Women's Basketball continues climb in D3Hoops.com poll; ranked No. 17
By Caleb Scott
| D3Hoops.com Poll |
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
