Volleyball remains at No. 14 in this week's AVCA Poll
By Wes Mayberry
ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team is ranked No. 14 nationally in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association Poll, which was released on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears received 1,045 points in the poll.
Ohio Northern (15-1 overall) is ranked No. 14 for the second straight week.
The Polar Bears enter play this week riding a six-game win streak with five of those victories coming by way of 3-0 sweeps.
Northern defeated Ohio Athletic Conference foe Baldwin Wallace in its only game last week and is 4-0 in conference play.
Johns Hopkins (Md.) is the top-ranked team in the poll with 2,245 points and 86 first-place votes.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) is second with 2,160 points and three first-place votes while Trinity (Texas) is third with 1,910 points.
There are two OAC schools in the poll for the second straight week, as Otterbein (16-2 overall) is ranked No. 22 with 319 points, moving up three spots from last week.
Northern will next take the court on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Wilmington.
AVCA Coaches Poll
Oct. 12, 2021
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | Total Points |
2021 |
Last Week |
| 1. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) (86) | 2245 | 19-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) (3) | 2160 | 15-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Trinity (Tex.) | 1910 | 19-2 | 3 |
| 4. | Hope (Mich.) | 1810 | 17-2 | 4 |
| 5. | Wartburg (Iowa) (1) | 1768 | 20-0 | 7 |
| 6. | Calvin (Mich.) | 1741 | 18-2 | 6 |
| 7. | Colorado College | 1714 | 18-2 | 5 |
| 8. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) | 1600 | 17-0 | 8 |
| 9. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1528 | 18-1 | 9 |
| 10. | NYU | 1473 | 16-0 | 10 |
| 11. | Juniata (Pa.) | 1297 | 17-1 | 12 |
| 12. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 1260 | 19-3 | 11 |
| 13. | Emory (Ga.) | 1140 | 14-3 | 13 |
| 14. | Ohio Northern | 1045 | 15-1 | 14 |
| 15. | Berry (Ga.) | 986 | 15-1 | 15 |
| 16. | Southwestern (Tex.) | 839 | 16-1 | 17 |
| 17. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 807 | 17-3 | 16 |
| 18. | Chicago (Ill.) | 649 | 11-6 | 19 |
| 19. | MIT (Mass.) | 600 | 17-1 | 18 |
| 20. | UC Santa Cruz (Calif.) | 496 | 14-1 | 20 |
| 21. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 380 | 19-4 | 21 |
| 22. | Otterbein | 319 | 16-2 | 25 |
| 23. | Bethel (Minn.) | 293 | 16-4 | 24 |
| 24. | Tufts (Mass.) | 192 | 12-4 | NR |
| 25. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 167 | 18-4 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Babson 113; Washington-St. Louis 104; Wesleyan (Conn.) 72; Carthage 59; Millikin 56; Amherst 54; Middlebury 51; Concordia (Wis.) 46; Birmingham Southern 31; Susquehanna 31; Bowdoin 26; Eastern 25; Wittenberg 21; Endicott 19; Transylvania 18; Christopher Newport 17; Whitworth 17; Wisconsin-La Crosse 11; Aurora 4; Concordia (Minn.) 3.