Men's Soccer ranked No. 7, No. 11 in ninth weekly D3soccer.com and NSCAA polls
By: Zaji Lieberman
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ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team is ranked No. 7 in the ninth weekly D3soccer.com poll Men's Division III poll and is No. 11 in the ninth weekly 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA on Tuesday.
In the D3soccer.com poll, Ohio Northern (18-2-0 overall, 9-0-0 Ohio Athletic Conference) received 470 points.
Messiah (Pa.) is ranked No. 1, Loras (Iowa) is second and Trinity (Tex) is third.
In the NSCAA poll, the Polar Bears were ranked No. 12 in the eighth poll last week, No. 14 in the seventh poll, No. 21 in the sixth poll, No. 25 in the fifth poll, No. 18 in forth poll, No. 9 in the third poll, 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.
Messiah (Pa.) is ranked No. 1, Amherst (Mass.) is second and Trinity (Tex.) is third.
Last week, the Polar Bears defeated Wlimington (3-1) and Muskingum (5-0).
ONU has now been nationally ranked in four of the past five seasons.
The Polar Bears will return to action Friday at 2pm to play in the OAC semi-finals at the ONU soccer field.
D3soccer.com Men's Poll - #9
Oct. 30, 2012
| Rank | School (1st Pl. Votes) | 2012 Record | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1. | Messiah (Pa.) (23) |
17-0-1 | 623 | 1 |
| 2. | Loras (Iowa) (1) |
17-1-1 | 572 | 3 |
| 3. | Trinity (Tex.) (1) | 16-0-3 | 565 | 2 |
| 4. | Amherst (Mass.) (1) | 13-0-2 | 538 | 4 |
| 5. | Montclair State (N.J.) |
18-2-0 | 526 | 5 |
| 6. | Williams (Mass.) |
12-2-1 | 508 | 6 |
| 7. | Ohio Northern |
18-2-0 | 470 | 7 |
| 8. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
12-2-1 | 430 | 11 |
| 9. | Swarthmore (Pa.) |
13-1-2 | 374 | 12 |
| 10. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) |
13-2-2 | 353 | 9 |
| 11. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 15-2-1 | 332 | 8 |
| 12. | Dominican (Ill.) |
14-2-1 | 323 | 13 |
| 13. | Susquehanna (Pa.) |
15-2-0 | 284 | 14 |
| 14. | Stevens (N.J.) |
15-2-0 | 281 | 15 |
| 15. | Whitworth (Calif.) | 13-1-3 | 255 | 10 |
| 16. | Carleton (Minn.) | 16-1-1 | 247 | 17 |
| 17. | Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) |
14-2-2 | 222 | 16 |
| 18. | Eastern Connecticut State |
15-1-1 | 189 | 19 |
| 19. | Wheaton (Ill.) |
14-3-2 | 159 | 20 |
| 20. | York (Pa.) | 12-5-2 | 155 | 18 |
| 21. | Ohio Wesleyan |
13-2-3 | 135 | 21 |
| 22. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) |
16-2-1 | 124 | 22 |
| 23. | Christopher Newport (Va.) |
15-2-2 | 93 | 25 |
| 24. | Babson (Mass.) |
13-3-2 | 88 | 25 |
| 25. | Scranton (Pa.) | 13-1-2 | 55 | - |
Others Receiving Votes: Medaille (N.Y.) 43, DePauw (Ind.) 41, Calvin (Mich.) 29, Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 28, Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 16, North Park (Ill.) 15, Olivet (Mich.) 11, Wisconsin-Platteville 9, Hiram 8, Vassar (N.Y) 6, Frostburg State (N.Y.) 5, Penn State-Behrend 3, Transylvania (Ky.) 3, Methodist (N.C.) 2, Colorado College 2, Puget Sound (Wash.) 1, Washington (Mo.) 1, Centre (Ky.) 1.
NSCAA Division III Men's Poll - #9
Oct. 30, 2012
| Rank | School | 2012 Record | Last Week |
| 1. | Messiah (Pa.) |
17-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. | Amherst (Mass.) | 13-0-2 | 2 |
| 3. | Trinity (Tex.) | 16-0-3 | 3 |
| 4. | Loras (Iowa) | 16-1-1 | 4 |
| 5. | Montclair State (N.J.) |
17-1-0 | 5 |
| 6. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
12-2-1 | 6 |
| 7. | Stevens (N.J.) |
15-2-0 | 6 |
| 8. | Dominican (Ill.) | 14-2-1 | 8 |
| 9. | Williams (Mass.) |
13-0-2 | 9 |
| 10. | Swarthmore (Pa.) |
13-1-2 | 11 |
| 11. | Ohio Northern | 18-2-0 | 12 |
| 12. | Cal Poly (Calif.) | 16-1-1 | 13 |
| 13. | Christopher Newport (Va.) |
15-2-2 | 14 |
| 14. | Whitworth (Calif.) |
13-1-3 | 10 |
| 15. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) |
13-2-2 | 18 |
| 16. | Wheaton (Ill.) |
14-3-2 | 16 |
| 17. | Brandeis (Mass.) |
15-2-1 | 17 |
| 18. | Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) |
14-2-2 | 19 |
| 19. | Ohio Wesleyan |
13-2-3 | 23 |
| 20. | Susquehanna (Pa.) | 15-2-0 | 20 |
| 21. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 9-3-3 | 15 |
| 22. | Calvin (Mich.) |
13-3-1 | 24 |
| 23. | Gustavus Adolphus | 14-2-1 | NR |
| 24. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 14-4-1 | NR |
| 25. | Eastern Connecticut State | 14-1-1 | 25 |
Others Receiving Votes: DePauw (Ind.), Scranton (Pa.), Frostburg State (Md.), Plattsburgh State (N.Y.).