Women's Basketball continues climb in D3Hoops.com poll; ranked No. 17

December 13, 2016

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team continued its upward climb in the D3Hoops.com poll and moved to No. 17 in the third weekly poll, released Monday evening.

The Polar Bears (8-0 overall, 3-0 OAC) were ranked No. 19 in the second weekly D3Hoops.com poll and received 195 points in this weeks poll.

Northern is 8-0 to begin the season for the first time in school history.

Tufts (Mass.) took the top spot with 610 points and 15 first place votes, Amherst (Mass.) is second with 596 points and four first place votes and Scranton (Pa.) rounded out the top three with 568 points and one first place vote.

Ohio Northern returns to action Saturday afternoon as they travel to John Carroll to take on the Blue Streaks at 3 pm.

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Prev.
1.	Tufts (Mass.) (15)	8-0	610	1
2.	Amherst (Mass.) (4)	7-0	596	2
3.	Scranton (Pa.) (1)	7-0	568	3
4.	Thomas More (Ky.) (5)	7-0	517	4
5.	St. Thomas (Minn.)	7-0	498	5
6.	Washington (Mo.)	7-0	489	6
7.	Hope (Mich.)	8-0	465	7
8.	Wartburg (Iowa)	8-0	443	8
9.	Wis.-Oshkosh	6-0	412	10
10.	Christopher Newport (Va.)	7-0	381	11
11.	Montclair State (N.J.)	9-0	365	12
12.	Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)	8-0	339	13
13.	Bowdoin (Maine)	8-0	326	14
14.	Mary Washington (Va.)	8-0	277	16
15.	George Fox (Ore.)	7-1	273	15
16.	Wis.-Whitewater	7-0	208	18
17.	Ohio Northern	8-0	195	19
18.	Puget Sound (Wa.)	7-0	180	22
19.	Rochester (N.Y.)	6-2	137	9
20.	Albright (Pa.)	7-1	128	20
21.	Wheaton (Ill.)	6-2	113	17
22.	New York U.	8-0	107	24
23.	Wis.-Stevens Point	5-1	91	23
24.	Whitman (Wa.)	9-0	90	25
25.	Texas-Tyler	6-2	75	21

Others Receiving Votes: Trinity (Texas) 63; Guilford 55; DePauw 29; Calvin 23; Messiah 19; Chicago 13; UW-River Falls 10; Ithaca 9; Stockton 6; Augustana 5; Gustavus Adolphus 5; SUNY Geneseo 3; Bethel 1; Marymount 1