Women's Basketball falls to No. 15 in ninth weekly D3Hoops.com poll

Women's Basketball falls to No. 15 in ninth weekly D3Hoops.com poll
January 30, 2018

By Caleb Scott

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ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team fell five spots to No. 15 in the ninth weekly edition of the D3Hoops.com poll, released on Monday evening.

Northern (17-2 overall, 11-1 OAC) posted a 1-1 record in the conference last week after defeating Wilmington at the ONU Sports Center 71-48 and falling on the road at Capital 84-76.

Ohio Northern received 244 points in the D3Hoops.com poll.

Amherst (Mass.) held the top spot with 623 points and 23 first place votes, while Wartburg (Iowa) is ranked second with 593 points and one first place vote, and Bowdoin (Maine) moved into the top-3 with 551 points.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm as they travel to Berea to take on Baldwin Wallace at Ursprung Gymnasium.

D3Hoops.com Poll - Week 9

Jan. 30, 2018

Rank School (First Place Votes) Record Pts. Prev.
1. Amherst (Mass.) (23) 20-0 623 1
2. Wartburg (Iowa) (1) 19-0 593 2
3. Bowdoin (Maine) 19-1 551 4
4. Thomas More (Ky.) 18-1 548 5
5. Whitman (Wash.) (1) 18-1 522 6
6. Hope (Mich.) 18-1 480 3
7. Tufts (Mass.) 18-2 461 8
8. DePauw (Ind.) 19-1 429 9
9. Trine (Ind.) 18-2 428 11
10. St. Thomas (Minn.) 17-2 374 12
11. Rochester (N.Y.) 16-2 361 7
12. Christopher Newport (Va.) 17-2 316 13
13. Wis.-Oshkosh 16-2 287 14
14. Scranton (Pa.) 18-1 273 15
15. Ohio Northern 17-2 244 10
16. U. of Chicago 16-2 243 21
17. Illinois Wesleyan 17-2 241 17
18. Muhlenberg (Pa.) 18-1 237 16
19. Wis.-Whitewater 16-3 194 18
20. Montclair State (N.J.) 18-1 184 22
21. Marymount (Va.) 17-2 98 —
22. Messiah (Pa.) 17-2 96 25
23. Marietta 17-2 71 19
24. George Fox (Ore.) 16-3 69 —
25. Wis.-Lutheran 17-1 50 —

Others receiving votes: Juniata 40; St. Benedict 29; SUNY Geneseo 28; Rose-Hulman 20; Trinity (Texas) 16; Gustavus Adolphus 11; Rochester Tech 4; Chapman 2; UW-River Falls 2