Women's Basketball moves up to No. 6 in D3hoops.com com poll; No. 7 in USA Today Sports Coaches poll

January 29, 2013

By: Andrew Korba

| D3hoops.com Poll | USA Today Sports Poll |

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up to a season high ranking of No. 6 in the ninth weekly D3hoops.com poll and a season best No. 7 in the USA Today Sports Division III Top 25 Coaches poll.

The Polar Bears received 475 votes in the D3hoops.com poll, which was 34 more than they received in last weeks poll.

DePauw (Ind.) stayed at the top of the poll with 623 points and 23 of the 25 first place votes, Calvin (Mich) is ranked second with 593 points and the two remaining first place votes and Hope (Mich.) is third with 548 points.

ONU was ranked No. 8 in the previous two polls, No. 9 in the sixth poll, was No. 12 in the fifth poll, was No. 15 in the fourth poll, was No. 17 in the third poll, was No. 20 in the second poll and was No. 24 in the first poll.

In the USA Today Sports poll, Northern received 146 points, which was 16 more points than last week.

Depauw (Ind.) remained No. 1 with 200 points followed by Calvin (Mich.), Amherst (Mass.), Tufts (Mass.) and Hope (Mich.)

Ohio Northern has won a school record 17 games in a row, has an overall record of 18-1 and is in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with an 12-0 mark.

The Polar Bears will be in action again on Wednesday when they welcome Otterbein to the ONU Sports Center at 7:30 pm.

D3hoops.com Women's Poll - #9

Jan 28, 2013

Rank	School (1st Pl. Votes)	Record	Pts.	Prev.
1.	DePauw (Ind.) (23)	19-0	623	1
2.	Calvin (Mich.) (2)	17-1	593	2
3.	Hope (Mich.)	18-1	548	3
4.	Amherst (Mass.)	19-0	545	4
5.	Tufts (Mass.)	20-0	525	6
6.	Ohio Northern	18-1	475	8
7.	Lewis & Clark (Ore.)	18-1	460	9
8.	Montclair State (N.J.)	20-0	453	11
9.	Thomas More (Ky.)	18-1	444	10
10.	Simpson (Iowa)	18-1	401	10
11.	Messiah (Pa.)	17-2	354	5
12.	Washington (Mo.)	15-3	328	7
13.	Catholic (D.C.)	18-1	272	17
14.	Southern Maine	18-1	265	13
15.	Louisiana College	18-1	259	19
16.	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	16-4	211	15
17.	Cornell (Iowa)	17-1	151	21
18.	George Fox (Ore.)	15-4	149	18
19.	Mount Union	16-3	142	23
20.	Williams (Mass.)	16-3	120	22
21.	Lebanon Valley (Pa.)	16-3	115	16
22.	Babson (Mass.)	17-2	101	24
23.	Moravian (Pa.)	18-2	77	NR
24.	Ferrum (Va.)	16-2	76	20
25.	FDU-Florham (N.J.)	18-1	60	NR

Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin-Superior 52, Christopher Newport (Va.) 40, Emory (Ga.) 34, Carthage (Wis.) 32, Baruch (N.Y.) 30, Wisconsin-Whitewater 30, Whitman (Wash.) 23, St. Thomas (Minn.) 22, Maryville (Tenn.) 29, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 18, Rochester (N.Y.) 17, Howard Payne (Tex.) 17, Loras (Iowa) 14, Castleton (Ver.) 8, Wisconsin-Lutheran 7, Rhodes (Tenn.) 7, Otterbein 3, SUNY-New Patlz 2, La Roche (Pa.) 1, Monmouth (Ill.) 1, Ithaca (Ny.) 1, Bridgewater State (Mass.) 1.

USA Today Women's Poll- #9

Jan. 29, 2013

Rank	School (1st Pl. Votes)	Pts.	Record	Prev.
1.	DePauw (Ind.) (8)	200	19-0	1
2.	Calvin (Mich.)	192	17-1	2
3.	Amherst (Mass.)	184	19-0	3
4.	Tufts (Mass.)	175	20-0	4
5.	Hope (Mich.)	167	18-1	6
6.	Lewis & Clark (Ore.)	160	18-1	8
7.	Ohio Northern	146	18-1	9
8.	Simpson (Iowa)	141	18-1	10
9.	Thomas More (Ky.)	136	16-1	11
10	Montclair State (N.J.)	128	20-0	12
11.	Washington (Mo.)	114	15-3	7
12.	Messiah (Pa.)	113	17-2	5
13.	Catholic (D.C.)	110	18-1	17
14.	Cornell (Iowa)	77	17-1	21
15.	Mount Union	70	16-3	20
16.	Emory (Ga.)	64	16-2	T18
17.	Southern Maine	59	18-1	16
18.	Babson (Mass.)	55	17-2	22
19.	Moravian (Pa.)	48	18-2	24
20.	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	45	16-4	13
21.	George Fox (Ore.)	44	15-4	T18
22.	Louisiana College	42	18-1	NR
23.	Lebanon Valley (Pa.)	38	16-3	15
24.	Williams (Mass.)	17	16-3	25
25.	Maryville (Tenn.)	16	16-2	NR

Others Recieving Votes: Baruch (N.Y.) 9, Carthage (Wis.) 9, Ferrum (Va.) 9, SUNY-New Platz 9, Howard Payne (Tex.) 7, Farleigh Dickinson (N.J.) 6, Whitman (Wash.) 6, St. Thomas (Minn.) 3, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1.