ONU's women's basketball jumps three spots to No. 8 in D3Hoops.com poll
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team has moved up three spots to No. 8 in the eighth D3Hoops.com poll, released Monday evening.
The Polar Bears continued their winning ways last week with victories over Heidelberg and Mount Union to remain unbeaten.
Northern (17-0) is one of eight unbeaten teams in the poll.
Tufts (Mass.) held on to the No. 1 spot with 613 points and 15 first place votes, while Amherst (Mass.) remained at No. 2 with 601 points and six first place votes and St. Thomas (Minn.) moved into third place with 565 points and one first place vote.
Northern also moved up two spots in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll to No.7.
The top-3 teams remained unchanged in the poll.
The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening as they travel to Wilmington to take on the Quakers at 7:30 p.m.
D3Hoops.com Poll
Jan. 23, 2017 - Week 8
1.Tufts (Mass.) (15)18-0
2.Amherst (Mass.) (6)17-0
3.St. Thomas (Minn.) (1)16-0
4.Thomas More (Ky.) (3)17-0
5.Christopher Newport (Va.)17-
6.Hope (Mich.)17-1
7.Scranton (Pa.)16-1
8.Ohio Northern17-0
9.Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)15-1|
10.Mary Washington (Va.)16-1
11.Washington (Mo.)14-2
12.Puget Sound (Wa.)16-1
13.DePauw (Ind.)17-1
14.Wartburg (Iowa)16-2
15.Wis.-Oshkosh15-2
16.Trinity (Tex.)16-1
17.Wis.-Whitewater16-1
18.Montclair State (N.J.)16-1
19.Gustavas Adolphus (Minn.)17-0
20.Whitman (Wa.)15-21
21.Bowdoin (Maine)13-3
22.Messiah (Pa.)16-1
23.SUNY Geneseo17-0
24.George Fox (Ore.)14-3
25.Wheaton (Ill.)13-3
Others Receiving Votes: Trine 41; Catholic 35; Calvin 25; Rochester 18; FDU-Florham 11; Marymount 8; Augustana 2; Albright 1; Babson 1; Texas-Dallas 1
WBCA Poll
Jan. 24, 2017 - Week 9
1.Tufts (Mass.) (6)18-0
2.Amherst (Mass.) (2)18-0
3.Thomas More (Ky.)16-0
4.St. Thomas (Minn.)16-0
5.Christopher Newport (Va.)17-0
6.Hope (Mich.)17-1
7.Ohio Northern17-0
8.Scranton (Pa.)16-1
9.Washington (Mo.)14-
10.Mary Washington (Va.)16-1
11.Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)15-1
12.Wartburg (Iowa)16-
13.Puget Sound (Wa.)16-1
14.Wis.-Whitewater16-1
15.Whitman (Wa.)15-2
16.Wis.-Oshkosh15-2
17.Trinity (Tex.)16-1
18.Montclair State (N.J.)16-1
19.DePauw (Ind.)17-
20.Messiah (Mass.)16-1
21.Bowdoin (Maine)13-3
22.Gustavas Adolphus (Minn.)17-0
23.SUNY Geneseo17-0
24.George Fox (Ore.)14-3
25.Calvin (Mich.)16-2
Others receiving votes: Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham 3; Trine (15-2) 3; Bluffton (14-3) 1; Catholic University of America (15-2) 1; Maryville (15-3) 1; Wheaton (IL) (13-3) 1
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