Women's basketball team nationally ranked at start of season
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team is ranked No. 7 in the D3Hoops.com preseason coaches poll.
The Polar Bears are coming off of a historical 2016-17 season which saw a run to the Elite 8 round of the NCAA III Tournament and the first ever undefeated regular season in school history.
Ohio Northern received 454 points in the poll.
Top three ranked are: Tufts, Mass; Christopher Newport, Va.; and Amherst, Mass.
The Polar Bears will tipoff the 2017-18 season on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 8:30 p.m. as it travels to Chicago and opens the season with area-rival Bluffton at the North Park (Ill.) Tip Off Tournament.
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