Women's Soccer: #15 Ohio Northern (12-1-1 Overall, 5-0-0 OAC) at Wilmington (5-7-2 Overall, 1-3-1 OAC)
Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, 7 pm, Townsend Field, Wilmington, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: The No. 15-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team enters Wednesday evening's contest after posting a 2-0 shutout victory over John Carroll on Saturday evening at Kerscher Stadium ... In that contest, junior Sarah Puntel and sophomore Rose Nienaber each scored to lead ONU ... Puntel earned her first career Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Week accolade after scoring goals in each of the last two contests for ONU ... The Polar Bears have posted 10 shutouts this season and are currently tied for tenth nationally as a team with a shutout percentage of .714 ... Through 14 contest this season, the Polar Bear offense is led by Nienaber and senior Anna Niemeyer's six goals ... Freshman Jenna Fuller leads the team and currently ranks first in the OAC with seven assists ... Senior Mary Kate Munz and sophomore Haley Moses are currently tied for second on the team with three assists each ... Defensively, sophomore goalkeeper Meagan Grierson leads the team and OAC and ranks 24th nationally with a goals against average of 0.48 ... The sophomore also owns a league-best eight shutouts this season and ranks 7th all-time at ONU with 14 career shutouts ... Grierson is also tied for third in the league with only seven goals allowed this season and owns the fifth-best save percentage in the OAC (.806) ... Wilmington enters the contest after dropping a 3-2 double overtime decision at Marietta ... The Quakers are led offensively this season by seven goals from sophomore Alex Vestal ... Junior Hanna Greaney ranks second on the team with six goals, while junior Taylor Leake owns a team-best three assists ... Vestal and Greaney currently rank first and second on the team with 16 and 12 points, respectively ... Senior Ana Hosler currently leads the team in the goal with four victories and two shutouts ... The senior has a team-high 34 saves this season and has a team-best 1.66 GAA.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Niemeyer | 6 | 1. | Fuller | 7 | 1. | Fuller | 15 | 1. | Grierson | 29 | 1. | Grierson | 0.48 | ||||
| 2. | Nienaber | 6 | 2. | Munz | 3 | 2. | Nienaber | 14 | ||||||||||
| 3. | Fuller | 4 | 3. | Moses | 2 | 3. | Niemeyer | 12 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern owns a 14-7-1 lead in the all-time series between the two schools ... Northern has won the previous three matchups between the two schools and has won six of the last seven contests.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 14th season as head coach with a 177-75-25 career record and a winning percentage of .684 ... Batman is the winningest head coach in Ohio Northern women's soccer history.