Women's Soccer: Ohio Northern (1-0-0 Overall, 0-0 OAC) v Albion (1-0-0 Overall)
Friday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters today's contest 1-0-0 after defeating Kenyon 1-0 on Tuesday ... The Polar Bears were led in the contest by junior Rachel Weigman who scored the games only goal ... The junior scored in the 52nd minute after beating a defender to find the back of the net ... Senior goalkeeper Emily Brodict recorded four saves in the contest and recorded her 13 career shutout ... Northern is led this season by Weigman who has scored one goal on the season ... Sophomore Anna Niemeyer has taken a team high three shots this season ... The sophomore led the Polar Bears a season ago recording a team-leading nine goals and tied a team high two assists ... The sophomore also posted a team-leading 20 points ... Junior Shelby Stephens also had a strong 2014 campaign recording five goals and tieing a team-high two assists ... Albion enters the contest 1-0-0 after defeating Anderson, Ind. 4-0 ... The Britons saw four different players score in the contest ... Sophomore Jenna Urso struck first in the contest followed by junior Domenique Sarnecky, sophomore Sam LaRocca, and freshman Alex Radzville ... Albion goalkeeper sophomore Maggie Troost recorded her sixth career shutout in the contest.
ONU Returning Statistical Leaders (2014 Totals)
| Goals |
Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Niemeyer | 9 | 1. | Niemeyer |
2 |
1. | Niemeyer | 20 | 1. | Brodict |
81 | 1. | Brodict |
0.77 | |||||
| 2. | Stephens |
5 | Stephens |
2 | 2. | Stephens |
12 | ||||||||||||
| 3. | Weirich | 3 |
Weigman |
3. |
Weirich | 6 |
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Series Record: ONU leads the all-time series over Albion 3-0 ... Northern has won the last three meetings between the two teams with the most recent win coming in 1999 ... The Polar Bears are currently 2-0 when facing Albion at home.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 12th season as head coach with a 139-63-22 overall record and a winning percentage of .704.