Volleyball Holds Steady At No. 16 In National Rankings
Posted: Oct 27, 2021
Southwestern volleyball held steady in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association national rankings, staying at No. 16 after going 2-1 last weekend.
On Saturday, the Pirates won a pair of matches, defeating St. Thomas in five sets and Texas Lutheran in four, getting a career-high 43 digs from senior libero Ali Grona. Southwestern currently ranks No. 9 in the nation in assists per set, led by setters Katelyn Whitehead and Claire Romo. The Pirates also rank seventh in the country in digs per set (20.07), with Ali Grona No. 9 individually with total digs (513) and ninth in kills per set (13.67).
Southwestern is 21-3 this season, including 11-3 in conference play. All three losses have come to Trinity and Colorado College, which rank in the top 10 in Division III. The Pirates will close out the regular season this weekend with matches on Saturday against Schreiner and No. 2-ranked Trinity University.
2021 AVCA WOMEN'S DIVISION III COACHES TOP 25 POLL: OCT. 26
Rank
School (First-Place Votes Adjusted)
Total Points Adjusted
2021 Record
Previous Week
1
Johns Hopkins (89)
2248
25-0
1
2
Trinity (Texas)
2078
26-2
3
3
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2016
22-1
2
4
Calvin
1963
24-2
6
5
Wartburg (1)
1894
24-0
5
6
Hope
1803
20-3
4
7
Colorado College
1672
24-3
7
8
Wisconsin-Whitewater
1608
23-1
9
9
Juniata
1496
23-1
10
10
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
1394
25-3
11
11
Emory
1317
19-3
12
12
NYU
1235
20-1
13
13
Mary Hardin-Baylor
1193
22-1
8
14
Berry
1045
19-2
15
15
Northwestern (Minn.)
982
25-3
17
16
Southwestern (Texas)
870
20-3
16
17
Ohio Northern
760
18-5
14
18
UC Santa Cruz
675
18-2
19
19
MIT
559
22-2
18
20
Bethel (Minn.)
513
20-4
23
21
Chicago
424
14-8
22
22
Tufts
343
15-4
24
23
Otterbein
300
20-3
20
24
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
249
23-6
21
25
Gustavus Adolphus
194
22-5
25
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Wittenberg 52; Wesleyan (Conn.) 37; Washington-St. Louis 36; Bowdoin 34; Whitworth 34; Concordia (Wisc.) 33; Middlebury 23; RIT 19; Susquehanna 17; Denison 15; Carthage 12; Amherst 11; Millikin 11; Wisconsin-La Crosse 11; Babson 7; Stevens 5; Eastern 3;
16 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 54 combined points.
