Women's Soccer: Ohio Northern (3-1-1 Overall, 0-0-0 OAC) at Case Western Reserve (3-2-0 Overall, 0-0-0 PAC)

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, 2:30 pm, DiSanto Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears enter Saturday's matchup as winners of three of their last four contests ... Northern is coming off of a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Denison on Wednesday evening at Kerscher Stadium ... The Polar Bears once again utilized their defense, holding Denison to only nine shots, while ONU recorded 14 ... Freshman Jenna Fuller scored the lone goal for Northern after taking a pass from sophomore Rose Nienaber and scoring from 15 yards out for her first career goal ... Sophomore Meagan Grierson recorded her third consecutive shutout of the season to earn the victory and improve her record to 3-1-1 on the year ... Grierson posted four saves in the victory ... Through five games this season, ONU is led offensively by senior forward Anna Niemeyer with three goals ... Fuller, Nienaber and junior Sarah Puntel are tied for the lead on the team with one assist each ... Grierson currently ranks fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference with 15 saves ... Case Western Reserve enters the contest after dropping a 2-1 decision at Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday evening ... Senior Elle Zadina currently leads the team with two goals, while four other Spartans each have recorded one goal ... Junior Melanie Kukura currently has a team-best two assists, while fellow junior Toni Alloy is second on the team with one assist ... Defensively, sophomore Lauren Unterborn leads CWRU in the goal ... The sophomore owns a 3-2-0 record and has recorded 23 saves.

ONU Statistical Leaders

Series Record: The all-time seies between the two schools is currently tied 3-3-1 ... Northern won last season's matchup 2-1 at Kercsher Stadium ... CWRU has won three of the last four meetings.

Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 14th season as head coach with a 168-75-25 career record and a winning percentage of .674.