For the third consecutive week, Ashland University's women's soccer team is in the No. 3 spot in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA Division II poll – the latest of which being released on Tuesday (Nov. 5) afternoon.
 
The Eagles (14-1-2 overall, 11-0-2 Great Midwest Athletic Conference), the regular-season conference champion, will finish the regular season on Wednesday (Nov. 6) at noon at Northwood (11-1-5, 9-1-3).
 
Ashland then will play host to the 2024 Great Midwest Tournament Final Four at Ferguson Field on Nov. 14 and 16 – game times and other three teams to be determined.
 
Through Monday (Nov. 4), the Eagles are second in the country in corner kicks per game (9.76) and goals-against average (0.24), tied for third in save percentage (.911), tied for fourth in shutout percentage (.765, 13 in 17 games), and tied for fifth in won-lost percentage (.882).
 
Individually, fifth-year goalkeeper Mackenzie Simon leads D-II in both goals-against average (0.11) and save percentage (.957), senior forward McKinley Mendenhall is tied for fifth in assists (nine), and junior forward Dani Hicks ranks in a tie for third in game-winning goals (six), a tie for ninth in total points (32), 10^th in shots per game (4.24), and a tie for 10^th in total goals (13).
 
2024 ASHLAND UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S SOCCER USC RANKINGS: No. 9 (preseason), No. 16 (Sept. 10), No. 11 (Sept. 17), No. 7 (Sept. 24), No. 8 (Oct. 1), No. 4 (Oct. 8 and Oct. 15), No. 3 (Oct. 22, Oct. 29 and Nov. 5).