Men's Soccer ranked No. 5, No. 10 in tenth weekly D3soccer.com and NSCAA polls

Men's Soccer ranked No. 5, No. 10 in tenth weekly D3soccer.com and NSCAA polls
November 6, 2012

By: Zaji Lieberman

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ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team is ranked No. 5 in the tenth weekly D3soccer.com poll Men's Division III poll and is No. 10 in the tenth weekly 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA on Tuesday. 

In the D3soccer.com poll, Ohio Northern (20-2-0 overall, 9-0-0 Ohio Athletic Conference) received 518 points.

Messiah (Pa.) is ranked No. 1, Loras (Iowa) is second and Amherst (Mass.) is third.

In the NSCAA poll, the Polar Bears were ranked No. 7 in the ninth poll last week, No. 12 in the eighth poll, 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 won their third consecutive OAC Tournament title with victories over Heidelberg (3-1)  and John Carroll (2-0) at the ONU Soccer Field. 

ONU has now been nationally ranked in four of the past five seasons.

The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday at 7:30 pm to play Thomas More (Ky.) in the first round of the NCAA III Tournament at No. 11 Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, Pa.

D3soccer.com Men's Poll - #10

Nov. 6, 2012

Rank School (1st Pl. Votes) 2012 Record Pts.  Last Week
1. Messiah (Pa.) (23)
 19-0-1 626 1
2. Loras (Iowa) (1)
 19-1-1 586 2
3. Amherst (Mass.) (1)
 15-0-2 558 4
4. Trinity (Tex.) (1)  18-0-3 554 3
5. Ohio Northern 
 20-2-0 518 7
6. Montclair State (N.J.)
 17-2-0 423 5
7. Williams (Mass.)  13-1-3 417 6
8. Brandeis (Mass.)
 16-2-1 412 11
9.   Dominican (Ill.)
 16-2-1 406 12
10. Susquehanna (Pa.)
 17-2-0 372 13
11. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 12-3-1 319 8
12. Stevens (N.J.)
 16-2-1 310 14
13. St. Lawrence (N.Y.) 13-2-3 297 10
14. Rutgers-Camden (N.J.)
 16-2-2 278 17
15. Swarthmore (Pa.) 14-2-2 270 9
16. Carleton (Minn.) 17-1-2 250 16
17. Eastern Connecticut State
 17-1-1 236 18
18. York (Pa.)
 17-2-2 234 20
19. Wheaton (Ill.)
 15-3-3 217 19
20.  Whitworth (Calif.) 13-2-3 155 15
21. Ohio Wesleyan
 13-2-5 118 21
22. Calvin (Mich.) 16-3-1 97 -
23. Medaille (N.Y.) 17-2-0 91 -
24. DePauw (Ind.) 13-1-5 77 -
25. Scranton (Pa.) 14-2-2 55 25

Others Receiving Votes: Babson (Mass.) 48, Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 47, North Park (Ill.) 38, Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) 29, Transylvania (Ky.) 22, Centre 15, Christopher Newport (Va.) 15, Colorado College 8, Washington University 7, University of Wisconsin Platteville 6, Mississippi College 6, Lake Forest (Ill.) 3, Roanoke (Va.) 2, Frostburg State (N.Y.) 1, Oneonta State (N.Y.) 1, Puget Sound (Wash.) 1.

 

NSCAA Division III Men's Poll - #10

Nov. 6, 2012

Rank School 2012 Record Last Week
1. Messiah (Pa.)
 19-0-1 1
2. Amherst (Mass.) 15-0-2 2
3. Trinity (Tex.) 18-0-3 3
4. Loras (Iowa) 19-1-1 4
5. Stevens (N.J.)
 16-2-1 7
6. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)
 12-3-1 6
7. Rutgers-Camden (N.J.)
 16-2-2 18
8. Dominican (Ill.) 16-2-1 8
9. Williams (Mass.)
 13-1-3 9
10. Ohio Northern
 20-2-0 11
11. Montclair State (N.J.) 17-2-0 5
12. Carleton (Minn.) 17-1-2 12
13. St. Lawrence (N.Y.)
 13-2-3 15
14. Whitworth (Calif.)
 13-2-3 14
15.  Susquehanna (Pa.) 17-2-0 20
16. Wheaton (Ill.)
 15-3-3 16
17. Brandeis (Mass.)
 16-2-1 17
18. Calvin (Mich.) 16-3-1 22
19. Rochester (N.Y.)
 10-3-3 21
20. Swarthmore (Pa.)
 14-2-2 10
21.  DePauw (Ind.) 13-1-5 RV
22. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 
 15-2-3 23
23. Methodist (N.C.) 15-2-3 NR
24. Eastern Connecticut State
 17-1-1 25

Mississippi College 12-5-2 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Ohio Wesleyan, Haverford, York (Pa.), University of Scranton (Pa.), North Park (Ill.).