Ohio State Takes #1 In AVCA Division I-II Men’s Pre-Season Poll

  0 Carly DeMarque | December 12th, 2016 | Big Ten, College - Men's Indoor, Division I Mid-Major, Division II, News, Pac 12, WCC

Defending National Champions, Ohio State receive 23 votes to earn first in the AVCA Division I-II Men’s Coaches Top-15 Pre-Season Poll.

UCLA receiving the No. 2 position despite BYU taking the runner-up position to Ohio State last season in a three set sweep.

Returning to the Ohio State lineup is standout junior Nicolas Szerszen, who put down a team high 516 kills and 63 services aces last season. Szerszen was selected as the 2016 National Player of the Year.

At the AVCA Showcase – Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge, three ranked opponents will face each other, No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 UCLA and No. 13 Penn State, also competing in the event is unranked USC.

The NCAA Tournament will take place from April 28-May 6 in Columbus, Ohio.

RANK SCHOOL POINTS 2016 RECORD 2016 FINAL RANK
1 Ohio State (23) 359 31-3 1
2 UCLA (1) 325 25-7 3
3 BYU 320 27-4 2
4 Long Beach State 291 25-8 4
5 Pepperdine 221 13-11 7
6 Lewis 211 19-13 9
7 Hawaii 204 16-12 8
8 UC Irvine 159 10-20 NR
9 Stanford 150 19-6 6
10 George Mason 138 18-12 11
11 Loyola-Chicago 125 20-8 10
12 UC Santa Barbara 120 20-10 5
13 Penn State 95 19-10 12
14 CSUN 61 14-15 14
15 Ball State 47 20-9 13

Others receiving votes: Saint Francis 35; California Baptist 10; Southern California 6.

Three teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of three combined points.

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Carly DeMarque has been involved with competitive volleyball for the majority of her life, playing competitively at the club and collegiate level for 15 years and coaching club for five. Now a retired Division I volleyball athlete out of McNeese State University, she continues her volleyball enthusiasm by stepping back into …

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