Women's Basketball moves into the top 10 in the tenth weekly D3hoops.com Women's Top 25 Poll
By Ashley Birchmeier
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ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moves into the top 10, claiming the 10th spot in the 10th weekly D3hoops.com Women's Top 25 Poll.
This is the highest ranking for the Polar Bears this season, receiving 381 points in the poll.
Thomas More (Ky.) reclaimed the top spot with 625 points and all 25 first place votes, followed by George Fox (Ore.) in second with 596 points and Hope (Mich.) in third with 578 points.
Northern defeated Ohio Athletic Conference opponents Heidelberg 70-51 and Muskingum 68-53 last week to claim the OAC Regular Season title outright and the No. 1 seed in the OAC Tournament.
The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening as they welcome Baldwin Wallace to the ONU Sports Center, tip off set for 7:30 pm.
D3hoops.com Poll - Week 10
Feb. 16, 2016
| 2015-16 | Last | |||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Record | Points | Week |
| 1. | Thomas More (Ky.) (25) | 22-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2. | George Fox (Ore.) | 23-0 | 596 | 2 |
| 3. | Hope (Mich.) | 23-0 | 578 | 3 |
| 4. | Scranton (Pa.) | 23-0 | 531 | 4 |
| 5. | Texas-Tyler | 22-1 | 506 | 5 |
| 6. | Tufts (Mass.) | 21-2 | 504 | 6 |
| 7. | Amherst (Mass.) | 23-1 | 503 | 7 |
| 8. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 20-3 | 433 | 8 |
| 9. | Washington University | 18-4 | 401 | 10 |
| 10. | Ohio Northern | 20-3 | 381 | 11 |
| 11. | Albright (Pa.) | 22-2 | 348 | 12 |
| 12. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 18-4 | 344 | 9 |
| 13. | UW-River Falls | 19-4 | 321 | 15 |
| 14. | UW-Oshkosh | 19-4 | 316 | 13 |
| 15. | Muhlenberg (Pa.) | 20-2 | 259 | 16 |
| 16. | Christopher Newport | 21-2 | 254 | 18 |
| 17. | UW-Whitewater | 19-4 | 226 | 19 |
| 18. | University of New England | 20-3 | 148 | 22 |
| 19. | UW-Stevens Point | 17-6 | 134 | 17 |
| 20. | Maryville (Tenn.) | 19-3 | 115 | 21 |
| 21. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 18-5 | 98 | 25 |
| 22. | New York University | 17-5 | 89 | 14 |
| 23. | Calvin (Mich.) | 18-5 | 82 | 24 |
| 24. | Trinity (Texas) | 20-4 | 57 | — |
| 25. |
Mary Washington | 19-4 | 47 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: Birmingham-Southern 45; Denison 41; Stockton 23; St. John Fisher 22; Capital 22; Bowdoin 18; Bluffton 12; Carnegie Mellon 8; Montclair State 7; McDaniel 6; St. Mary's (Minn.) 5; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4; Stevens 4; Guilford 4; Rose-Hulman 3; Washington and Jefferson 1.