Volleyball ranked No. 16 in fourth weekly AVCA poll
By Tim Glon
| 2018 AVCA Coaches Poll - #4 |
ADA – Ohio Northern is ranked No. 16 in the fourth weekly American Volleyball Coaches Association poll on Tuesday.
Northern received 724 points in the poll, one more than the 723 total points it received when ranked No. 15 in last week's poll.
ONU was ranked No. 15 in the third weekly poll, No. 20 in the second poll, No. 18 in the first poll and was No. 19 in the preseason poll.
The Polar Bears are coming off a 1-0 week with a 3-0 sweep at Kenyon on Wednesday.
Calvin (Mich.) is atop the poll with 1738 points and 58 first place votes, Colorado College is second with 1689 points and 12 first place votes and Wittenberg is third with 1593 points.
The Polar Bears will return to action on Tuesday night when they open Ohio Athletic Conference play with a 7 pm contest at John Carroll.
AVCA Coaches Poll #3
Sept. 18, 2018
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | 2018 Record |
Total Points |
Last Week |
| 1. | Calvin (Mich.) (58) | 1738 | 12-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Colorado College (12) | 1689 | 15-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Wittenberg | 1593 | 10-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Johnson & Wales (R.I.) | 1487 | 13-1 | 4 |
| 5. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 1449 | 11-2 | 5 |
| 6. | Juniata (Pa.) | 1267 | 8-3 | 7 |
| 7. | Emory (Ga.) | 1166 | 8-3 | 8 |
| 8. | Washington (Mo.) | 1084 | 9-3 | 10 |
| 9. | Pacific Lutheran (Ore.) | 1074 | 11-1 | 9 |
| 10. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 1053 | 13-1 | 11 |
| 11. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 1009 | 12-2 | 12 |
| 12. | Hope (Mich.) | 927 | 11-2 | 13 |
| 13. | Trinity (Tex.) | 819 | 12-4 | 6 |
| 14. | Chicago (Ill.) | 780 | 15-2 | 19 |
| 15. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 732 | 10-0 | 14 |
| 16. | Ohio Northern | 724 | 10-3 | 15 |
| 17. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 627 | 12-1 | 17 |
| 18. | Illinois Wesleyan | 618 | 9-5 | 18 |
| 19. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 475 | 7-5 | 16 |
| 20. | Texas-Tyler | 334 | 11-1 | 23 |
| 21. | California Lutheran | 326 | 9-6 | 21 |
| 22. | MIT | 291 | 12-2 | 22 |
| 23. | Berry (Ga.) | 227 | 9-2 | 24 |
| 24. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 194 | 6-3 | 20 |
| 25. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 156 | 10-2 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Northwestern (Minn.) 127; Swarthmore 117; Mary Hardin-Baylor 114; Wesleyan (Conn.) 77; Texas-Dallas 61; Carthage 42; Bowdoin 37; Concordia (Wisc.) 31; Carnegie-Mellon 27; Southwestern (Texas) 26; Stevens 26; Augsburg 25; Wellesley 23; St Olaf 22; La Verne 18; Mount Union 18; Marymount 12; Springfield 11; Aurora 10; Chapman 9; Muhlenberg 7; Tufts 2.