The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up three spots to a season high ranking of No. 12 in the latest D3hoops.com poll.
The Polar Bears received 336 votes in the poll.
DePauw (Ind.) stayed at the top of the poll with 623 points, Calvin (Mich) is ranked second with 569 points and Washington University (Mo.) is third with 543 points.
ONU was ranked No. 24 in the first weekly poll, No. 20 in the second poll, No. 17 in the third poll and No. 15 in the fourth rankings.
Ohio Northern has won 10 games in a row and has an overall record of 11-1.
Northern is also a perfect 5-0 in OAC play and sits in first place.
The No. 15 Ohio Northern women's basketball team extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 83-50 victory at Adrian (Mich.), Saturday afternoon at Merillat Gymnasium.
The Polar Bears are now 11-1 on the season, while the Bulldogs fall to 3-8.
Junior Cenzie Yoder led the way for ONU with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting. She also grabbed seven rebounds.
All 14 players who appeared in the game for Northern scored at least two points.
ONU used a 19-0 run to open up a 30-11 lead with 7:15 left in the first half.
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-Four players scored in double figures as the No. 15 Ohio Northern women's basketball team defeated Otterbein by a 71-43 score at the Rike Center on Wednesday night.
With the win, the Polar Bears improve to 10-1 and remain a perfect in OAC play at 5-0, while the Cardinals fall to 6-3, 2-2.
Senior Morgan Dumbaugh led Northern with 13 points.
Junior Cenzie Yoder and freshman Brooke Espenschied each scored 12, while senior Joannna Snyder chipped in with 11.
The Polar Bears had a lead for the majority of the first half and found themselves ahead 31-23 with 34 seconds left in the first half.
Sophomore Lucas Penningto tied a career-high with 22 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team in a 79-70 loss to Otterbein Wednesday evening at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears fall to 6-5 overall and are 2-2 in Ohio Athletic Conference play, while the Cardinals improve to 5-4, 2-2.
Pennington nailed four 3-pointers and added two assists and three steals to go with his game-high 22 points.
Junior Branden Rushton added 16 points and junior Dominique Royal added 13 points for ONU.
Otterbein was led by Andy Yazrombek with 21 points and C.J. Julian with 14 points.
Four Ohio Northern women's soccer players were named All-Ohio and four were named Academic All-Ohio in voting conducted by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association.
Senior Tara Tokar and sophomore Kristina Klusek were named First Team All-Ohio.
Senior defender Paige Garber and juniorAbby Vargo were both named Second Team All-Ohio.
Head coach Mark Batman was also named Coach of the Year.
Garber and Tokar were named First Team Academic All-Ohio, while junior Abbie Schauble was named Second Team Academic All-Ohio and junior Lauren Brown was named Third Team Academic All-Ohio.
Tokar, a pharmacy major, was named to the NSCAA Scholar All-Region team.
