Volleyball remains at No. 17 in latest AVCA Poll
By Wes Mayberry
ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team is ranked No. 17 nationally in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association Poll, which was released on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears received 780 points in the poll and sit at No. 17 for the second straight week.
The Polar Bears closed out their regular-season schedule last week with a 3-1 win over Otterbein and a sweep of Mount Union to finish 20-5 overall and 8-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference to earn the regular-season championship and the top seed for the OAC Tournament.
Johns Hopkins (Md.) is the top-ranked team in this week's poll with 2,248 points and 89 first-place votes.
Trinity (Texas) is second with 2,094 points while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is third with 2,043 points.
There are two Ohio Athletic Conference schools in the poll for the fifth straight week, as Otterbein (22-4 overall) is ranked No. 24 with 270 points, moving down one spot from last week.
As the No. 1 seed, Ohio Northern has a first-round bye in the OAC Tournament and will host a semifinal match on Thursday at 7 p.m.
AVCA Coaches Poll
Nov. 2, 2021
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | Total Points |
2021 |
Last Week |
| 1. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) (89) | 2248 | 27-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Trinity (Tex.) | 2094 | 29-2 | 2 |
| 3. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 2043 | 25-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Wartburg (Iowa) (1) | 1952 | 25-0 | 5 |
| 5. | Hope (Mich.) | 1901 | 22-3 | 6 |
| 6. | Calvin (Mich.) | 1783 | 25-3 | 4 |
| 7. | Colorado College | 1673 | 28-4 | 7 |
| 8. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1631 | 25-1 | 8 |
| 9. | Juniata (Pa.) | 1517 | 26-1 | 9 |
| 10. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 1418 | 27-3 | 10 |
| 11. | NYU | 1293 | 23-1 | 12 |
| 12. | Berry (Ga.) | 1203 | 22-2 | 14 |
| 13. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) | 1165 | 23-1 | 13 |
| 14. | Emory (Ga.) | 1104 | 21-4 | 11 |
| 15. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 993 | 27-3 | 15 |
| 16. | Southwestern (Tex.) | 851 | 22-4 | 16 |
| 17. | Ohio Northern | 780 | 20-5 | 17 |
| 18. | UC Santa Cruz (Calif.) | 684 | 18-2 | 18 |
| 19. | Bethel (Minn.) | 560 | 21-5 | 20 |
| 20. | Chicago (Ill.) | 482 | 15-8 | 21 |
| 21. | Tufts (Mass.) | 415 | 17-4 | 22 |
| 22. | MIT (Mass.) | 351 | 23-3 | 19 |
| Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 351 | 25-6 | 24 | |
| 24. | Otterbein | 270 | 22-4 | 23 |
| 25. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 197 | 24-5 | 25 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Whitworth 51; Wesleyan (Conn.) 43; Bowdoin 35; Concordia (Wisc.) 32; Susquehanna 27; Babson 23; Wittenberg 20; Denison 18; Washington-St. Louis 17; Wisconsin-La Crosse 11; RIT 8; Middlebury 4; Carthage 3; Westminster (Penn.) 2.