By Tim Glon

ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team moved back into the national polls at No. 22 in the third weekly American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, released Tuesday afternoon.

The Polar Bears (9-3) received 268116 points in the poll, which is 152 more than the 116 they receivedlast week.

ONU was ranked No. 22 in the preseason poll and were No. 25 in the first weekly poll before falling out of the top 25 last week.

Northern went 3-1 last week, keyed by a 4-set victory over then-No. 12 Washington (Mo.) at the Wittenberg Fall Classic.

The Polar Bears also swept area-rival Bluffton and Clarkson (N.Y.) and battled then-No. 3 Wittenberg tough in a 4-set loss.

Wittenberg moved up to the top spot in the poll with 1,615 points and 28 first place votes, Southwestern (Tex.) is second with 1,590 points and 30 first place votes and Colorado College is third with 1,552 points and the remaining nine first place votes.

The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday with a 7 pm match at home against Kenyon.