Women's Soccer moves up three spots in D3Soccer.com poll, ranked No. 12 by NSCAA
By: Monique Bowman
ADA —
The Ohio Northern women's soccer team continues to make waves on the national scene, jumping three spots to No. 15 in the D3Soccer.com weekly ranking, while moving to the No. 12 spot in the eighth weekly National Soccer Coaches Assocation of America's (NSCAA) poll.
Following two wins last week against OAC foes Wilmington and John Carroll, the Polar Bears received 248 points in the D3Soccer ranking with their 13-1-2 overall record. Messian (Pa.), William Smith (N.Y.) and Trinity (Texas) all held strong in the top three spots, while Johns Hopkins (Md.), Hardin-Simmons (Texas) and Emory (Ga.) all moved up a spot this week.
After being tied with California Luthern for the No. 11 spot last week, Northern moved to the No. 12 spot in this week's NSCAA national ranking. Like the D3Soccer.com poll, the top three spots remained the same, while Johns Hopkins, Emory and Hardin-Simmons all moved up a spot to take the fourth, fifth and sixth positions.
Ohio Northern is in its final week of the regular season and hosts Heidelberg on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
NSCAA 2011 Poll - Week #8
Oct. 25, 2011
| Rank | School |
Prev. | W-L-T |
| 1. | Messiah (Pa.) | 1 | 14-0-1 |
| 2. | William Smith (N.Y.) | 2 | 13-0-1 |
| 3. | Trinity (Texas) | 4 | 15-0-0 |
| 4. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 5 | 15-0-0 |
| 5. | Emory (Ga.) | 6 | 12-0-2 |
| 6. | Hardin-Simmons (Texas) | 7 | 15-1-0 |
| 7. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4 | 15-1-1 |
| 8. | Amherst (Mass.) | 8 | 13-0-0 |
| 9. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 9 | 14-1-2 |
| 10. | Williams (Mass.) | 10 | 10-2-1 |
| 11. | California Lutheran | 11 | 17-1-0 |
| 12. | Ohio Northern | 11 | 13-1-2 |
| 13. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 13 | 15-2-1 |
| 14. | Loras (Va.) | 16 | 13-1-2 |
| 15. | Illinois Wesleyan | 15 | 12-2-1 |
| 16. | Virginia Wesleyan | 17 | 15-2-0 |
| 17. | Washington (Mo.) | 14 | 12-4-0 |
| 18. | Case Western Reserve | 19 | 11-2-2 |
| 19. | Springfield (Mass.) | 21 | 11-3-1 |
| 20. | Stevens (N.J.) | 22 | 10-3-3 |
| 21. | College of New Jersey | 20 | 10-2-2 |
| 22. | Centre (Ky.) | 23 | 11-3-1 |
| 23. | Chicago (Ill.) | 24 | 8-4-2 |
| 24. | Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) | RV | 9-1-5 |
| 25. | SUNY Cortland | NR | 11-4-1 |
Others Receiving Votes: Wheaton (Mass.), Roanoke (Va.), Middlebury (Vt.), Rowan (N.J.), Haverford (Pa.), Ithaca (N.Y.)
D3Soccer.com 2011 Poll - Week #8
Oct. 24, 2011
| Rank | School | W-L-T | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1. | Messiah | 14-0-1 | 617 | 1 |
| 2. | William Smith (1) | 13-0-1 | 589 | 2 |
| 3. | Trinity (Texas) (3) | 15-0-0 | 578 | 3 |
| 4. | Johns Hopkins (2) | 15-0-0 | 563 | 5 |
| 5. | Hardin-Simmons | 15-1-0 | 515 | 6 |
| 6. | Emory | 12-0-2 | 502 | 7 |
| 7. | Amherst | 13-0-0 | 454 | 9 |
| 8. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 15-1-1 | 448 | 4 |
| 9. | Cal Lutheran | 17-1-0 | 446 | 8 |
| 10. | Loras | 14-2-1 | 402 | 10 |
| 11. | Wartburg | 14-1-2 | 371 | 11 |
| 12. | Lynchburg | 15-2-1 | 333 | 15 |
| 13. | Williams | 10-2-1 | 288 | 16 |
| 14. | Illinois Wesleyan | 12-2-1 | 281 | 17 |
| 15. | Ohio Northern | 13-1-2 | 248 | 18 |
| 16. | Virginia Wesleyan | 15-2-0 | 236 | 13 |
| 17. | New Jersey | 10-2-2 | 215 | 14 |
| 18. | Washington U. | 12-4-0 | 212 | 12 |
| 19. | Case Western Reserve | 11-2-2 | 136 | 24 |
| 20. | Wheaton (Mass.) | 12-2-3 | 108 | 20 |
| 21. | Centre | 11-3-1 | 104 | 25 |
| Ithaca | 9-2-3 | 104 | 19 | |
| 23. | Concordia-Moorhead | 9-1-5 | 100 | 21 |
| 24. | Haverford | 10-1-4 | 84 | -- |
| 25. | Rowan | 10-3-0 | 34 | -- |
Others Receiving Votes: Stevens 24, Chicago 20, Elmhurst 18, Washington and Lee 16, Roanoke 15, Middlebury 10, Bridgewater 9, Scranton 9, Skidmore 7, UW-Stout 7, Babson 6, Cortland State 5, Springfield 5, St. Olaf 3, Union 2, UT-Dallas 1