ONU women's bball team moves up to 11th in national poll
By Ashley Birchmeier
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up five spots to No. 11 in the sixth weekly D3hoops.com Top 25 poll.
The Polar Bears received 313 points in the poll, the most this season.
Thomas More (Ky.) reclaimed the top spot with 625 points and all 25 first place votes, followed by Amherst (Mass.) in second with 593 points and George Fox (Ore.) in third with 577 points.
Ohio Athletic Conference foe Capital moved up six spots, claiming the No. 17 spot with 197 points.
Northern returns to action Wednesday evening as they welcome Heidelberg to the ONU Sports Center, tip off set for 7:30 pm.
1. Thomas More (Ky.)14-0
2. Amherst (Mass.) 15-0
3. George Fox (Ore.) 15-0
4. Hope (Mich.) 15-0
5. Texas-Tyler 15-1
6. Scranton (Pa.) 16-0
7. Rochester (N.Y.) 13-1
8. Washington University 12-2
9. New York University 13-1
10. Tufts (Mass.) 13-2
11. Ohio Northern 13-2
12. UW-Whitewater 13-2
13. UW-Oshkosh 12-3
14. St. Thomas 12-3
15. Calvin (Mich.) 12-3
16. Muhlenberg 11-1
17. Capital 13-2
18. UW-River Falls 13-2
19. UW-Stevens Point 12-3
20. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 13-1
21. Whitman 12-2
22. Rowan 15-1
23. Albright (Pa.) 14-2
24. Wheaton (Ill.) 11-4
25.Trinity (Texas) 12-3
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