Men's Soccer moves up one spot to No. 16 in fifth weekly D3Soccer.com poll
By: Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up one spot to No. 16 in the fifth D3Soccer.com weekly poll on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears (8-2-2 overall, 1-0-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) are riding a modest three-match unbeaten streak, which includes a 4-3 double overtime win at No. 22 Thomas More (Ky.) last week.
Northern was ranked No. 16 in the fourth weekly poll and was No. 13 in the third poll.
ONU received 164 points, 58 less than the 222 points it received in last week's poll.
The Polar Bears are currently leading the conference in shots (194), points (69) and assists (25), while ranking second in goals (22) and goals per game (2.20).
ONU travels to Manchester (ind.) Tuesday for its final non-conference match of the regular season and will host OAC foe Capital on Saturday at 1 pm at the ONU Soccer Field.
D3Soccer.com 2011 Poll - Week #5
Oct. 4, 2011
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) |
Record | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1. | Messiah (Pa.) (18) | 9-0-1 | 612 | 1 |
| 2. | Christopher Newport (Va.) (5) | 8-0-1 | 592 | 2 |
| 3. | Ohio Wesleyan (2) | 9-1-0 | 571 | 3 |
| 4. | Saint Lawrence (N.Y.) | 10-0-0 | 557 | 4 |
| 5. | Trinity (Tex.) | 7-0-2 | 534 | 5 |
| 6. | Dominican (Ill.) | 9-1-0 | 485 | 6 |
| 7. | Washington (Mo.) | 9-1-0 | 463 | 7 |
| 8. | Amherst (Mass.) | 7-0-0 | 417 | 9 |
| 9. | Hobart (N.Y.) | 9-1-0 | 411 | 10 |
| 10. | Loras (Iowa) | 9-1-1 | 389 | 11 |
| 11. | Swarthmore (N.Y.) | 7-2-0 | 340 | 14 |
| 12. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 9-1-1 | 315 | 12 |
| 13. | Wesleyan (Conn.) | 6-0-2 | 311 | 13 |
| 14. | North Park (Ill.) | 5-0-5 | 236 | 8 |
| 15. | DePauw (Ind.) | 9-1-0 | 199 | 21 |
| 16. | Ohio Northern | 8-2-2 | 164 | 17 |
| 17. | Stevens (N.J.) | 7-2-0 | 160 | 22 |
| 18. | William Patterson (N.J.) | 8-1-2 | 152 | 19 |
| 19. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y..) | 9-0-2 | 148 | 25 |
| 20. | Augsburg (Ill.) | 8-1-1 | 137 | 23 |
| 21. | Muhlenberg (Pa.) | 6-2-0 | 129 | 16 |
| 22. | Salisbury (Md.) | 6-2-1 | 113 | 24 |
| 23. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 6-1-2 | 109 | RV |
| 24. | Baldwin-Wallace | 10-1-0 | 98 | RV |
| 25. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 8-0-0 | 70 | RV |
Others Receiving Votes: Union 51, Rutgers-Camden 47, UW-Oshkosh 36, Olivet 34, Roger Williams 31, St. Olaf 31, Elmira 24, Williams 21, Babson 19, Medaille 19, Trine 19, Springfield 18, Redlands 14, Pacific Lutheran 13, Calvin 10, Roanoke 8, Thomas More 5, OneontaState 5, Brockport State 4, Geneseo State 3, Whitworth 1.