Volleyball ranked No. 20 in second weekly AVCA poll
By Tim Glon
| 2018 AVCA Coaches Poll - #2 |
ADA – Ohio Northern is ranked No. 20 in the second weekly American Volleyball Coaches Association poll on Tuesday.
Northern received 395 points in the poll, 102 less than the 497 total points it received when ranked No. 18 in last week's poll.
ONU was also ranked No. 19 in the AVCA preseason poll.
The Polar Bears are coming off a 3-1 week with victories over Denison, DePauw (Ind.) and Bluffton and a loss to then-No. 23 Thomas More (Ky.)
Calvin (Mich.) is atop the poll with 1721 points and 54 first place votes, Colorado College is second with 1678 points and 13 first place votes and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) is third with 1571 points and one first place vote.
The Polar Bears will return to action on Tiesday when they host area-rival Bluffton at 7 pm at the ONU Sports Center.
AVCA Coaches Poll #2
Sept. 11, 2018
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | 2018 Record |
Total Points |
Last Week |
| 1. | Calvin (Mich.) (54) | 7-0 | 1731 | 1 |
| 2. | Colorado College (13) | 8-0 | 1678 | 2 |
| 3. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) (1) | 7-1 | 1571 | 4 |
| 4. | Wittenberg (2) | 5-1 | 1472 | 3 |
| 5. | Johnson & Wales (R.I.) | 5-1 | 1440 | 6 |
| 6. | Emory (Ga.) | 7-1 | 1319 | 8 |
| 7. | Trinity (Tex.) | 7-2 | 1261 | 5 |
| 8. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 5-1 | 1249 | 7 |
| 9. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 7-1 | 1168 | 9 |
| 10. | Pacific Lutheran (Ore.) | 7-1 | 927 | 12 |
| 11. | Illinois Wesleyan | 5-2 | 855 | 10 |
| 12. | Washington (Mo.) | 6-2 | 830 | 19 |
| 13. | Juniata (Pa.) | 3-3 | 735 | 15 |
| 14. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 8-0 | 673 | 23 |
| 15. | California Lutheran | 6-2 | 663 | 11 |
| 16. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 5-0 | 655 | 16 |
| 17. | Hope (Mich.) | 7-0 | 618 | 20 |
| 18. | MIT | 8-0 | 505 | 17 |
| 19. | Carthage (Wis.) | 5-3 | 499 | 13 |
| 20. | Ohio Northern | 6-2 | 395 | 18 |
| 21. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 5-3 | 390 | 14 |
| 22. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 5-2 | 349 | NR |
| 23. | Texas-Tyler | 6-1 | 218 | NR |
| 24. | Berry (Ga.) | 4-2 | 205 | 25 |
| 25. | Swarthmore (N.Y.) | 7-1 | 166 | 22 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Chicago 141; Mary Hardin-Baylor 132; Texas-Dallas 103; Southwestern (Texas) 102; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 88; Muhlenberg 77; Millikin 60; Carnegie-Mellon 59; Augsburg 57; Wesleyan (Conn.) 53; Wisconsin-Whitewater 52; Chapman 51; St. Thomas (Minn.) 36; Clarkson 31; Wisconsin-La Crosse 29; Eastern 25; Stevens 22; Mary Washington 17; Aurora 9; Tufts 5; Marymount 4.