Fusion cross sections for the 23Na+23Na entrance channel were measured at beam energies between 80 and 177 MeV by detecting the evaporation residues from the compound nucleus 46Ti. Additionally the tensor analyzing power Tzf~¢ for fusion of aligned 23Na with 23Na was measured at E = 170 MeV bombarding energy. The results for the fusion cross section and of TfuS,2o, together with results from other fusion reactions, leading to the same compound nucleus 46Ti, are discussed in terms of entrance channel and compound nucleus models, which both intend to describe the observed limitation of fusion at high energies. It is shown that Tf~ S represents a sensitive test for heavy-ion fusion models at these energies.