6 lead. BYU ended a seven-point LBSU run with a Batista kill to put the score at 19-7. After trailing 25-12, BYU sliced the deficit to 25-15 with three straight points that included a Batista kill. The 49ers ended the game with a five-point run ended by Touzinsky's fourth ace of the game for 30-15 victory. Touzinsky tallied three kills and served 11 points for the 49ers in the first game, while Hagstrom contributed four kills in the game. The Beach hit .435 in the first game to the Cougars' .043. BYU's 15 points is an all-time record low points scored in an NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship match during the all-rally scoring era. Pepperdine held Ball State to 19 points in the 2001 semifinal round.

BYU netted a 4-1 early game two lead as three different Cougars connected for kills. The Cougars upped their lead to 6-2 following a Batista kill, prompting LBSU to call its first timeout. Alleman tapped two kills over the LBSU block to increase BYU's lead to 9-3. Pessoa triggered a 4-1 run for BYU with three kills leading the 49ers to call a timeout at 14-6. LBSU narrowed its gap to five at 16-11 on a 3-0 run. BYU turned in 5-0 run to increase the Cougar lead to 22-12 as Alleman served five straight with an ace. BYU capped the game at 30-18 as Chris Gorny scored the final kill of the game. BYU hit .516 in the second game and held the 49ers to a .286 mark. Pessoa turned in six kills and five digs for the Cougars in game two. Budinger and Lee each chalked up four kills for the Beach in game two.

Wootton recorded successive kills to give LBSU an early 6-3 lead in game three. BYU tied the game at 9-all as Pessoa launched a kill and Burke and Moreno combined for a block. LBSU broke an 11-all tie with a 4-0 run with two kills from Budinger. The 49ers forced BYU to call its second timeout at 19-14 following a triple-block from Hagstrom, Touzinsky and Lee. After a two-point BYU run, LBSU gained the two points back on a block error and hitting error from the Cougars for a 21-16 advantage. Lee combined for two blocks with Hildebrand and Hagstrom to increase the 49er advantage to 23-16. Hagstrom produced a kill and immediately gained a service ace to lift LBSU up to 25-17. Wootton spurred the Beach to a 3-0 run with a kill and block assist to increase the margin to 28-18. LBSU ended the game at 30-20 on a Budinger kill. The 49ers hit .519 in the third game and held the Cougars to .034. Wootton contributed five kills on seven attacks for the Beach.

Hillman and Alleman tallied back-to-back kills to break a 4-all tie. BYU continued pressure in game four with a 3-0 run to make the score 10-6 as Batista contributed a kill followed by two 49er attack errors. Trailing 11-7, LBSU went on a 5-1 run to tie the game at 12 with Budinger credited with two kills in the stretch. After trading eight points, the 49ers gained their first lead of game four at 18-17 on a Touzinsky kill. The Beach increased the lead to 19-17 on a Hagstrom ace. BYU rallied from a 21-19 deficit with a three-point run that ended with a block solo from Alleman for a 22-21 Cougar advantage. BYU upped its lead to 23-21 following LBSU's sixth attack error of game four. The Cougars placed their lead at three, 27-24, following a Pessoa block. LBSU clawed its way to within one at 27-26, then tied it at 28-all on a block solo from Budinger. Moreno turned in two kills to give the Cougars two game points, and Alleman took advantage of the second with a kill ending game four at 32-30. BYU hit .393 in the fourth game and turned in four team blocks. Hillman recorded five kills for the Cougars. Touzinksy led the Beach with five kills in the fourth game, but LBSU was held to a .250 attack percentage.

After falling behind 2-0, LBSU scored four unanswered points on four Cougar errors (three hitting, one service). Hildebrand turned in a block solo during the run. BYU tied the final game at five after Hillman connected for his third kill of the stanza and a tandem block from Burke and Pessoa. Wootton pounded a kill that was unsuccessfully passed into the scoreboard. The kill was followed by two BYU errors for a 49er 8-5 advantage. The Beach upped its lead to 10-6 following a Hagstrom kill and combined block from Touzinsky and Budinger. BYU closed to within two at 11-9 following a Gorny and Alleman block, but Touzinsky and Lee returned the block for a 12-9 lead. BYU continued to hone in on the Beach as Alleman scored a kill followed by Wootton attack error for a 12-11 score. LBSU was presented a gift point on an Alleman service error for a 13-11 Beach lead. Hillman knocked down consecutive kills to tie the fifth game at 13-13. Burke and Hillman saved a match point with a block following a Cougar over pass. BYU gained its first match point on a Hagstrom error, but Touzinksy saved that chance. However, Alleman pounded a kill, which was followed by a Touzinsky attack error for championship point. Alleman scored four kills in the final game which saw seven ties. BYU had three match point opportunities, while the 49ers could not capitalize on their two chances.

Notes:

Long Beach State Head Coach Alan Knipe was attempting to become the third person to win a NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship both as a player and as a coach. Knipe won the title as a player in 1991. Rod Wilde (1978 as a player, 1986 as a coach) and Bob Yoder (1977, 1988) both have accomplished the rare feat.

BYU won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament to earn the league's automatic berth into this year's NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship. The Cougars have been ranked atop the USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 Poll for the last nine weeks. BYU, which won the MPSF regular season with a 20-2 record, strung together a school-record 21 victories in a row at one point this season.

BYU holds four spots on this year's AVCA All-America Teams, including junior setter Carlos Moreno and senior outside hitter Fernando Pessoa on the first team. Moreno, a two-time AVCA All-America selection, was named the AVCA Division I-II National Player of the Year. BYU senior right side/opposite hitter Joe Hillman and sophomore middle blocker Victor Batista were named to the second-team. Lewis is the only school in this year's tournament without representation on this year's AVCA All-America Teams.

BYU has reached the NCAA Tournament four out of the last six seasons. The Cougars have won seven of eight matches at the NCAA Tournament with national titles in 1999, 2001 and 2004.

BYU senior right side/opposite hitter Jonathan Alleman and libero Shawn Olmstead have played or been reserves in three NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship title matches (2001, 2003, 2004). Both were members of the last Cougar national championship team in 2001.

Long Beach State defeated Penn State 3-0 in the 1991 NCAA Tournament semifinals in the only other previous NCAA postseason match between the schools. The 49ers went on to win the national title that season, which coincidentally was also hosted by the University of Hawai'i.

Long Beach State earned its sixth NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship appearance as the at-large team in 2004. The 49ers have reached the title match six times, the last appearance coming in 1999. LBSU's last berth in the NCAA Tournament also came in 1999.

Long Beach State placed three athletes on the AVCA Division I-II Men's All-America Team. Senior right side/opposite hitter Scott Touzinsky, senior middle blocker David Lee and sophomore setter Tyler Hildebrand earned their first AVCA All-America honors in 2004.

Long Beach State boasts two players with 1,000-career kills. Scott Touzinsky ranks fourth all-time at the school with 1,642 kills. Touzinsky became just the third player in NCAA Division I-II to score 40 or more kills in an all rally-scoring match when he posted 40 versus BYU on Jan. 30. Jeff Wootton has tallied 1,202-career kills for ninth spot in the 49er record book.

Long Beach State has been ranked second in the USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 Poll for the past eight weeks. The 49ers have not been ranked lower than sixth all season.

Long Beach State sophomore Duncan Budinger set the school's all-time single-season attack percentage mark. He finished the 2004 season with a (217-38-354) .512 hitting percentage. Budinger set a school NCAA Tournament single-match record for hitting percentage with a .667 mark versus Penn State on May 6.

Recap: Penn State vs. Long Beach State (provided by: Bill Kauffman AVCA)

HONOLULU - Long Beach State defeated Penn State 30-26, 30-26, 30-26 in the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship semifinal round on May 6 in the Stan Sheriff Center on the campus of University of Hawai'i-Manoa in Honolulu. Long Beach State will play the winner of Brigham Young University and Lewis University in the second semifinal match.

Long Beach State, seeded second in the tournament, improved to 28-6 overall. Penn State, seeded third in the tournament, ended its season at 23-7.

Long Beach State defeated Penn State 3-0 in the 1991 NCAA Tournament semifinals in the only other previous NCAA postseason match between the schools. The 49ers went on to win the national title that season, which coincidentally was also hosted by the University of Hawai'i.

LBSU used a 7-2 run after trailing 15-13 to gain the upper hand early with a 30-26 game one victory. The 49ers won game two 30-26 after scoring four of the last five points after the Nittany Lions closed the gap to 26-25. The Beach withstood a late Penn State rally to win game three.

Duncan Budinger produced 11 kills and seven blocks for the Beach with a match-high .667 attack percentage. Scott Touzinsky added 13 kills for LBSU. Jeff Wootton turned in nine kills and tied with Nathan Hagstrom for a team-high six digs. The 49ers hit .326 as a team and turned in 11 team blocks to hold the Nittany Lions to a .234 attack percentage. Tyler Hildebrand ran the Beach offense with 41 assists.

Keith Kowal paced Penn State with a match-high 15 kills and hit at a .545 clip. Kevin Wentzel added nine kills for the Nittany Lions, while Matt Proper was credited with eight kills. Nathan Meerstein contributed seven kills and five blocks in the loss.

Long Beach State recovered from an early 3-1 deficit in game one with a 4-0 run capped by a Nathan Hagstrom ace. Penn State continued to put pressure on the 49ers and led 15-13 at the mid-way point of game one. However, Long Beach State scored seven of the next nine points to take a 20-17 advantage. The 49ers increased the margin to as many as five points at 28-23 before concluding with the 30-26 game one victory. Touzinsky recorded eight kills in game one as the Beach hit .542 as a team. Kowal led Penn State in the first game with six kills as the Nittany Lions hit .406 as a team.

Penn State rolled out to a 4-1 advantage in game two as Kowal and Meerstein produced kills around two Touzinsky hitting errors. The Nittany Lions increased the advantage to four points at 7-3 with Meerstein involved in two team blocks. LBSU rebounded with a three-point spurt keyed by back-to-back tandem blocks from Hagstrom and Lee. Penn State upped its lead to 10-7 as Kowal tallied a block assist and kill. The Beach tied the match at 10-all on a Nittany Lion and two 49er blocks involving Budinger. LBSU broke a 13-13 tie as Budinger produced a kill and ace in a 3-0 mini-run. Penn State closed to within one at 18-17 following a Matt Proper kill and hitting error by the 49ers. Long Beach State took a 22-19 advantage following a Budinger kill and ace by Wootton. The teams traded two-point runs as the Nittany Lions closed to within 26-25 prompting Long Beach State to call a timeout. The 49ers responded out of the timeout by closing the match on a 4-1 run with two kills from Wootton.

Penn State built a 7-3 lead to start game three with two points on a kill and block from Proper and three other points coming on 49er service errors. Budinger led Long Beach State back into the lead, taking part in three consecutive points for an 8-7 advantage. The 49ers broke a 9-all tie with a 7-1 run started by a Budinger kill and ace. Penn State called timeout trailing 16-10. The Nittany Lions cut a seven-point deficit back to four at 20-16 as Kowal, Proper and Aaron Smith all connected for kills. Long Beach State handled the Penn State rally with 4-0 run of its own, which included two team blocks. The 49ers increased their margin to 26-17 and needed to withstand a 6-1 run by the Nittany Lions cutting the gap to 27-23. Dan O'Dell tallied back-to-back aces in the run. Penn State came within three at 28-25, but could not make the full come back losing 30-26.

Long Beach State Head Coach Alan Knipe will attempt to become the third person to win a NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship both as a player and as a coach. Knipe won the title as a player in 1991. Rod Wilde (1978 as a player, 1986 as a coach) and Bob Yoder (1977, 1988) both have accomplished the rare feat.

Long Beach State earned its sixth NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship appearance as the at-large team in 2004. Long Beach State had not appeared in a NCAA Tournament match since 1999.

Penn State claimed its 16th Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association championship to earn the league's automatic bid into the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship.

The 2004 NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship represents the 10-year anniversary for Penn State winning its only title. The Nittany Lions have earned 19 NCAA Tournament berths, including spots in the last six championships.

Penn State's middle blocking duo of Keith Kowal and Nate Meerstein both surpassed the previous single season attack percentage set by Kowal in 2003. Kowal finished the 2004 season attacking at a .573 clip. If not for Kowal's exploits this season, Meerstein would be in line to break the record. Meerstein ends the season with a .514 attack percentage. The two players ranked number one and number two in the NCAA Division I-II national statistics for attack percentage in 2004.

Notes

Long Beach State placed three athletes on the AVCA Division I-II Men's All-America Team. Senior right side/opposite hitter Scott Touzinsky, senior middle blocker David Lee and sophomore setter Tyler Hildebrand earned their first AVCA All-America honors in 2004.

Long Beach State boasts two players with 1,000-career kills. Scott Touzinsky ranks fifth all-time at the school with 1,625 kills, which falls 16 kills shy of fourth-place David McKienzie. Touzinsky became just the third player in NCAA Division I-II to score 40 or more kills in an all rally-scoring match when he posted 40 versus BYU on Jan. 30. Jeff Wootton has tallied 1,186-career kills for ninth spot in the 49er record book.

Long Beach State has been ranked second in the USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 Poll for the past eight weeks. The 49ers have not been ranked lower than sixth all season.

Penn State placed one player on each of the AVCA Division I-II Men's All-America Teams. Junior middle blocker Keith Kowal was tabbed a first-team selection, while senior libero Ricky Mattei was chosen to the second team.

Penn State ranks seventh for the fourth straight week in the USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 Poll. The Nittany Lions started the season ranked seventh, but fell as low as 12th in three ranking periods in 2004.

Only three of Penn State's seven starters saw significant playing time in last season's NCAA Tournament semifinal match. Ricky Mattei recorded 16 digs as the team's libero, while then-freshman Dan O'Dell shared time setting in the team's loss to BYU. Middle blocker Keith Kowal tallied 11 kills and three blocks in the loss to BYU. Nate Meerstein saw action in one game but recorded no stats from his middle blocker position as a red-shirt freshman.

Recap: Lewis vs. BYU (provided by: Bill Kauffman AVCA)

HONOLULU - Top-ranked Brigham Young University dropped fourth-seed Lewis University 30-21, 30-28, 30-21 in the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship semifinal round on May 6 in the Stan Sheriff Center on the campus of University of Hawai'i-Manoa in Honolulu. The match drew 3,707 fans. BYU will face second-seed Long Beach State in the championship match on May 8 at 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. HT).

BYU improved to 28-4 overall on the season, while Lewis ended its season at 19-14.

Lewis won the 2003 NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship as the first non-Division I school to claim the title. The Flyers defeated BYU in five games last year in the title match. BYU defeated Lewis in four games on March 26, 2004. The match marked the first meeting between the two schools since the 2003 title match.

BYU broke a 2-2 tie in game one with a five-point run and never allowed the Flyers closer than four points the rest of the game. The Cougars won game two 30-28, despite leading 7-2 early. BYU erupted in the second half of game three after trailing 15-13 to win 30-21 on a 17-6 run to end the game.

The Cougars used a balanced attack with three players tacking on at least 11 kills. Fernando Pessoa and Jonathan Alleman both placed 12 kills on the stat sheet with Pessoa hitting .474. Joe Hillman contributed 11 kills and a .320 attack percentage for the Cougars. Michael Burke added eight kills in the victory. Carlos Moreno, the AVCA Division I-II Men's National Player of the Year, led the Cougars to a .382 team attack percentage. He charted 46 assists, seven assists and three kills in the victory. BYU held a 31-22 dig advantage, in addition to holding a 9-5 margin in team blocks.

Jeff Soler led Lewis with 12 killls and a .360 attack percentage. Fernando Barreto placed 11 kills on the sheet for the Flyers. Jared Dayton tallied eight kills, while Greg Pochopien chipped in five kills in the loss. Lewis was held to a .182 team attack percentage. Brandon Sisk assisted on 31 of Lewis' 39 kills.

BYU Head Coach Tom Peterson is looking to become the first head coach to lead two different schools to NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship titles. He led Penn State to the title in 1994.

Hillman sparked BYU early in game one with two kills leading to a Cougar 7-2 advantage. Michael Burke served five straight during the first nine points that included an ace. The Flyers quickly closed to 9-6 on a Jared Dayton block solo and kill. However, BYU methodically increased its lead to 20-12 using two three-point runs with Hillman gaining two kills and an ace. BYU closed out the game 30-21 on a 6-2 spurt. Alleman chipped in five kills for the Cougars in the first game, while Hillman had four kills without an error. BYU hit .286 as a team in the first game and held Lewis to a .069 percentage.

BYU bolted to a 7-2 advantage in the second game as Pessoa was credit with two kills and a block assist in the opening moments. The Flyers scored three straight points to make it 7-5 as Greg Pochopien produced a kill and block assist. The Cougars upped the gap to 13-9 as Alleman tallied a kill and block solo on consecutive points. Lewis scored four unanswered points to tie the game at 13, highlighted by a kill and block from Barreto, prompting a Cougar timeout. BYU fired out of the break in action with five of the next six points for an 18-14 advantage with four different Cougars scoring during the stretch. Lewis answered for the second time in the match putting together a 5-1 spurt to tie the game 19-all as Pochopien turned in three of Lewis' points with kills. The Flyers took its second lead of game two and first since 1-0 as Soler and Barreto put back-to-back kills on the board for a 21-20 lead. BYU regained the lead at 24-23 after an Alleman kill and Lewis attack error. Lewis took the upper hand at 26-25 as Dayton contributed a kill, but the lead was short-lived as the Cougars scored the next two points on a Hillman kill and Dayton error. BYU gained the first game point of the second game on a controversial kills by Alleman. The Cougars closed out the second game 30-28 as Batista and Alleman combined on a block. The second game featured 10 ties and six lead changes. Pessoa was credited with six kills in the second game as BYU hit .414. Barreto charted six kills in game two as the Flyers hit .256.

Lewis offered up the first run of game three, scoring four straight to take a 5-3 advantage. BYU returned the run with four points of its own to take a 7-5 lead. Neither team held more than a two-point lead in the middle of the third game. Lewis led 15-13 prompting a Cougar timeout. However, BYU scored six of the next seven points to take a 19-16 lead. Burke turned two blocks and a kill, while Batista recorded two kills during the 6-1 run. The Cougars put a clamp on the match with another 5-0 run to take a 24-17 advantage. BYU ended game three with a 17-6 run and a 30-21 score.

BYU won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament to earn the league's automatic berth into this year's NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship. The Cougars have been ranked atop the USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 Poll for the last nine weeks. BYU, which won the MPSF regular season with a 20-2 record, strung together a school-record 21 victories in a row at one point this season.

Lewis earned the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association automatic bid into the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship by winning the conference tournament as the fifth seed. The Flyers owned a four-match win streak heading into this week's NCAA Tournament. Lewis rebounded from a 2-5 and 9-10 starts to the season by winning 11 of its last 14 matches before the NCAA Tournament.

Notes:

BYU holds four spots on this year's AVCA All-America Teams, including junior setter Carlos Moreno and senior outside hitter Fernando Pessoa on the first team. Moreno, a two-time AVCA All-America selection, was named the AVCA Division I-II National Player of the Year. BYU senior right side/opposite hitter Joe Hillman and sophomore middle blocker Victor Batista were named to the second-team. Lewis is the only school in this year's tournament without representation on this year's AVCA All-America Teams.

BYU has reached the NCAA Tournament four out of the last six seasons. The Cougars have won six of seven matches at the NCAA Tournament with national titles in 1999 and 2001. Lewis earned its fourth overall bid to the NCAA Tournament and holds a 2-3 record at the event.

Lewis began the season ranked fourth in the USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 Poll. However, the Flyers tumbled out of the poll after spending 132 consecutive weeks among the top 15. Lewis has worked its way back up the rankings to its current number-nine ranking.