Women's Basketball moves up to No. 8 in seventh weekly D3Hoops.com poll; No. 10 in USA Today Sports Coaches Poll

January 15, 2013

By Tim Glon

| D3hoops.com Poll | USA Today Sports Coaches Poll |

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up one more spot to a season-high ranking of No. 8 in the seventh weekly D3hoops.com poll and up two slots to No. 10 in the USA Today Sports Coaches Poll.

The Polar Bears received 439 votes in the D3hoops.com poll, 27 more than the 412 they received in last week's 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 598 points and the two remaining first place votes and Hope (Mich.) is third with 525 points.

ONU was ranked No. 9 in last week's 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.

Northern has also moved up to a season high No. 10 in the USA Today Sports Coaches Poll with 122 points.

DePauw (Ind.) received all eight first place votes and remains in the top spot with 200 points, Calvin (Mich.) is second, followed by Amherst (Mass.), Tufts (Mass.) and Messiah (Pa.).

Ohio Northern has won 13 games in a row, has an overall record of 14-1 and is in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with an 8-0 mark.

The Polar Bears will be in action again on Wednesday when they play host to Wilmington in a 7:30 pm contest.

D3hoops.com Women's Poll - #7

Jan 15, 2013

Rank	School (1st Pl. Votes)	Record	Pts.	Prev.
1.	DePauw (Ind.) (24)	15-0	623	1
2.	Calvin (Mich.) (1)	13-1	598	2
3.	Hope (Mich.)	14-1	525	5
4.	St. Thomas (Minn.)	14-0	515	6
5.	Messiah (Pa.)	14-1	490	7
6.	Tufts (Mass.)	15-0	480	8
7.	Washington (Mo.)	12-2	447	3
8.	Ohio Northern	14-1	439	9
9.	Lewis & Clark (Ore.)	14-1	403	10
10.	Thomas More (Ky.)	14-1	401	11
11.	Montclair State (N.J.)	16-0	388	12
12.	Amherst (Mass.)	11-2	367	4
13.	Southern Maine	15-0	342	13
14.	Simpson (Iowa)	13-1	318	14
15.	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	13-3	247	16
16.	Christopher Newport (Va.)	13-0	242	23
17.	Lebanon Valley (Pa.)	13-2	174	20
18.	Catholic (D.C.)	14-1	167	17
19.	Cornell (Iowa)	14-0	143	21
20.	Babson (Mass.)	13-1	119	22
21.	Ferrum (Va.)	12-0	118	NR
22.	Moravian (Pa.)	14-1	99	NR
23.	George Fox (Ore.)	12-3	83	25
24.	Wisconsin-Whitewater	12-4	67	15
25.	Mount Union	12-3	64	24

Others Receiving Votes: Louisiana College 60; Baruch 33; FDU-Florham 30; Williams 29; UW-Superior 19; Whitman 17; Maryville (Tenn.) 14; Carthage 12; Howard Payne 11; Emory 9; Monmouth 7; Texas-Dallas 6; Bridgewater State 5; Rochester 4; Ithaca 4; Rhodes 3; New Paltz State 2; Loras 1.

USA Today Women's Poll- #7

Jan. 15, 2013

Rank	School (1st Pl. Votes)	Pts.	Record	Prev.
1.	DePauw (Ind.) (8)	200	15-0	1
2.	Calvin (Mich.)	192	13-1	2
3.	Amherst (Mass.)	184	15-0	5
4.	Tufts (Mass.)	168	16-0	8
5.	Messiah (Pa.)	159	14-1	7
6.	Hope (Mich.)	156	14-1	6
7.	Washington (Mo.)	146	12-2	4
8.	Lewis & Clark (Ore.)	145	14-1	9
9.	St. Thomas (Minn.)	132	11-2	3
10.	Ohio Northern	122	14-1	12
11.	Simpson (Ia.)	121	13-1	11
12.	Thomas More (Ky.)	117	14-1	10
13.	Montclair State (N.J.)	99	16-0	16
14.	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	88	13-3	15
15.	Lebanon Valley (Pa.)	74	13-2	18
16.	Southern Maine	73	15-0	22
17.	Cornell (Iowa)	65	14-0	23
18.	Babson (Mass.)	64	13-1	21
19.	Catholic (D.C.)	60	14-1	13
20.	Emory (Ga.)	56	12-2	17
21.	Mount Union	36	12-3	20
22.	Ferrum (Va.)	31	12-0	NR
23.	George Fox (Ore.)	30	12-3	25
24.	Christopher Newport (Va.)	22	13-0	NR
24.	Wisconsin-Whitewater	22	12-4	14

Others Recieving Votes: Moravian (Pa.) 16, SUNY New Paltz 7, Wheaton (Ill.) 5, Monmouth (Ill.) 4, Louisiana College 3, Carthage (Wis.) 2, Baruch (N.Y.) 1.