Women's Soccer ranked No. 20 in second weekly NSCAA poll
By Zaji Lieberman
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is ranked No. 20 in the second weekly 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA Women's Division III poll Tuesday in voting conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
The Polar Bears were ranked No. 18 in the first weekly poll, were No. 12 in the 2012 preseason poll and were No. 13 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.
William Smith (N.Y.) is ranked No. 1 for the second consecutive week, Emory (Ga.) is second and Wheaton (Ill.) is third.
Northern is riding a two-match win streak after winning the Wooster Invitational last weekend with a 1-0 victory over Earlham (Ind.) and a 2-0 win over Wooster..
The Polar Bears will play at Denison Tuesday night at 7 pm.
NSCAA Division III Women's Poll - #2
Sept. 11, 2012
| Rank | School | 2012 Record | Last Week |
| 1. | William Smith (N.Y.) | 3-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. | Emory (Ga.) | 3-0-1 | 2 |
| 3. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-0-0 | 4 |
| 4. | Messiah (Pa.) | 2-1-1 | 5 |
| 5. | Trinity (Tex.) | 3-1-1 | 6 |
| 6. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 1-0-1 | 3 |
| 7. | Amherst (Mass.) | 0-0-0 | 7 |
| Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 2-0-1 | 8 | |
| 9. | Washington (Mo.) | 3-0-0 | 9 |
| 10. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 1-0-0 | 10 |
| 11. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 4-0-0 | 11 |
| 12. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 4-0-0 | 17 |
| 13. | Centre (Ky.) | 4-0-0 | 25 |
| 14. | Virginia Wesleyan | 5-0-0 | 16 |
| 15. | Augustana (Ill.) | 2-0-0 | 19 |
| 16. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 4-0-0 | 22 |
| 17. | New Jersey | 4-0-0 | 20 |
| 18. | Brandeis (Mass.) |
4-0-0 | RV |
| 19. | Union (N.Y.) |
5-0-0 | NR |
| 20. | Ohio Northern | 2-0-2 | 18 |
| 21. | Misericordia (Pa.) |
4-0-0 | RV |
| 22. | Wartburg (Iowa) |
4-1-0 | NR |
| 23. | Wheaton (Mass.) |
3-0-1 | RV |
| 24. | Case Western Reserve | 2-1-1 | 13 |
| 25. | Chapman (Calif.) |
4-0-0 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Misericordia, St. Scholastica, Brandeis, SUNY Cortland, Carleton, Wheaton (Mass.), Linfield, Salisbury, St. Benedict, Alma, Westfield State