Volleyball remains No. 21 in seventh weekly AVCA poll
By Tim Glon
| AVCA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team remained at No. 21 in the seventh weekly American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, released Tuesday afternoon.
The Polar Bears (21-4 overall, 4-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) received 349 points in the poll.
ONU was ranked No. 22 in the preseason poll, was No. 25 in the first weekly poll and No. 22 in the third and fourth weekly polls, No. 17 in the fifth weekly poll and have been at No. 21 for the past two weeks.
Ohio Northern went 4-0 last week with after defeating Heidelberg and posting a 3-0 record at the annual ONU Triangular.
Wittenberg stayed in the top spot in the poll with 1,663 points and 55 first place votes, Colorado College is second with 1,617 points and the remaining 12 first place votes and Southwestern (Tex.) moved into third with 1,491 points.
The Polar Bears will return to action on Tuesday evening as they travel to Wilmington to take on the Quakers in an OAC battle at 7 pm.
AVCA Poll #7 - Oct. 17, 2017
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Points | 2017 Record |
Last Week |
| 1. | Wittenberg (55) | 1663 | 16-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Colorado College (12) | 1617 | 22-1 | 2 |
| 3. | Southwestern (Tex.) | 1491 | 22-3 | 5 |
| 4. | Calvin (Mich.) | 1389 | 19-3 | 6 |
| 5. | Trinity (Tex.) | 1377 | 21-4 | 3 |
| 6. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 1249 | 22-1 | 10 |
| 7. | Wis.-Whitewater | 1214 | 18-3 | 9 |
| 8. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 197 | 17-5 | 8 |
| 9. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 1087 | 26-4 | 7 |
| 10. | Emory (Ga.) | 1046 | 19-5 | 4 |
| 11. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 970 | 20-3 | 11 |
| 12. | Millikin (Ill.) | 807 | 20-6 | 14 |
| 13. | Washington (Mo.) | 717 | 18-6 | 20 |
| 14. | Johnson & Wales (R.I.) | 697 | 23-0 | 16 |
| 15. | MIT | 687 | 21-1 | 15 |
| 16. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 676 | 19-2 | 18 |
| 17. | Chicago (Ill.) | 626 | 19-5 | 13 |
| 18. | Illinois Wesleyan | 519 | 14-6 | 12 |
| 19. | Juniata (Pa.) | 416 | 17-6 | 17 |
| 20. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 374 | 20-5 | 19 |
| 21. | Ohio Northern | 349 | 21-4 | 21 |
| 22. | Texas-Dallas | 296 | 18-4 | 22 |
| 23. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 281 | 19-3 | 23 |
| 24. | La Verne (Cal.) | 201 | 16-5 | 24 |
| 25. | Stevenson (Md.) | 178 | 23-1 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Berry 140; Pacific Lutheran 85; Aurora 51; Wisconsin-Stevens Point 42; Cornell (Iowa) 39; Randolph-Macon 38; Scranton 35; Mary Hardin-Baylor 30; Otterbein 30; Wesleyan (Conn.) 30; Ithaca 16; Hope 11; Vassar 11; Carthage 10; Muskingum 9; Wisconsin-La Crosse 5; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 4; Cal Lutheran 3; Mount Union 3; Tufts 2