Women's Hoops moves to No. 19 in second weekly D3Hoops.com poll

Women's Hoops moves to No. 19 in second weekly D3Hoops.com poll
December 6, 2016

By Caleb Scott

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ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up one spot to No. 19 in the second weekly D3Hoops.com poll, released Monday evening.

The Polar Bears (6-0 overall) were ranked No. 20 in the first weekly D3Hoops.com poll and received 146 points in this weeks poll.

Northern is 6-0 to begin the season for the first time since the 2006-07 season and has matched the best start in ONU women's basketball history. 

Tufts (Mass.) took the top spot with 611 points and 15 first place votes, Amherst (Mass.) is second with 596 points and four first place votes and Scranton (Pa.) rounded out the top three with 569 points and one first place vote.

Ohio Northern returns to action Wednesday evening as they host Wilmington at the ONU Sports Center at 7:30 pm.

Rank Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Prev.
1. Tufts (Mass.) (15) 6-0 611 1
2. Amherst (Mass.) (4) 6-0 596 2
3. Scranton (Pa.) (1) 7-0 569 4
4. Thomas More (Ky.) (5) 6-0 510 5
5. St. Thomas (Minn.) 5-0 492 6
6. Washington (Mo.) 6-0 486 7
7. Hope (Mich.) 7-0 455 10
8. Wartburg (Iowa) 6-0 440 9
9. Rochester (N.Y.) 6-1 391 11
10. Wis.-Oshkosh 5-0 380 12
11. Christopher Newport (Va.) 6-0 354 14
12. Montclair State (N.J.) 7-0 340 13
13. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 6-0 302 15
14. Bowdoin (Maine) 5-0 294 16
15. George Fox (Ore.) 6-1 287 8
16. Mary Washington (Va.) 6-0 239 17
17. Wheaton (Ill.) 5-1 225 19
18. Wis.-Whitewater 6-0 161 22
19. Ohio Northern 6-0 146 20
20. Albright (Pa.) 5-1 142 18
21. Texas-Tyler 5-2 138 3
22. Puget Sound (Wa.) 6-0 100 NR
23. Wis.-Stevens Point 5-1 91 21
24. New York U. 8-0 87 NR
25. Whitman (Wa.) 6-0 68 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Trinity (Texas) 59; Guilford 43; Calvin 32; DePauw 28; Chicago 20; Messiah 12; UW-River Falls 12; Stockton 6; Gustavus Adolphus 3; Catholic 2; Marymount 2; SUNY Geneseo 2