Women's Soccer receives votes in latest United Soccer Coaches, D3soccer.com polls
By Wes Mayberry
| United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll 7 | D3soccer.com Top 25 poll - Week 8 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team received votes in the seventh United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Top 25 Poll of 2022 and the Week 8 D3soccer.com poll, both of which were released on Tuesday.
In the United Soccer Coaches Poll, Northern is listed sixth among teams in the "Also receiving votes" category, putting the Polar Bears at No. 31 in the poll.
Christopher Newport (Va.) is the top-ranked team in the poll.
Misericordia (Pa.), Johns Hopkins (Md.), Case Western Reserve and Messiah (Pa.) round out the top five.
Additionally, ONU is ranked No. 3 in the seventh United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll of the season, trailing Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon (Pa.).
Northern also received 10 voting points in this week's D3soccer.com Top 25 poll, putting the Polar Bears at No. 34 in that poll.
The Polar Bears (10-1-4 overall, 5-0-2 OAC) have won four straight games as part of a nine-game unbeaten streak and return to play on Wednesday hosting Baldwin Wallace at 7 p.m.
United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll 7
Oct. 25, 2022
| Rank | School | Last | Record |
| 1. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 1 | 14-0-1 |
| 2. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 2 | 14-0-1 |
| 3. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 3 | 13-0-2 |
| 4. | Case Western Reserve | 4 | 13-0-0 |
| 5. | Messiah (Pa.) | 6 | 13-1-2 |
| 6. | William Smith (N.Y.) | 5 | 11-1-3 |
| 7. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 7 | 15-0-2 |
| 8. | Trinity (Tex.) | 8 | 16-0-1 |
| 9. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 9 | 10-1-2 |
| 10. | Amherst (Mass.) | 13 | 12-2-0 |
| 11. | Calvin (Mich.) | 11 | 14-0-1 |
| 12. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 12 | 15-1-0 |
| 13. | Williams (Mass.) | 10 | 9-3-2 |
| 14. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) | 14 | 14-0-1 |
| 15. | Emory (Ga.) | 16 | 11-2-0 |
| 16. | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 15 | 15-1-1 |
| 17. | Mass. Inst. of Technology | 21 | 13-4-2 |
| 18. | Loras (Iowa) | 17 | 13-0-3 |
| 19. | Rowan (N.J.) | 20 | 11-0-3 |
| 20. | Middlebury (Vt.) | NR | 10-3-1 |
| 21. | SUNY Cortland | NR | 12-1-3 |
| 22. | New Jersey | 18 | 12-2-2 |
| 23. | Trinity (Conn.) | 23 | 6-2-6 |
| 24. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | NR | 12-0-4 |
| 25. | Babson (Mass.) | NR | 11-3-1 |
Also receiving votes: Illinois Wesleyan University, Virginia Wesleyan University, North Central College, University of Rochester, Tufts University, Ohio Northern University, Swarthmore College, Bowdoin College, University of Puget Sound