The Ohio Northern women's soccer team excelled in the classroom during the Fall semester to cap off a successful 2017 campaign under 14th-year head coach Mark Batman.

The Polar Bears posted a cumulative team grade point average of 3.42.

Northern also saw 12 of its 26 players named to the Dean's List during the Fall semester.

ONU made a historic run in the NCAA Div. III Tournament this season, marching into the Elite 8 round of the tournament for the first time in school history before bowing out of the tournament and falling to No. 5-ranked and undefeated Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 1-0.