Men's Soccer moves up seven spots to No. 17 in sixth weekly United Soccer Coaches Poll

October 15, 2024

By Tim Glon

| United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll #6 |

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up seven spots to No. 17 in the sixth United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Top 25 poll on Tuesday.

The Polar Bears are 9-2-2 on the season under sixth-year head coach Chris Matejka.

Northern is riding a four-match winning streak and is coming off a 6-0 victory over Muskingum on Saturday.

ONU was No. 15 in the preseason poll, No. 13 in the first weekly poll, No. 15 in the second poll, was No. 14 in the third poll, was No. 25 in the fourth poll and was No. 24 in last week's poll.

Mary Washington (Va.) is ranked first, Tufts (Mass.) is second and Middlebury (Vt.) is third.

The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday when they play at Heidelberg.

United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll #6

Oct. 15, 2024

Rank	School	Last	Record
1.	Mary Washington (Va.)	1	13-0-1
2.	Tufts (Mass.)	3	9-0-2
3.	Middlebury (Vt.)	4	10-0-2
4.	Colorado College	5	10-1-2
5.	Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)	6	11-0-2
6.	Dickenson (Pa.)	8	11-1-1
7.	Montclair State (N.J.)	10	10-2-1
8.	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	12	10-1-3
9.	North Park (Ill.)	16	9-1-4
10.	Vassar (N.Y.)	13	9-2-0
11.	Denison	17	8-1-3
12.	Amherst (Mass.)	14	8-1-2
13.	Franklin & Marshall (Pa.)	9	7-0-6
14.	Babson (Mass.)	11	7-1-6
15.	Hope (Mich.)	7	9-1-2
16.	Kenyon	2	7-2-3
17.	Ohio Northern	24	9-2-2
18.	Trinity (Tex.)	23	10-0-2
19.	SUNY-Oneonta	20	8-2-3
20.	Washington & Lee (Va.)	NR	8-3-1
21.	SUNY-Cortland	25	9-3-3
22.	Williams (Mass.)	NR	8-2-2
23.	Rowan (N.J.)	19	5-4-5
24.	Southwestern (Tex.)	18	7-1-3
25.	Occidental (Calif.)	NR	8-1-3

Also receiving votes: Wheaton (Mass.), York (Pa.), Virginia Wesleyan, Johns Hopkins (Md.), St. Olaf (Minn.), Swarthmore (Pa.), Edgewood (Wis.), Connecticut College