Women’s Soccer: Muskingum (2-10-0 Overall, 0-2-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (6-3-2 Overall, 2-0-0 OAC)
Saturday, October 9, 2021, 1 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Saturday marks Ohio Northern's Senior Day game … ONU is coming off of Wednesday's 1-0 home win over Baldwin Wallace, which was its second straight victory and seventh shutout of the season … Freshman Elizabeth Pierce scored the winning goal, her first of the season, with 1:32 remaining in the game on an assist from sophomore Alaina Casey … The Polar Bears have scored 9 goals and ceded 7 goals on the season … ONU has attempted 153 shots, including 73 on goal … Casey and sophomore Jill Roberts lead ONU in goals this season with 3 each … Roberts leads the team with 3 assists and 9 points … Roberts is tied for fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference in assists … Senior goalkeeper Kristy Catrine has made 42 saves on the season, posting an OAC-high 7 shutouts, an .857 save percentage and 0.62 GAA … Catrine needs 2 shutouts to tie Kristin DeWees for seventh on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category with 17 … Catrine ranks second in the OAC in GAA and save percentage and is third in goals against (7) … Muskingum enters Saturday's match coming off of Wednesday's 2-1 overtime loss at Wilmington … MU's 2 wins this season came over Bluffton and La Roche (Pa.) … Muskingum is 1-5-0 on the road this season … The Fighting Muskies have scored 12 goals while giving up 38 … MU has attempted 114 shots, including 59 on goal … Freshman Morgan Meisel is fourth in the OAC in goals (7) and points (15) … Freshman Madison Yenke is tied for third in the OAC in assists (4) … Freshman goalkeeper Abigail Karstensen ranks fourth in the OAC in save percentage (.806) and fifth in saves (50).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Casey | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 9 | 1. | Catrine | 42 | 1. | Moss | 0.00 | ||||
| Roberts | 3 | 2. | Pierce | 2 | 2. | Casey | 7 | 2. | Moss | 1 | 2. | Catrine | 0.62 | |||||
| 3. | 3 tied | 1 | 3. | 4 tied | 1 | 3. | Pierce | 4 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Muskingum by a 29-4-0 margin, including 14-1-0 in Ada … The Polar Bears have won 16 straight games in the series … The teams last met in March as part of the COVID-delayed 2020 season with ONU coming away with a 6-0 win … The Muskies' last win over ONU was in 2004.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 18th season with the ONU women's soccer program … He is the winningest head coach in program history with an overall coaching record of 231-87-34, a .688 win percentage, and a conference record of 124-23-8 (.817 winning percentage).
