Penn State men’s volleyball dropped three spots to No. 20 in the latest AVCA poll, which was released Monday afternoon.

The Nittany Lions went 1-1 on the road against Harvard this past week, as they lost 3-0 before picking up their first win of the season in a 3-0 sweep the next day.

Penn State is one of two teams from the EIVA Conference in the poll, as NJIT checked into the poll at No. 19 after being unranked last week. Princeton and George Mason both dropped out of the poll after being No. 17 and No. 20 last week, respectively.

The 1-7 Nittany Lions will return to action this weekend for a two-match series against Saint Francis, the first of which being on the road at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 14.

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