Women's Cross Country moves up to No. 31 in USTFCCCA Poll
By Wes Mayberry
| USTFCCCA NCAA III Women's Cross Country Poll - Week 3 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team is ranked No. 31 nationally in the latest USTFCCCA NCAA Division III National Coaches Poll, which was released on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears (33-1 overall) received 38 points in the poll and moved up two spots from the Week 2 poll.
SUNY Geneseo remains No. 1 in the poll with 350 points and all 10 first-place votes. Wartburg (Iowa) is second with 340 points, and Chicago (Ill.) is third with 326 points.
The Polar Bears are coming off a second-place finish of 25 teams at the Rochester (N.Y.) Invitational on Sept. 17. Fifth-year senior Tessa Pitcovich (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) led the way, placing fifth of 262 runners overall with a time of 23:07 on the 6,000-meter course.
Northern returns to action on Saturday at the Pre-NCAA Meet at Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Mich.
USTFCCCA Coaches Poll - #3
Sept. 28, 2022
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | Total Points |
Last Week |
| 1. | SUNY-Geneseo (10) | 350 | 1 |
| 2. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 340 | 2 |
| 3. | Chicago (Ill.) | 326 | 4 |
| 4. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 324 | 3 |
| 5. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 308 | 5 |
| 6. | Washington (Mo.) | 299 | 7 |
| 7. | Mass. Inst. of Technology | 291 | 6 |
| 8. | Amherst (Mass.) | 274 | 8 |
| 9. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 271 | 9 |
| 10. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 265 | 10 |
| 11. | Carleton (Minn.) | 250 | 11 |
| 12. | Hope (Mich.) | 234 | 12 |
| 13. | Tufts (Mass.) | 230 | 14 |
| 14. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 223 | 13 |
| 15. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 208 | 15 |
| 16. | Williams (Mass.) | 206 | 15 |
| 17. | John Carroll | 185 | 17 |
| 18. | Loras (Iowa) | 184 | 18 |
| 19. | Bates (Maine) | 168 | 19 |
| 20. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 158 | 20 |
| 21. | California Santa Cruz | 146 | 21 |
| 22. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 140 | 22 |
| 23. | Calvin (Mich.) | 129 | 23 |
| 24. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 126 | 24 |
| 25. | George Fox (Ore.) | 102 | 27 |
| 26. | New York U. | 101 | 26 |
| 27. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 94 | 25 |
| 28. | Emory (Ga.) | 73 | 28 |
| 29. | Colorado College | 69 | 30 |
| 30. | Smith (Mass.) | 57 | 29 |
| 31. | Ohio Northern | 38 | 33 |
| 32. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 31 | 31 |
| 33. | Swarthmore (Pa.) | 30 | NR |
| 34. | Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (Mass.) | 27 | 34 |
| 35. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 20 | NR |
Others receiving votes : Scranton 14, RPI 4, Central (Iowa) 2, Bowdoin 1, Caltech 1, Widener 1