Volleyball receives votes in Week 7 AVCA Poll
By Wes Mayberry
| AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Volleyball Poll – Oct. 17 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team received votes in the AVCA/TARAFLEX NCAA Division III Volleyball Poll for Week 7, which was released on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears received 29 points in the poll and are listed fourth among teams in the "others receiving votes" category, which equates to a No. 29 ranking.
Northern received 120 points and was ranked No. 25 in last week's poll.
The Polar Bears have been ranked as high as No. 23 in the poll this season.
ONU is coming off last week's 3-2 loss at Heidelberg and 3-1 defeat to John Carroll.
Defending national champion Juniata (Pa.) is the top-ranked team in this week's poll, and Wisconsin-Oshkosh is No. 2.
Hope (Mich.), Northwestern (Minn.) and Emory (Ga.) round out the top five.
The Polar Bears (12-7 overall, 2-3 OAC) return to action on Wednesday at OAC foe Wilmington at 7 p.m.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Top 25 Poll — Week 7
Oct. 17, 2023
| Rank | School (First-place votes) | Points | Record | Last Week |
| 1. | Juniata (Pa.) (79) | 2143 | 19-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh (7) | 2068 | 26-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Hope (Mich.) | 1958 | 16-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 1855 | 19-2 | 4 |
| 5. | Emory (Ga.) | 1810 | 14-0 | 5 |
| 6. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 1680 | 14-3 | 6 |
| 7. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1601 | 19-2 | 7 |
| 8. | Calvin (Mich.) | 1528 | 15-3 | 8 |
| 9. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 1404 | 15-3 | 9 |
| 10. | NYU | 1296 | 18-4 | 10 |
| 11. | Trinity (Tex.) | 1279 | 21-3 | 11 |
| 12. | Washington (Mo.) | 1171 | 17-6 | 12 |
| 13. | Berry (Ga.) | 1078 | 16-4 | 13 |
| 14. | Wesleyan (Conn.) | 955 | 15-1 | 14 |
| 15. | Mount St. Joseph | 920 | 17-1 | 15 |
| 16. | Transylvania (Ky.) | 853 | 17-5 | 16 |
| 17. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 678 | 17-4 | 17 |
| 18. | North Park (Ill.) | 632 | 18-4 | 18 |
| 19. | MIT (Mass.) | 569 | 20-3 | 20 |
| 20. | Gustavus-Adolphus (Minn.) | 550 | 18-6 | 19 |
| 21. | La Verne (Calif.) | 496 | 15-2 | 21 |
| 22. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 457 | 19-1 | 22 |
| 23. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 210 | 16-4 | 23 |
| 24. | Cornell (Iowa) | 182 | 13-6 | 24 |
| 25. | Springfield (Mass.) | 165 | 19-1 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Babson 97; Wisconsin-Platteville 66; Ohio Wesleyan 37; Ohio Northern 29; Mary Hardin-Baylor 24; Case Western 18; St Benedict (Minn.) 13; Covenant 12; Mount Union 12; Texas Lutheran 12; Otterbein 10; Christopher Newport 8; SUNY Cortland 5; Millikin 3; Carnegie-Mellon 2.