Women’s Cross Country ranked No. 33 in latest USTFCCCA poll
By Wes Mayberry
| USTFCCCA NCAA III Women's Cross Country Poll - #2 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team is ranked No. 33 nationally in the second of eight weekly USTFCCCA polls, which was released on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears (33-1 overall) received 40 points in the poll and moved down one spot from the Week 1 poll. The team was ranked No. 33 in the preseason poll.
SUNY Geneseo remains No. 1 in the poll with 350 points and all 10 first-place votes. Wartburg (Iowa) is second with 340 points, and two-time defending national champion Johns Hopkins (Md.) is third with 325 points.
The Polar Bears are coming off a second-place finish of 25 teams at the Rochester (N.Y.) Invitational on Saturday. Fifth-year senior Tessa Pitcovich (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) led the way, placing fifth of 262 runners overall with a time of 23:07 on the 6,000-meter course.
Northern returns to action on Saturday at the Pre-NCAA Meet at Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Mich.
USTFCCCA Coaches Poll - #2
Sept. 21, 2022
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | Total Points |
Last Week |
| 1. | SUNY-Geneseo (10) | 350 | 1 |
| 2. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 340 | 2 |
| 3. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 325 | 3 |
| 4. | Chicago (Ill.) | 322 | 6 |
| 5. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 313 | 4 |
| 6. | Mass. Inst. of Technology | 293 | 7 |
| 7. | Washington (Mo.) | 287 | 9 |
| 8. | Amherst (Mass.) | 282 | 11 |
| 9. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 270 | 10 |
| 10. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 261 | 12 |
| 11. | Carleton (Minn.) | 242 | 13 |
| 12. | Hope (Mich.) | 238 | 8 |
| 13. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 226 | 19 |
| 14. | Tufts (Mass.) | 224 | 14 |
| 15. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 212 | 15 |
| Williams (Mass.) | 212 | 5 | |
| 17. | John Carroll | 180 | 18 |
| 18. | Loras (Iowa) | 179 | 16 |
| 19. | Bates (Maine) | 178 | 17 |
| 20. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 161 | 20 |
| 21. | California Santa Cruz | 136 | NR |
| 22. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 133 | 24 |
| 23. | Calvin (Mich.) | 131 | 21 |
| 24. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 115 | 28 |
| 25. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 103 | 27 |
| 26. | NYU | 97 | NR |
| 27. | George Fox (Ore.) | 78 | 22 |
| 28. | Emory (Ga.) | 74 | 23 |
| 29. | Smith (Mass.) | 68 | 25 |
| 30. | Colorado College | 67 | 26 |
| 31. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 41 | 31 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (N.Y.) | 41 | 29 | |
| 33. | Ohio Northern | 40 | 32 |
| 34. | Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (Mass.) | 26 | 30 |
| 35. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 20 | NR |
Others receiving votes : Swarthmore 17, Central (Iowa) 7, Elizabethtown 5, Trine 3, Saint Benedict 2, Widener 1.