Women's Soccer: Muskingum (3-12-0 Overall, 0-6-0 OAC) at #15 Ohio Northern (13-1-1 Overall, 6-0-0 OAC)
Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, 1 pm, Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The No. 15-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team will celebrate Senior Day during its third annual Friends of Jaclyn Game on Saturday afternoon as it welcomes Muskingum to Kerscher Stadium ... The Polar Bears will recognize seniors Maggie Goeller, Ashley Grisnik, Hailey Martin, Mary Kate Munz, Abbey Oswald, Hannah Reich, Erika Simpson and Niemeyer prior to the contest ... Northern has matched its longest winning streak in school history during its current 11-game winning streak ... The Polar Bears enter the contest after posting their 11th shutout of the season on Wednesday evening, and are now two shutouts shy of tying the 20-year old school-record mark of 13 shutouts in a season ... Offensively, Northern is led by senior Anna Niemeyer and sophomore Rose Nienaber, as each have posted six goals this season ... Freshman Jenna Fuller ranks third on the team with five goals ... Northern has seen 12 Polar Bears score a goal this season ... Fuller currently leads the team and ranks second in the Ohio Athletic Conference with seven assists and leads the team and ranks fifth in the OAC with 17 points ... Sophomore Meagan Grierson ranks first on the team and the OAC with a 0.45 goals against average and nine shutouts ... Grierson also leads the team and ranks fourth in the OAC with a .821 save percentage and is tied for third in the conference with only seven goals allowed this season ... As a team, Northern's .733 shutout percentage ranks ninth in the nation ... Muskingum enters the contest riding a 7-game losing streak ... Through 15 games, senior Tori Stuard and freshman Mary Double are tied for first on the team with four goals each ... Three Muskies are tied for first on the team with two assists each ... Double currently leads the team with 10 points ... Defensively freshman Katie Bodenmiller leads the team and is tied for second in the OAC with 80 saves ... Sophomore Jasmine Love leads the team with three victories in the net.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Niemeyer | 6 | 1. | Fuller | 7 | 1. | Fuller | 17 | 1. | Grierson | 32 | 1. | Grierson | 0.45 | ||||
| Nienaber | 6 | 2. | Moses | 4 | 2. | Nienaber | 14 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Fuller | 5 | 3. | Munz | 3 | 3. | Niemeyer | 12 |
Series Record: Northern owns a 25-4-0 record all-time against the Muskies ... The Polar Bears are 12-1-0 all-time at home against Muskingum and have won 12 straight contests.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 14th season as head coach with a 178-75-25 career record and a winning percentage of .685 ... Batman is the winningest head coach in Ohio Northern women's soccer history.
