Girls volleyball: Final Top 20 rankings, standings for 2023 season in North Jersey
North Jersey remains the class of girls volleyball in the state, home to two more NJSIAA champions this season.
Current member schools of the Big North and North Jersey Interscholastic Conference have produced at least one champ every year since the state tournament began in 1981. This year, Immaculate Heart and Demarest did the honors, and the latter achieved an additional milestone.
During their run to the Group 2 title, the Norsewomen gave 35th-year head coach Beth Powell her 700th win, though it was not publicized at the time.
Powell (709-172) was one of three coaches to reach major landmarks in victories: The 600-win club welcomed Bogota’s Brad DiRupo (603-99), and the 500-win club welcomed Old Tappan’s Melissa Landeck (503-109).
The trio has combined for 27 state titles and 14 Bergen County crowns all-time.
Final Top 20 rankings
Immaculate Heart (27-1)
Demarest (23-4)
Old Tappan (20-4)
Northern Highlands (21-8)
Bergen Tech (21-5)
Wayne Valley (18-5)
River Dell (17-5)
Ramapo (16-7)
Pascack Hills (19-5)
Fair Lawn (19-8)
St. Mary (25-4)
Secaucus (25-4)
Passaic Tech (17-6)
Bogota (18-7)
Glen Rock (23-5)
Hackensack (19-9)
Pascack Valley (15-8)
Fort Lee (22-5)
Lyndhurst (18-7)
Cliffside Park (22-7)
Also considered: Cresskill (16-5-1), Garfield (17-8), Park Ridge (18-5), Passaic Valley (12-9), Rutherford (15-13), Tenafly (9-11-1).
Big North standings
(Overall record in parentheses)
AMERICAN DIVISION
Fort Lee (22-5) 7-1
Cliffside Park (22-7) 7-1
Dumont (12-11) 4-4
Ridgefield Park (10-16) 2-6
Dwight Morrow (2-16) 0-8
FREEDOM DIVISION
No. Highlands (21-8) 7-1
Ramapo (16-7) 7-1
Hackensack (19-9) 4-4
Paramus (12-15) 1-7
Ridgewood (11-15) 1-7
INDEPENDENCE DIVISION
Fair Lawn (19-8) 9-1
Wayne Valley (18-5) 8-2
Passaic Valley (12-9) 6-4
West Milford (11-10) 5-5
Wayne Hills (5-13) 2-8
Lakeland (3-19) 0-10
LIBERTY DIVISION
Bergen Tech (21-5) 10-0
Passaic Tech (17-6) 8-2
Passaic (11-16) 6-4
Clifton (7-17) 4-6
Kennedy (5-14) 1-9
Eastside (2-15) 1-9
Congratulations to coach Landeck on her 500th win! pic.twitter.com/vfP61PmNcE
— NVOT ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT (@NVOT_Athletics) October 20, 2023
NATIONAL DIVISION
Demarest (23-4) 9-1
Old Tappan (20-4) 9-1
Pascack Valley (15-8) 6-4
Tenafly (9-11-1) 3-7
Bergenfield (9-17) 2-8
Teaneck (5-16) 1-9
PATRIOT DIVISION
River Dell (17-5) 10-0
Pascack Hills (19-5) 8-2
Westwood (14-12) 6-4
Ramsey (6-16) 3-7
Indian Hills (8-16) 2-8
Mahwah (2-19) 1-9
UNITED DIVISION
Immaculate Heart (27-1) 6-0
Paramus Catholic (11-9) 4-2
DePaul (9-13) 2-4
Holy Angels (2-16) 0-6
NJIC standings
COLONIAL DIVISION
Glen Rock (23-5) 12-0
Eastern Christian (17-7) 9-3
Elmwood Park (11-10) 9-3
Hawthorne (8-13) 5-7
Hawthorne Christian (7-15) 5-7
Paterson Charter (6-17) 2-10
Manchester (2-20) 0-12
LIBERTY DIVISION
Bogota (18-7) 12-0
Saddle Brook (15-10) 9-3
Leonia (13-11) 8-4
Dwight-Englewood (7-12) 6-6
Ridgefield (5-17) 4-8
Mary Help of Christians (7-12) 3-9
Palisades Park (2-21) 0-12
MEADOWLANDS DIVISION
Garfield (17-8) 10-0
Wallington (16-9) 7-3
Wood-Ridge (11-13) 5-5
Becton (8-14) 3-7
Hasbrouck Heights (7-12) 3-7
Lodi (2-16) 2-8
NATIONAL DIVISION
Secaucus (25-4) 11-1
St. Mary (25-4) 11-1
Lyndhurst (18-7) 8-4
Rutherford (15-13) 6-6
Weehawken (11-13) 3-9
Harrison (7-16) 3-9
North Arlington (1-22) 0-12
PATRIOT DIVISION
Park Ridge (18-5) 11-1
Cresskill (16-5-1) 11-1
Waldwick (15-9) 7-5
New Milford (11-13) 6-6
Midland Park (9-11) 5-7
Emerson (3-19) 1-11
Saddle River Day (2-17) 1-11
Independent teams
Bergen Charter (13-5)
Passaic Charter (10-8)
Paterson Arts (1-16)
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: NJ girls volleyball: Final North Jersey rankings and standings
