Women's Soccer vaults up to No. 17 in latest United Soccer Coaches Poll
By Bud Denega
| United Soccer Coaches Poll - Week 9 | | D3soccer.com Poll - Week 10 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team vaulted up three spots to No. 17 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll. The Polar Bears are also receiving votes in the D3soccer.com top 25.
Messiah (Pa.) claimed the top spot in the United Soccer Coaches Poll for the third consecutive week, while William Smith (N.Y.) and Washington (Mo.) rounded out the top three.
Northern — which boasts a 15-2-2 overall record and is riding an 11-game win streak — claimed the Ohio Athletic Conference regular-season title and awaits its semifinal foe, which it'll play host to Thursday.
United Soccer Coaches - Poll #9
Nov. 5, 2019
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | 2019 Record |
Last Week |
| 1. | Messiah (Pa.) | 16-1-1 | 1 |
| 2. | William Smith (N.Y.) | 14-1-1 | 2 |
| 3. | Washington (Mo.) | 15-1-1 | 3 |
| 4. | New Jersey | 14-1-1 | 4 |
| 5. | MIT | 17-1-2 | 6 |
| 6. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 16-1-1 | 7 |
| 7. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 15-1-3 | 8 |
| 8. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 15-1-1 | 9 |
| 9. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 12-1-3 | 10 |
| 10. | Centre (Ky.) | 19-0-0 | 11 |
| 11. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 13-1-4 | 16 |
| 12. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 12-2-4 | 5 |
| 13. | Tufts (Conn.) | 12-2-2 | 13 |
| 14. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) | 14-2-1 | 14 |
| 15. | Arcadia (Pa.) | 14-2-3 | 15 |
| 16. | Chicago (Ill.) | 12-2-2 | 12 |
| 17. | Ohio Northern | 15-2-2 | 20 |
| 18. | Stevens (N.J.) | 13-3-1 | 18 |
| 19. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 14-2-2 | 19 |
| 20. | Amherst | 12-3-1 | 21 |
| 21. | Case Western Reserve | 13-4-0 | NR |
| 22. | RIT (N.Y.) | 11-4-2 | 22 |
| 23. | Pacific Lutheran (Calif.) | 11-2-3 | NR |
| 24. | Williams (Pa.) | 9-4-2 | NR |
| 25. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 10-5-1 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: Hardin-Simmons University, Trinity University (Texas), Emory University, Wartburg College, Randolph-Macon College, Haverford College, Gettysburg College, Augsburg University, Otterbein University, New York University.
D3soccer.com Poll - Week #10
Nov. 5, 2019
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | 2019 Record |
Total Points |
Last Week |
| 1. | Messiah (Pa.) (21) | 16-1-1 | 987 | 1 |
| 2. | Washington (Mo.) (1) | 15-1-1 | 949 | 2 |
| 3. | William Smith (N.Y.) (2) | 14-1-1 | 928 | 3 |
| 4. | New Jersey | 14-1-1 | 872 | 4 |
| 5. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 16-1-1 | 850 | 5 |
| 6. | Centre (Ky.) (1) | 19-0-0 | 805 | 6 |
| 7. | MIT | 17-1-2 | 742 | 10 |
| 8. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 15-1-3 | 685 | 8 |
| 9. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 15-1-1 | 648 | 12 |
| 10. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 12-2-4 | 621 | 7 |
| 11. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 12-1-3 | 605 | 9 |
| 12. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 13-1-4 | 568 | 13 |
| 13. | Tufts (Conn.) | 12-2-2 | 523 | 14 |
| 14. | Randolph-Macon (Va.) | 18-0-0 | 478 | 15 |
| 15. | Chicago (Ill.) | 12-2-2 | 445 | 11 |
| 16. | Amherst (Mass.) | 12-3-1 | 433 | 16 |
| 17. | Emory (Ga.) | 12-4-0 | 348 | 20 |
| 18. | Stevens (N.J.) | 13-3-1 | 346 | 18 |
| 19. | Arcadia (Pa.) | 14-2-3 | 235 | 19 |
| 20. | Trinity (Tx.) | 14-3-0 | 227 | 21 |
| 21. | Hardin-Simmons (Tx.) | 14-2-1 | 193 | 23 |
| 22. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 15-1-2 | 139 | 17 |
| 23. | Pacific Lutheran (Calif.) | 16-1-1 | 136 | 24 |
| 24. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 14-2-2 | 96 | - |
| 25. | Williams (Mass.) | 9-4-2 | 84 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Geneseo State 51, Cal Lutheran 38, Ohio Northern 30, Gettysburg 30, Swarthmore 22, Wartburg 18, Case Western Reserve 11, Otterbein 6, Haverford 6, Augsburg 5, Loras 2, Adrian 2