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