Women's Basketball jumps four spots to No. 10 in sixth weekly D3Hoops.com poll, ranked No. 10 in WBCA poll

Women's Basketball jumps four spots to No. 10 in sixth weekly D3Hoops.com poll, ranked No. 10 in WBCA poll
January 8, 2018

By Caleb Scott

| D3Hoops.com Poll | WBCA Poll |

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team cracked the top-10 in the sixth weekly D3Hoops.com poll after jumping four spots to No. 10 in the sixth weekly coaches poll and also jumped into the top-10 in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll after moving up five spots to No. 10.

After falling in their season-opener, the Polar Bears (12-1 overall, 6-0 OAC) have won 12 straight, including handing undefeated and nationally-ranked Marietta its first loss of the season.

Ohio Northern received 360 points in the D3Hoops.com poll, and 119 points in the WBCA poll.

In the D3Hoops.com poll, Amherst (Mass.) held the top spot with 621 points and 22 first place votes, while Wartburg (Iowa) is ranked second with 595 points and one first place vote, and Hope (Mich.) rounded out the top-3 with 565 points and one first place vote.

In the WBCA poll, Amherst (Mass.) is No. 1 with 200 points and all eight first place votes, while Hope (Mich.) is second with 188 points and Bowdoin (Maine) is third with 184 points.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm as they welcome OAC-foe Baldwin Wallace to the ONU Sports Center

D3Hoops.com Poll - Week 6

Jan. 8, 2018

Rank School (First Place Votes) Record Pts. Prev.
1. Amherst (Mass.) (22) 13-0 621 1
2. Wartburg (Iowa) (1) 13-0 595 2
3. Hope (Mich.) (1) 14-0 565 5
4. Bowdoin (Maine) 13-0 519 11
5. Thomas More (Ky.) 12-1 512 8
6. Whitman (Wash.) (1) 12-1 496 7
7. Rochester (N.Y.) 11-1 479 10
8. Tufts (Mass.) 11-2 427 4
9. DePauw (Ind.) 14-1 371 13
10. Ohio Northern 12-1 360 14
11. Trine (Ind.) 12-2 349 9
12. Muhlenberg (Pa.) 12-0 308 15
13. Christopher Newport (Va.) 11-2 302 6
14. Wis.-Oshkosh 10-2 281 3
15. Wis.-Whitewater 11-2 279 12
16. St. Thomas (Minn.) 11-2 275 16
17. Juniata (Pa.) 13-0 258 17
18. Scranton (Pa.) 12-1 219 19
19. Messiah (Pa.)  13-1 175 20
20. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 11-2 145 21
21. Illinois Wesleyan 12-2 127 23
22. Marietta 12-1 117 18
23. Illinois Wesleyan 12-1 74 25
24. Trinity (Tex.) 9-2 63 24
25. U. of Chicago 10-2 52 —

Others receiving votes: SUNY Geneseo 32; George Fox 31; Marymount 30; UW-River Falls 20; Wisconsin Lutheran 19; Washington U. 11; Ithaca 4; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3; St. Benedict 3; Washington and Jefferson 3

WBCA Poll - Week 6

Jan. 9, 2018

Rank School (First Place Votes) Record Pts. Prev.
1. Amherst (Mass.) (8) 13-0 200 1
2. Hope (Mich.) 14-0 188 4
3. Bowdoin (Maine) 13-0 184 7
4. Whitman (Wash.) 12-1 166 8
5. Thomas More (Ky.) 12-1 165 9
t6. Rochester (N.Y.) 11-1 150 10
t6. Wartburg (Iowa) 13-0 150 22
8. Tufts (Mass.) 11-2 134 2
9. DePauw (Ind.) 14-1 133 12
10. Ohio Northern 12-1 119 15
11. Christopher Newport (Va.) 11-2 115 3
12. Trine (Ind.) 12-2 112 6
13. St. Thomas (Minn.) 11-2 97 14
14. Scranton (Pa.) 12-1 85 16
15. Muhlenberg (Pa.) 12-0 78 20
16. Trinity (Tex.) 9-2 72 13
t17. Messiah (Pa.) 13-1 66 18
t17. Wis.-Oshkosh 10-2 66 5
19. Wis.-Whitewater 11-2 59 17
20. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 11-2 46 19
21. Juniata (Pa.) 13-0 40 25
22. Ithaca (N.Y.) 9-2 39 22
t23. U. of Chicago 10-2 30 NR
t23. Montclair State (N.J.) 12-1 30 24
25. George Fox (Ore.) 11-2 29 23

Others receiving votes: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (11-2) 11; Marietta (12-1) 11; Washington-St. Louis (9-3) 9; Illinois Wesleyan (12-2) 6; Marymount (VA) (11-2) 5; Rochester Institute (9-1) 2; Transylvania (9-4) 2; Centre (KY) (12-1) 1.