Women's Basketball falls to No. 15 in ninth weekly D3Hoops.com poll

January 30, 2018

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team fell five spots to No. 15 in the ninth weekly edition of the D3Hoops.com poll, released on Monday evening.

Northern (17-2 overall, 11-1 OAC) posted a 1-1 record in the conference last week after defeating Wilmington at the ONU Sports Center 71-48 and falling on the road at Capital 84-76.

Ohio Northern received 244 points in the D3Hoops.com poll.

Amherst (Mass.) held the top spot with 623 points and 23 first place votes, while Wartburg (Iowa) is ranked second with 593 points and one first place vote, and Bowdoin (Maine) moved into the top-3 with 551 points.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm as they travel to Berea to take on Baldwin Wallace at Ursprung Gymnasium.

D3Hoops.com Poll - Week 9

Jan. 30, 2018

Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Record	Pts.	Prev.
1.	Amherst (Mass.) (23)	20-0	623	1
2.	Wartburg (Iowa) (1)	19-0	593	2
3.	Bowdoin (Maine)	19-1	551	4
4.	Thomas More (Ky.)	18-1	548	5
5.	Whitman (Wash.) (1)	18-1	522	6
6.	Hope (Mich.)	18-1	480	3
7.	Tufts (Mass.)	18-2	461	8
8.	DePauw (Ind.)	19-1	429	9
9.	Trine (Ind.)	18-2	428	11
10.	St. Thomas (Minn.)	17-2	374	12
11.	Rochester (N.Y.)	16-2	361	7
12.	Christopher Newport (Va.)	17-2	316	13
13.	Wis.-Oshkosh	16-2	287	14
14.	Scranton (Pa.)	18-1	273	15
15.	Ohio Northern	17-2	244	10
16.	U. of Chicago	16-2	243	21
17.	Illinois Wesleyan	17-2	241	17
18.	Muhlenberg (Pa.)	18-1	237	16
19.	Wis.-Whitewater	16-3	194	18
20.	Montclair State (N.J.)	18-1	184	22
21.	Marymount (Va.)	17-2	98	—
22.	Messiah (Pa.)	17-2	96	25
23.	Marietta	17-2	71	19
24.	George Fox (Ore.)	16-3	69	—
25.	Wis.-Lutheran	17-1	50	—

Others receiving votes: Juniata 40; St. Benedict 29; SUNY Geneseo 28; Rose-Hulman 20; Trinity (Texas) 16; Gustavus Adolphus 11; Rochester Tech 4; Chapman 2; UW-River Falls 2