Volleyball ranked No. 12 in this week’s AVCA Poll
By Wes Mayberry
ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team is ranked No. 12 nationally in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association Poll, which was released on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears received 1,156 points in the poll.
Ohio Northern (10-1 overall) is down four spots after earning a No. 8 ranking in last week's poll.
Johns Hopkins (Md.) is the top-ranked team in the poll with 2,237 points and 80 first-place votes.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) is second with 2,152 points and eight first-place votes while Trinity (Texas) is third with 2,040 points and two first-place votes.
Ohio Athletic Conference schools Otterbein, Mount Union and Muskingum all received votes in this week's poll but not enough to crack the top 25.
The Polar Bears were originally scheduled to play three games this week, but Tuesday's home match with Kenyon was canceled.
Northern will next take the court on Saturday when it hosts Capital and Bluffton in a tri-match at the ONU Sports Center. Those games are scheduled for 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.
AVCA Coaches Poll
Sept. 21, 2021
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | Total Points |
2021 |
Last Week |
| 1. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) (80) | 2237 | 9-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) (8) | 2152 | 7-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Trinity (Tex.) (2) | 2040 | 9-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Colorado College | 1886 | 11-1 | 4 |
| 5. | Calvin (Mich.) | 1797 | 12-1 | 6 |
| 6. | Emory (Ga.) | 1698 | 10-2 | 5 |
| 7. | Hope (Mich.) | 1609 | 8-1 | 9 |
| 8. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1566 | 8-0 | 11 |
| 9. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) | 1405 | 10-0 | 10 |
| 10. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 1270 | 12-0 | 16 |
| 11. | Juniata (Pa.) | 1234 | 8-1 | 14 |
| 12. | Ohio Northern | 1156 | 10-1 | 8 |
| 13. | Berry (Ga.) | 1130 | 7-1 | 7 |
| 14. | Millikin (Ill.) | 1056 | 10-1 | 17 |
| 15. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 969 | 12-2 | 12 |
| 16. | Chicago (Ill.) | 780 | 7-3 | 13 |
| 17. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 743 | 10-2 | 18 |
| 18. | Southwestern (Tex.) | 694 | 9-0 | 22 |
| 19. | NYU | 629 | 9-0 | NR |
| 20. | Babson (Mass.) | 529 | 9-0 | 23 |
| 21. | Bethel (Minn.) | 349 | 9-2 | 24 |
| 22. | MIT | 324 | 11-0 | NR |
| 23. | Washington-St. Louis (Mo.) | 298 | 7-4 | 19 |
| 24. | Carthage (Wis.) | 273 | 9-5 | 15 |
| 25. | Tufts (Conn.) | 231 | 6-1 | 21 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: UC Santa Cruz 168; Gustavus Adolphus 138; Otterbein 119; Wesleyan (Conn.) 107; Wittenberg 63; Transylvania 56; Concordia (Wis.) 51; Mount Union 49; Springfield 48; Birmingham Southern 47; Bowdoin 43; Denison 29; Augsburg 27; Wisconsin-La Crosse 24; St. Benedict (Minn.) 21; Amherst 20; Susquehanna 19; Texas-Dallas 17; Wisconsin-Stevens Point 17; Mount St Joseph 15; Muskingum 13; Christopher Newport 6; Whitworth 6; Dubuque 5.