Women's Soccer team ranked No. 19 by NSCAA, No. 21 by D3soccer.com
By: Zaji Lieberman
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ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is ranked No. 19 in the fourth weekly 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA Division III poll and is No. 21 in the fourth weekly D3soccer.com poll, which were released on Tuesday.
In the NSCAA poll, the Polar Bears (6-0-3) were ranked No. 20 in the third and second polls, were ranked No. 18 in the first weekly poll, were ranked No. 12 in the 2012 preseason poll and were No. 13 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.
Emory (Ga.) and Trinity (Tex.) are tied for No. 1, and Messiah (Pa.) is third.
In the D3soccer.com poll, Ohio Northern received 113 points and was ranked No. 22 in last week's poll.
Emory (Ga.) is ranked No. 1, Trinity (Tex.) is second and Messiah (Pa.) is third.
Last week, Northern had a tie againest Denison (1-1) and defeated Thomas More (Ky.) 1-0.
ONU has now been nationally ranked in each of the last two seasons.
The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday with a 4 pm match against Wittenberg.
NSCAA Division III Women's Poll - #4
Sept. 25, 2012
| Rank | School | 2012 Record | Last Week |
| 1. | Emory (Ga.) | 6-0-2 | 2 |
| Trinity (Tex.) | 6-0-1 | 3 | |
| 3. | Messiah (Pa.) | 6-1-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 6-0-1 | 5 |
| 5. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-1-0 | 1 |
| 6. | Amherst (Mass.) | 4-0-1 | 6 |
| 7. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 8-0-0 | 8 |
| 8. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 5-0-1 | 9 |
| 9. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 8-1-1 | 11 |
| 10. | William Smith (N.Y.) | 6-1-1 | 10 |
| 11. | Washington (Mo.) | 7-1-0 | 12 |
| 12. | Centre (Ky.) | 8-0-0 | 13 |
| 13. | Virginia Wesleyan | 8-0-1 | 14 |
| 14. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 6-1-1 | 21 |
| 15. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 6-0-2 | 18 |
| 16. | Wheaton (Mass.) | 6-0-2 | 19 |
| 17. | John Hopkins (Md.) | 6-2-1 | 6 |
| 18. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 8-0-1 | NR |
| 19. | Ohio Northern | 5-0-3 | 20 |
| 20. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 7-1-0 | 24 |
| 21. | Stevens (N.J.) | 6-1-0 | RV |
| 22. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 6-1-2 | 23 |
| 23. | New Jersey | 7-1-0 | 16 |
| 24. | Alma (Mich.) | 6-1-1 | NR |
| 25. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 8-1-1 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Hiram, Muhlenberg (Pa.), University of Rochester (N.Y.), Salisbury (N.J.), Stevens (Ill.),
D3soccer.com Women's Poll - #4
Sept. 25, 2012
| Rank |
School (1st Pl. Votes) |
2012 Record |
Pts. |
Last Week |
| 1. | Emory (Ga.) (14) | 6-0-2 | 601 | 2 |
| 2. | Trinity (Tex.) (10) | 6-0-1 | 596 | 3 |
| 3. | Messiah (Pa.) | 6-1-1 | 561 | 4 |
| 4. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 6-0-1 | 511 | 7 |
| 5. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-1-0 | 500 | 1 |
| 6. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 8-0-1 | 481 | 6 |
| 7. | William Smith (N.Y.) | 6-1-1 | 479 | 5 |
| 8. | Ithaca (N.Y.) (1) | 5-1-1 | 440 | 9 |
| 9. | Virginia Wesleyan | 8-0-1 | 418 | 10 |
| 10. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 5-0-1 | 410 | 12 |
| 11. | Amherst (Mass.) | 4-0-1 | 388 | 13 |
| 12. | Centre (Ky.) | 8-0-0 | 366 | 14 |
| 13. | University of Washington | 7-1-0 | 337 | 16 |
| 14. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 7-0-2 | 231 | 18 |
| 15. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 6-2-1 | 216 | 8 |
| 16. | New Jersey | 7-1-0 | 207 | 11 |
| 17. | Wheaton (Mass.) | 6-0-2 | 170 | 19 |
| 18. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 7-1-0 | 145 | 25 |
| 19. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 7-0-1 | 140 | - |
| 20. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 6-1-2 | 117 | 20 |
| 21. | Ohio Northern | 5-0-3 | 113 | 22 |
| 22. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 4-1-0 | 110 | 23 |
| 23. | Union (N.Y.) | 6-1-0 | 96 | 17 |
| 24. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 6-1-1 | 76 | 24 |
| 25. | Alma (Mich.) | 6-1-1 | 65 | - |
Others Receiving Votes: Linfield (Ore.) 55, Aurora (Ill.) 54, Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 44, Kean (N.J.) 31, Brockport State (N.Y.) 30, Grove City (Pa.) 21, Mass-Boston 16, Haverford (Pa.) 14, Augustana (Ill.) 11, Dickinson (Pa.) 11, Thomas More (Ky.) 10, Hope (Mich.) 9, Stevens (Wis.) 9, New Paltz State (N.Y.) 8, Gordon (Mass.) 7, Puget Sound (Wash.) 5, St. Lawrence (N.Y.) 4, California Lutheran 4, Rowan (N.J.) 3, St. Vincent (Pa.) 2, Hamilton (N.Y.) 1, Meredith (N.C.) 1, Loras (Iowa) 1.