Men's Soccer ranked No. 13, No. 18 in fourth weekly D3soccer.com and NSCAA polls
By: Zaji Lieberman
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ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team is ranked No. 13 in the fourth weekly D3soccer.com poll Men's Division III poll and is No. 18 in the fourth weekly 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA on Tuesday.
ONU has now been nationally ranked in four of the past five seasons.
In the D3soccer.com poll, Ohio Northern received 285 points and were ranked No. 8 in last week's poll.
Trinity (Tex.) is ranked No. 1, Messiah (Pa.) is second and Amherst (Mass.) is third.
In the NSCAA poll, the Polar Bears (9-2-0) were ranked No. 9 in the third poll last week, No. 12 in the second poll, No. 4 in the first weekly poll and were ranked No. 12 in the 2012 preseason poll and were No. 11 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.
Trinity (Tex.) is ranked No. 1, Amherst (Mass.) is second and Messiah (Pa.) is third.
Last week, the Bears were defeated 2-0 by No. 21 Ohio Wesleyan. However, in back to back games last weekend, Northern posted victories against Thomas More (Ky.) 5-0 and Manchester (Ind.) 6-1.
The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday with a 3:30 pm match against Mount Union in the Ohio Athletic Conference opener at the ONU Soccer Field.
D3soccer.com Men's Poll - #4
Sept. 25, 2012
| Rank | School (1st Pl. Votes) | 2012 Record | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1. | Trinity (Tex.) (17) | 8-0-1 | 607 | 2 |
| 2. | Messiah (Pa.) (3) | 7-0-1 | 593 | 4 |
| 3. | Amherst (Mass.) (3) | 5-0-0 | 538 | 6 |
| 4. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 7-1-0 | 503 | 1 |
| 5. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 8-0-0 | 489 | 7 |
| 6. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) (1) | 7-1-0 | 487 | 9 |
| 7. | Loras (Iowa) | 9-1-1 | 462 | 3 |
| 8. | New York University (1) | 7-0-0 | 437 | 10 |
| 9. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 7-1-0 | 373 | 5 |
| 10. | Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) | 7-1-0 | 369 | 12 |
| 11. | York (Pa.) | 7-1-1 | 357 | 15 |
| 12. | Whitworth (Calif.) | 7-0-1 | 354 | 11 |
| 13. | Ohio Northern | 9-2-0 | 285 | 8 |
| 14. | Susquehanna (Pa.) | 7-1-0 | 265 | 17 |
| 15. | Ohio Wesleyan | 5-1-2 | 187 | 21 |
| 16. | Salisbury (N.J.) | 7-1-1 | 179 | 25 |
| 17. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) | 9-0-0 | 161 | 24 |
| 18. | Williams (Mass.) | 5-0-1 | 124 | 22 |
| 19. | Swarthmore (Pa.) | 5-1-1 | 117 | 14 |
| 20 | Franklin and Marshall | 6-2-0 | 107 | 13 |
| 21. | Dominican (Ill.) | 5-1-1 | 105 | - |
| 22. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-2-1 | 100 | 16 |
| 23. | Chicago | 5-1-1 | 82 | - |
| 24. | Olivet (Mich.) | 8-0-1 | 80 | - |
| 25. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 8-1-1 | 76 | - |
Others Receiving Votes: Babson (Mass.) 75, Hiram 62, Washington U. 61, UW-Whitewater 59, DePauw (Ind.) 53, Christopher Newport (Virg.) 51, Stevens (N.J.) 43, Eastern Connecticut 32, Frostburg State (N.Y.) 30, Hobart (N.Y.) 25, Rochester (N.Y.) 24, Tufts (Mass.) 24, Dickinson (Pa.) 21, Puget Sound (Wash.) 20, Muhlenberg (Pa.) 20, Medaille (Pa.) 14, UC Santa Cruz 10, Carleton (Wis.) 13, Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 9, Skidmore (N.Y.) 11, Bowdoin (Maine) 6, Scranton (Pa.) 8, Lebanon Valley (Pa.) 7, Salve Regina (R.I.) 4, Transylvania (Ky.) 2, North Carolina Wesleyan 3, Allegheny (Pa.) 1.
NSCAA Division III Men's Poll - #4
Sept. 25, 2012
| Rank | School | 2012 Record | Last Week |
| 1. | Trinity (Tex.) | 8-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. | Amherst (Mass.) | 5-0-0 | 3 |
| 3. | Messiah (Pa.) | 7-0-1 | 5 |
| 4. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 7-1-0 | 7 |
| 5. | Loras (Iowa) | 9-1-1 | 4 |
| 6. | New York University | 7-0-0 | 14 |
| 6. | Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) | 7-1-0 | 14 |
| 8. | Olivet (Mich.) | 8-0-1 | 20 |
| 9. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 7-1-0 | 2 |
| 10. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 8-0-0 | 12 |
| 11. | Whitworth (Calif.) | 7-0-1 | 11 |
| 12. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 4-1-1 | 16 |
| 13. | Dominican (Ill.) | 5-1-1 | RV |
| 14. | York (Pa.) | 7-1-1 | RV |
| 15. | Ohio Wesleyan | 5-1-2 | RV |
| 16. | Susquehanna (Pa.) | 7-1-0 | NR |
| 17. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 7-1-0 | 6 |
| 18. | Ohio Northern | 9-2-0 | 9 |
| 19. | Williams (Mass.) | 5-0-1 | 25 |
| 20 | Dickinson (Pa.) | 6-1-1 | 13 |
| 21. | Puget Sound (Wash.) | 7-1-1 | 24 |
| 22. | Carleton (Wis.) | 7-1-0 | 23 |
| 23. | University of Chicago | 5-1-1 | NR |
| 24. | Hobart (N.Y.) | 5-1-0 | NR |
| 25. | Haverford (Pa.) | 6-1-0 | 18 |
Others Receiving Votes: Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), Puget Sound (Wash.), Loras (Iowa), College at Brockport (N.Y.), Springfield (Mass.) and Aurora (Ill.).