Women's Soccer: Baldwin Wallace (11-5-1 Overall, 4-2-1 OAC) at #14 Ohio Northern (14-1-1 Overall, 7-0-0 OAC)
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, 7 pm, Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: The No. 14-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team enters Tuesday evening's contest after claiming at least a share of the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season Title on Saturday afternoon with an 8-1 victory over Muskingum and after Capital fell at JCU ... ONU clinched at least a share of the OAC crown and will be the No. 1 seed in the OAC Tournament, which will be Oct. 30-Nov. 5 ... Northern also won its school-record 12th straight contest on Saturday ... Sophomore Rose Nienaber and freshman Jenna Fuller each tallied two goals apiece in the victory, while seniors Abbey Oswald and Hailey Martin and freshmen Anna Major and Siena Ward both added goals in the contest ... Sophomore goalie Meagan Grierson earned the victory in the goal, improving to 14-1-1 on the year ... Through 16 games this season Nienaber leads the team and ranks fifth in the OAC with eight goals, while Fuller ranks second on the team with seven goals ... Fuller currently leads the team and OAC with eight assists and leads the team and ranks fifth in the OAC with 22 points ... Sophomore Haley Moses ranks second on the team with four assists ... Defensively, the Polar Bears are led by Grierson in the goal ... The sophomore has 15 career shutouts and currently ranks seventh all-time at ONU ... Grierson currently leads the team and OAC with a 0.43 GAA and leads the team and ranks fourth in the conference with a .825 save percentage ... The sophomore is also tied for second in the conference with only seven goals allowed this season ... The Polar Bear defense has combined for 11 shutouts this season and are currently two shutouts shy of tying the 20-year old school record of 13 shutouts in a season ... Baldwin Wallace enters the contest after winning three straight ... The Yellow Jackets are led this season by junior Rachel Bender's 16 goals, eight assists and 40 points ... All three marks currently rank first in the OAC ... Senior Alex Elliot ranks second on the team and fifth in the OAC with eight goals, while senior Courtney Schutz ranks second on the team and tied for fourth in the OAC with six assists ... Defensively, goalkeeper and sophomore Emma Bruno ranks second in the OAC with a 0.68 GAA and leads the OAC with a .879 save percentage ... Bruno also ranks fourth in the OAC with eight goals allowed this season.
ONU Statistical Leaders
Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
1. | Nienaber | 8 | 1. | Fuller | 8 | 1. | Fuller | 22 | 1. | Grierson | 33 | 1. | Grierson | 0.43 | ||||
2. | Fuller | 7 | 2. | Moses | 4 | 2. | Nienaber | 18 | 2. | Grisnik | 1.78 | |||||||
3. | Niemeyer | 6 | 3. | Munz | 3 | 3. | Niemeyer | 15 | ||||||||||
Niemeyer |
Series Record: Northern owns a 19-10-3 lead in the all-time series between the two schools ... Northern won both of last seasons contests, including a 2-0 victory in the OAC Tournament ... ONU is 11-3-3 all-time at home against BW.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 14th season as head coach with a 179-75-25 career record and a winning percentage of .686 ... Batman is the winningest head coach in Ohio Northern women's soccer history.