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Volleyball finishes season ranked No. 4 final Bison/AVCA Coaches Poll

Submitted by s-wright.3 on Tue, 11/25/2008 - 3:32pm.
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Liz Decima

By Tim Glon

ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team finished the 2008 season ranked No. 4 nationally in the final Bison/AVCA Division III Coaches Top 25 Poll.

The Polar Bears finished the season with a 34-5 record after advancing to the NCAA III Tournament's Final Four in Blomington, Ill.

Northern also won its ninth consecutive OAC regular season title and its third straight OAC Tournament crown.

National champion Emory (Ga.) is ranked No. 1 with all 24 first place votes and 600 points, national runner-up LaVerne (Calif.) is second with 575 points, Juniata (pa.) is third with 543 points and Ohio Northern is fourth with 538 points.

Ohio Northern defeated Westminster (Pa.), then-No. 5 Wittenberg and then-No. 3 Washington (Mo.) to win the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Tournament, then topped Williams (Mass.) in the national quarterfinals before being knocked out of the tournbament in the semifinals by eventual champion Emory in a thirlling, 5-set match.

No. School Total 2008 Last
  (1st-Place Votes) Points
 Record Week
1
 Emory (Ga.) (24) 600 35-6 2
2
 LaVerne (Calif. 575 27-3 4
3
Juniata (Pa.) 543 35-5
 1
4
Ohio Northern 538 34-5 8
5
Washington (Mo.) 487
 31-7 3
6 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 469 40-3 7
7
Wittenberg 447 33-3
 5
8
Carthage (Wis.) 409 32-5 10
9
Southwestern (Tex.) 378
 36-5 14
10
 California Lutheran 375 26-7 13
11 St. Thomas (Minn.) 324 28-3 6
12 Trinity (Tex.) 309 31-10 11
13 Cal State-East Bay 306

29-5

9
14 Saint Benedict (Minn.) 285 29-7 23
15 Wisconsin-Whitewater 267 30-10 16
16 Calvin (Mich.) 230 26-5 12
17 Concordia (Minn.) 215
 22-6 18
18 Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 135 20-7 15
19
Eastern (Pa.) 120 35-2 23
20 Hope (Mich.) 115 26-7 19
21 Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 100 26-5 17
22 Colorado College
 97
 27-12 NR
23
 Puget Sound (Wash.) 91 17-8 20
24 Wisconsin-Eau Claire
 75
 24-12 NR
25
 Mount Saint Joseph
 58
 29-11 NR
Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Salisbury (Md.) 47, Heidelberg 44, Nebraska Wesleyan 37, Christopher Newport (Va.) 33, Williams (Mass.) 29, Wisconsin-LaCrosse 26, Stevens (N.J.) 14.

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