Women's Basketball climbs to No. 6 in D3Hoops.com poll

January 31, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team has moved up two spots to No. 6 in the ninth weekly D3Hoops.com poll, released Monday evening.

Northern stayed perfect on the season after an overtime victory at Wilmington and a defeating Capital at the ONU Sports Center last week.

Northern (19-0) is one of eight unbeaten teams in the poll.

Tufts (Mass.) held on to the No. 1 spot with 613 points and 15 first place votes, while Amherst (Mass.) remained at No. 2 with 601 points and six first place votes and St. Thomas (Minn.) moved into third place with 565 points and one first place vote.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening as they host Baldwin Wallace at the ONU Sports Center in a battle of top seeds in the OAC at 7:30 pm.

D3Hoops.com Poll

Jan. 30, 2017 - Week 9

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Prev.
1.	Tufts (Mass.) (15)	20-0	613	1
2.	Amherst (Mass.) (6)	20-0	601	2
3.	St. Thomas (Minn.) (1)	18-0	565	3
4.	Thomas More (Ky.) (3)	19-0	544	4
5.	Christopher Newport (Va.)	19-0	525	5
6.	Ohio Northern	19-0	474	8
7.	Puget Sound (Wa.)	18-1	410	12
8.	Mary Washington (Va.)	18-1	403	10
9.	Washington (Mo.)	16-2	399	11
10.	Hope (Mich.)	18-2	376	6
11.	DePauw (Ind.)	19-1	374	13
12.	Trinity (Tex.)	18-1	323	16
13.	Wartburg (Iowa)	18-2	311	14
14.	Scranton (Pa.)	17-2	306	7
15.	Montclair State (N.J.)	18-1	291	18
16.	Wis.-Oshkosh	17-2	289	15
17.	Gustavas Adolphus (Minn.)	19-0	250	19
18.	Whitman (Wa.)	17-2	194	20
19.	Wis.-Whitewater	17-2	173	17
20.	Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)	15-3	150	9
21.	SUNY Geneseo	20-0	116	23
22.	Messiah (Pa.)	18-1	112	22
23.	Bowdoin (Maine)	14-3	110	21
24.	Wheaton (Ill.)	15-3	66	25
25.	Catholic (Wash.)	17-2	40	NR

Others Receiving Votes: Trine 36; Calvin 33; Rochester 14; George Fox 13; Marymount 9; UW-Stevens Point 4; Albright 1