Women's Soccer team ranked No. 20 by NSCAA, No. 22 by D3soccer.com
By: Zaji Lieberman
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is ranked No. 20 in the third weekly 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA Men's Division III poll and is No. 22 in the third weekly D3soccer.com poll, which were released on Tuesday.
In the NSCAA poll, the Polar Bears (4-0-2) were ranked No. 20 in the second poll last week, were ranked No. 18 in the first weekly poll and were ranked No. 12 in the 2012 preseason poll and were No. 13 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.
Wheaton (Ill.) is ranked No. 1, Emory (Ga.) is second and Trinity (Tex.) is third.
In the D3soccer.com poll, Ohio Northern received 113 points and were ranked No. 22 in last week's poll.
Wheaton (Ill.) is ranked No. 1, Emory (Ga.) is second and Trinity (Tex.) is third.
Last week, Northern had two victories, defeating Ohio Wesleyan 2-1,and Mt. St. Joseph 5-0.
ONU has now been nationally ranked in each of the last two seasons.
The Polar Bears will return to action Tuesday with a 7 pm match at Denison.
NSCAA Division III Women's Poll - #3
Sept. 18, 2012
| Rank | School | 2012 Record | Last Week |
| 1. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-0-0 | 3 |
| 2. | Emory (Ga.) | 4-0-2 | 2 |
| 3. | Trinity (Tex.) | 4-0-1 | 5 |
| Messiah (Pa.) | 4-1-1 | 4 | |
| 5. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 4-0-1 | 7 |
| 6. | Amherst (Mass.) | 2-0-0 | 7 |
| 7. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 5-1-1 | 6 |
| 8. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 6-0-0 | 12 |
| 9. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 3-0-0 | 10 |
| 10. | William Smith (N.Y.) | 4-1-1 | 1 |
| 11. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 6-0-1 | 11 |
| 12. | Washington (Mo.) | 5-1-0 | 9 |
| 13. | Centre (Ky.) | 5-0-0 | 13 |
| 14. | Virginia Wesleyan | 6-0-1 | 14 |
| 15. | Augustana (Ill.) | 5-0-0 | 15 |
| 16. | College of New Jersey | 6-0-0 | 17 |
| 17. | Union (N.Y.) | 6-0-0 | 19 |
| 18. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 5-0-1 | 16 |
| 19. | Wheaton (Mass.) | 5-0-1 | 23 |
| 20. | Ohio Northern | 2-0-2 | 20 |
| 21. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 5-0-1 | 21 |
| 22. | Fredonia State (N.Y.) | 4-1-0 | NR |
| 23. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 5-1-1 | 22 |
| 24. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 5-1-0 | 18 |
| 25. | Linfield (Ore.) | 6-0-0 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), Westfield State (Mass.), Alma (Mich.), Springfield (Mass.), New Paltz State (N.Y.), Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), Stevens (N.J.), Bowdoin (Maine), Wisconsin-Stevens Point
D3soccer.com Women's Poll - #3
Sept. 18, 2012
| Rank |
School (1st Pl. Votes) |
2012 Record |
Pts. |
Last Week |
| 1. | Wheaton (Ill.) (20) | 5-0-0 | 604 | 3 |
| 2. | Emory (Ga.) | 4-0-2 | 572 | 2 |
| 3. | Trinity (Tex.) | 4-0-1 | 538 | 5 |
| 4. | Messiah (Pa.) | 4-1-1 | 530 | 4 |
| 5. | William Smith (N.Y.) | 4-1-1 | 472 | 1 |
| 6. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 6-0-1 | 439 | 10 |
| 7. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 4-0-1 | 431 | 7 |
| 8. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 5-1-1 | 406 | 6 |
| 9. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 6-0-0 | 394 | 9 |
| 10. | Virginia Wesleyan | 6-0-1 | 373 | 14 |
| 11. | New Jersey | 3-4-0 | 368 | 13 |
| 12. | Middleburry (Vt.) | 3-0-0 | 331 | 11 |
| 13. | Amherst (Mass.) | 2-0-0 | 328 | 12 |
| 14. | Centre (Ky.) | 5-0-0 | 314 | 16 |
| 15. | Augustana (Ill.) | 5-0-0 | 311 | 15 |
| 16. | Washington (Mo.) | 5-0-1 | 300 | 8 |
| 17. | Union (N.Y.) | 6-0-0 | 221 | 19 |
| 18. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 5-0-1 | 174 | 17 |
| 19. | Wheaton (Mass.) | 5-0-1 | 148 | 25 |
| 20. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 5-1-1 | 131 | 20 |
| 21. | Linfield (Ore.) | 6-0-0 | 115 | 23 |
| 22. | Ohio Northern | 4-0-2 | 113 | 22 |
| 23. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 4-0-0 | 80 | NR |
| 24. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 5-1-0 | 71 | 24 |
| 25. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 5-1-0 | 58 | 18 |
Others Receiving Votes: New Paltz State (N.Y.) 56, Concordia (Minn.) 43, Fredonia State (N.Y.) 32, Case Western Reserve 25, Meredith (N.C.) 24, UW-Stevens Point 17, Alma (Mich.) 14, California Lutheran 14, Chapman (Calif.) 12, Stevens (N.J.) 12, Elmhurst (Ill.) 11, Kean (N.J.) 11, Aurora (Ill.) 8, Hanover (Ind.) 8, Grove City (Penn.) 6, Augsburg (Minn.) 4, Calvin (Mich.) 4, Hope (Mich.) 2, Wilmington 1.