Women’s Soccer: Muskingum (2-10-3 Overall, 0-6-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-1-4 Overall, 4-0-2 OAC)
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, 1 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday hosting Muskingum … The Polar Bears are ranked No. 3 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll, trailing Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) … Northern's lone loss on the season was 2-1 at Case Western Reserve on Sept. 17 … The Polar Bears are currently riding an eight-game unbeaten streak with six wins and two ties and are in second place in the OAC standings, two points behind Capital … ONU is coming off Wednesday's 2-0 win at Wilmington … Sophomore Chandler Clark and junior Kylie Cabana scored one goal each in the victory, and junior Alaina Casey recorded an assist … Senior goalkeeper Becky Moss recorded her OAC-high ninth shutout of the season … Senior Jane Reiring is the reigning OAC Defensive Player of the Week … Through 14 games, 11 different players have scored a goal for ONU, and 15 different players have recorded at least one point … Sophomore Alyssa Beckett is tied for fifth in the OAC with six goals and ranks ninth in the conference with 13 points … Cabana and junior Jill Roberts rank second on the team with four goals each … Cabana and Roberts have 11 and 10 points, respectively, on the season … Sophomore Emma Bowman is tied for second in the OAC with five assists, and Cabana and sophomore Alexa Clampitt are tied for 10th with three assists each … Moss has recorded 28 saves, a .778 save percentage and a 0.57 GAA in playing the entirety of all 14 games for ONU this season … Moss leads the OAC in GAA and ranks second in the conference with eight goals allowed on the season … Moss' nine shutouts are tied for eighth all-time at ONU for a single season and tied for 10th all-time on the career shutout list … Muskingum is coming off Wednesday's 3-1 home loss to Mount Union, which marked its eighth straight defeat … Sophomore Morgan Meisel scored the Muskies' lone goal on an assist from sophomore Madison Yenke … Through 15 games, Meisel has a team-high five goals and 10 points … Her five goals are tied for 10th-best in the OAC … Yenke (2 goals, 2 assists) and freshman Britney Herrick (3 goals) have six points each … Junior goalkeeper Kelly Buck has started 14 games this season, posting 128 saves, a 2.67 GAA and .785 save percentage … Buck leads the OAC in saves.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
1. | Beckett | 6 | 1. | Bowman | 5 | 1. | Beckett | 13 | 1. | Moss | 28 | 1. | Moss | 0.57 | ||||
2. | Cabana | 4 | 2. | Cabana | 3 | 2. | Cabana | 11 | ||||||||||
Roberts | 4 | Clampitt | 3 | 3. | Roberts | 10 | ||||||||||||
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Muskingum by a 30-4-0 margin, including a 15-1-0 mark in Ada … ONU has won 17 straight meetings dating back to 2005 … That stretch includes 13 shutouts and two games with double-digit goals … In the teams' last meeting, in 2021, ONU came away with a 6-0 win at home.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 19th season with the ONU women's soccer program … He is the winningest head coach in program history with an overall coaching record of 248-90-39 for a winning percentage of .692 … A five-time OAC Coach of the Year honoree, Batman owns a career mark of 133-24-11 in conference play for a winning percentage of .813 to go with four OAC Tournament championships and six NCAA Tournament appearances.