Women's Basketball moves into top five in tenth weekly D3Hoops.com poll

February 7, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team made its debut in the top-5 in the D3Hoops.com poll, coming in at No. 5 in the 10th weekly poll.

The Polar Bears continued their quest to a perfect season as they defeated Baldwin Wallace and Muskingum last week.

Northern (21-0 overall) is one of five unbeaten teams in the poll.

Amherst (Mass.) took over the top spot as they edged former No. 1-ranked Tufts (Mass.) in a battle of unbeatens.

St. Thomas (Minn.) moved up to second place, while Tufts rounded out the top-3.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening as they travel to Tiffin to take on the Student Princes of Heidelberg at 7:30 pm.

D3Hoops.com Poll

Feb. 6, 2017 - Week 10

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Prev.
1.	Amherst (Mass.) (22)	22-0	621	2
2.	St. Thomas (Minn.)	21-0	580	3
3.	Tufts (Mass.)	21-1	573	1
4.	Thomas More (Ky.) (3)	21-0	552	4
5.	Ohio Northern	21-0	509	6
6.	Puget Sound (Wa.)	20-1	453	7
7.	Mary Washington (Va.)	20-1	448	8
8.	Christopher Newport (Va.)	20-1	445	5
9.	Washington (Mo.)	18-2	423	9
10.	DePauw (Ind.)	21-1	395	11
11.	Hope (Mich.)	19-2	379	10
12.	Trinity (Tex.)	20-1	362	12
13.	Wartburg (Iowa)	20-2	322	13
14.	Wis.-Oshkosh	19-2	314	16
15.	Whitman (Wa.)	19-2	247	18
16.	Gustavas Adolphus (Minn.)	20-1	242	17
17.	Montclair State (N.J.)	20-2	212	15
18.	SUNY Geneseo	21-0	196	21
19.	Messiah (Pa.)	20-1	169	22
20.	Bowdoin (Maine)	17-3	156	23
21.	Scranton (Pa.)	18-3	134	14
22.	Catholic (Wash.)	19-2	113	25
23.	Trine (Ind.)	18-2	96	NR
24.	Wis.-Whitewater	18-3	73	19
25.	George Fox (Ore.)	17-4	40	NR

Others Receiving Votes: Wheaton (Ill.) 13; Marymount 11; Texas-Dallas 11; Carnegie Mellon 6; Rochester 6; Ithaca 5; Albright 4; Bethel 4; Illinois Wesleyan 3; Calvin 2; Chicago 2; Moravian 2; Maryville 1; UW-Stevens Point 1