2019 AVCA final poll: Hop on top

National champion Johns Hopkins finishes the season atop the final AVCA poll of the year.

JHU was followed in the poll by runner-up Emory at No. 2, and semifinalists Carthage and Trinity (Texas) at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively.

Other Central and Midwest region teams in the final poll of the year: No. 6 Chicago; No. 9 Saint Benedict; No. 17 St. Thomas (Minn.); No. 18 Wisconsin-Stevens Point; No. 22 Augsburg.

Central and Midwest teams receiving votes in the final 2019 poll: St. Olaf; Washington-St. Louis; Wisconsin-Whitewater; Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Northwestern; Gustavus Adolphus.

-Ricky Nelson