By Zaji Lieberman

The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is ranked No. 20 in the third weekly 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA Men's Division III poll and is No. 22 in the third weekly D3soccer.com poll, which were released on Tuesday.

In the NSCAA poll, the Polar Bears (4-0-2) were ranked No. 20 in the second poll last week, were ranked No. 18 in the first weekly poll and were ranked No. 12 in the 2012 preseason poll and were No. 13 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.

Wheaton (Ill.) is ranked No. 1, Emory (Ga.) is second and Trinity (Tex.) is third.

In the D3soccer.com poll, Ohio Northern received 113 points and were ranked No. 22 in last week's poll.

Wheaton (Ill.) is ranked No. 1, Emory (Ga.) is second and Trinity (Tex.) is third.

Last week, Northern had two victories, defeating Ohio Wesleyan 2-1,and Mt. St. Joseph 5-0.

ONU has now been nationally ranked in each of the last two seasons.

The Polar Bears will return to action Tuesday with a 7 pm match at Denison.

NSCAA Division III Women's Poll - #3
Sept. 18, 2012

Rank School 2012 Record Last Week
1. Wheaton (Ill.) 5-0-0 3
2. Emory (Ga.) 4-0-2 2
3. Trinity (Tex.) 4-0-1 5
  Messiah (Pa.) 4-1-1 4
5. Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 4-0-1 7
6. Amherst (Mass.) 2-0-0 7
7. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 5-1-1 6
8. Ithaca (N.Y.) 6-0-0 12
9. Middlebury (Vt.) 3-0-0 10
10. William Smith (N.Y.) 4-1-1 1
11. Lynchburg (Va.) 6-0-1 11
12. Washington (Mo.) 5-1-0 9
13. Centre (Ky.) 5-0-0 13
14. Virginia Wesleyan 6-0-1 14
15. Augustana (Ill.) 5-0-0 15
16. College of New Jersey 6-0-0 17
17. Union (N.Y.) 6-0-0 19
18. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 5-0-1 16
19. Wheaton (Mass.) 5-0-1 23
20. Ohio Northern 2-0-2 20
21. Misericordia (Pa.) 5-0-1 21
22. Fredonia State (N.Y.) 4-1-0 NR
23. Wartburg (Iowa) 5-1-1 22
24. Brandeis (Mass.) 5-1-0 18
25. Linfield (Ore.) 6-0-0 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), Westfield State (Mass.), Alma (Mich.), Springfield (Mass.), New Paltz State (N.Y.), Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), Stevens (N.J.), Bowdoin (Maine), Wisconsin-Stevens Point

D3soccer.com Women's Poll - #3

Sept. 18, 2012

Rank
School (1st Pl. Votes)
2012
Record
Pts.
Last
Week
1. Wheaton (Ill.) (20) 5-0-0 604 3
2. Emory (Ga.) 4-0-2 572 2
3. Trinity (Tex.) 4-0-1 538 5
4.  Messiah (Pa.) 4-1-1 530 4
5. William Smith (N.Y.) 4-1-1 472 1
6. Lynchburg (Va.) 6-0-1 439 10
7. Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 4-0-1 431 7
8. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 5-1-1 406 6
9. Ithaca (N.Y.) 6-0-0 394 9
10. Virginia Wesleyan 6-0-1 373 14
11. New Jersey 3-4-0 368 13
12. Middleburry (Vt.) 3-0-0 331 11
13. Amherst (Mass.) 2-0-0 328 12
14. Centre (Ky.) 5-0-0 314 16
15. Augustana (Ill.) 5-0-0 311 15
16. Washington (Mo.) 5-0-1 300 8
17. Union (N.Y.) 6-0-0 221 19
18. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 5-0-1 174 17
19. Wheaton (Mass.) 5-0-1 148 25
20. Wartburg (Iowa) 5-1-1 131 20
21. Linfield (Ore.) 6-0-0 115 23
22. Ohio Northern 4-0-2 113 22
23. Bowdoin (Maine) 4-0-0 80 NR
24. Misericordia (Pa.) 5-1-0 71 24
25. Brandeis (Mass.) 5-1-0 58 18
Others Receiving Votes: New Paltz State (N.Y.) 56, Concordia (Minn.) 43, Fredonia State (N.Y.) 32, Case Western Reserve 25, Meredith (N.C.) 24, UW-Stevens Point 17, Alma (Mich.) 14, California Lutheran 14, Chapman (Calif.)  12, Stevens (N.J.) 12, Elmhurst (Ill.) 11, Kean (N.J.) 11, Aurora (Ill.) 8, Hanover (Ind.) 8, Grove City (Penn.) 6, Augsburg (Minn.) 4, Calvin (Mich.) 4, Hope (Mich.) 2, Wilmington 1.