Women's Soccer ranked No. 24 in first weekly NSCAA poll
By Caleb Scott
| NSCAA Poll |
ADA -- The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is ranked No. 24 in the first weekly NSCAA DIII women's soccer poll released September 13th.
The Polar Bears (3-0-0 overall) are in the top-25 after being unranked in the preseason poll.
Williams (Mass.) College took the top spot, while William Smith (N.Y.) took second and Washington (Mo.) University rounded out the top three.
Northern is also ranked No. 3 is the first weekly Great Lakes Region poll.
The Polar Bears are back in action Wednesday as they travel to Denison to take on the Big Red at 4:30 pm.
NSCAA Poll - Week 1
Sept. 13, 2016
| Rank | School | Previous | Record |
| 1. | Williams (Mass.) | 1 | 3-0-0 |
| 2. | William Smith (N.Y.) | 5 | 4-0-0 |
| 3. | Washington (Mo.) | 2 | 4-0-0 |
| 4. | Trinity (Tx.) | 10 | 3-0-0 |
| 5. | Centre (Ky.) | 4 | 6-0-0 |
| 6. | Chicago | 22 | 4-0-0 |
| 7. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 6 | 3-0-1 |
| 8. | SIT (N.J.) | 13 | 5-0-0 |
| 9. | Swarthmore (Pa.) | 8 | 5-0-0 |
| 10. | Amherst (Mass.) | 20 | 2-0-0 |
| 11. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | NR | 4-0-0 |
| 12. | Loras (Iowa) | NR | 4-0-0 |
| 13. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 12 | 5-0-0 |
| 14. | Misericordia (Pa.) | NR | 5-0-0 |
| 15. | Cal. Lutheran | NR | 4-0-0 |
| 16. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 19 | 3-0-1 |
| 17. | DePauw (Ind.) | NR | 4-0-0 |
| 18. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 24 | 4-0-0 |
| 19. | Messiah (Pa.) | 3 | 2-2-0 |
| 20. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | NR | 3-0-0 |
| 21. | Augustana (Ill.) | NR | 4-0-0 |
| 22. | Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) | NR | 3-0-1 |
| 23. | Rowan (N.J.) | 15 | 5-0-0 |
| 24. | Ohio Northern | NR | 3-0-0 |
| 25. | New York | NR | 3-1-0 |
Others receiving votes: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (8), Hardin-Simmons University (3), Eastern Connecticut State University (3), Arcadia University (2), The College of New Jersey (1)