Volleyball moves back into AVCA poll at No. 22
By Tim Glon
| AVCA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team moved back into the national polls at No. 22 in the third weekly American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, released Tuesday afternoon.
The Polar Bears (9-3) received 268116 points in the poll, which is 152 more than the 116 they receivedlast week.
ONU was ranked No. 22 in the preseason poll and were No. 25 in the first weekly poll before falling out of the top 25 last week.
Northern went 3-1 last week, keyed by a 4-set victory over then-No. 12 Washington (Mo.) at the Wittenberg Fall Classic.
The Polar Bears also swept area-rival Bluffton and Clarkson (N.Y.) and battled then-No. 3 Wittenberg tough in a 4-set loss.
Wittenberg moved up to the top spot in the poll with 1,615 points and 28 first place votes, Southwestern (Tex.) is second with 1,590 points and 30 first place votes and Colorado College is third with 1,552 points and the remaining nine first place votes.
The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday with a 7 pm match at home against Kenyon.
AVCA Poll #3 - Sept. 19, 2017
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Points | 2017 Record |
Last Week |
| 1. | Wittenberg (28) | 1615 | 9-0 | 3 |
| 2. | Southwestern (Tex.) (30) | 1590 | 12-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Colorado College (9) | 1552 | 11-0 | 5 |
| 4. | Emory (Ga.) | 1503 | 8-1 | 4 |
| 5. | Trinity (Tex.) | 1299 | 10-2 | 7 |
| 6. | Calvin (Mich.) | 1212 | 8-3 | 1 |
| 7. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 1181 | 8-4 | 8 |
| 8. | Millikin (Ill.) | 1166 | 8-1 | 9 |
| 9. | Juniata (Pa.) | 1023 | 7-3 | 6 |
| 10. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 999 | 12-1 | 14 |
| 11. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 916 | 7-3 | 11 |
| 12. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 905 | 9-3 | 10 |
| 13. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 831 | 11-0 | 16 |
| 14. | La Verne (Cal.) | 796 | 8-1 | 15 |
| 15. | MIT | 574 | 11-0 | 20 |
| 16. | Texas-Dallas | 537 | 8-3 | 13 |
| 17. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 502 | 13-2 | 25 |
| 18. | Washington (Mo.) | 449 | 6-5 | 12 |
| 19. | Illinois Wesleyan | 376 | 6-4 | NR |
| 20. | Hope (Mich.) | 345 | 8-4 | 18 |
| 21. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 332 | 11-2 | 23 |
| 22. | Ohio Northern | 268 | 9-3 | NR |
| 23. | Cal Lutheran | 215 | 4-7 | 17 |
| 24. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 201 | 9-2 | 24 |
| 25. | Cornell (Iowa) | 170 | 11-2 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Johns Hopkins 157; Johnson & Wales (RI) 121; Eastern 109; Wisconsin-La Crosse 84; Dubuque 81; Pacific Lutheran 79; Stevenson 68; Tufts 49; Stevens 48; Mary Washington 44; Aurora 34; Chicago 32; Whittier 28; Randolph-Macon 27; Washington & Lee 25; Chapman 23; Bethel (Minn.) 21; Wisconsin-Oshkosh 21; Mount Union 20; Scranton 20; Gettysburg 19; Elmhurst 17; Luther 16; Wartburg 14; Ithaca 13; Berry 10.