Women's Soccer: No. 23 Ohio Northern (10-2-2 Overall, 4-0-0 OAC) at John Carroll (7-4-2 Overall, 3-1-0 OAC)
Saturday, October 19, 2019, 7 p.m. - Don Shula Stadium, University Heights, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The No. 23 Ohio Northern women's soccer team takes to the road and battles John Carroll at 7 p.m. at Don Shula Stadium in University Heights … The Polar Bears — who are riding a six-game win streak — boast a 10-2-2 overall record, which includes a 4-0-0 mark in Ohio Athletic Conference play … Northern has outscored its foes 21-2 during that stretch … ONU is averaging 2.6 goals per contest this season, while only giving up 0.8 goals per game … On Wednesday, ONU claimed a 2-0 home win over Wilmington … In that game, senior Rose Nienaber and junior Siena Ward scored their fifth and fourth goals of the season, respectively … Junior Jenna Fuller leads the squad in 2019 with 12 goals and 40 for her career, which ranks eighth all-time in school history … Senior Haley Moses and junior Emma Barney have netted three scores apiece, while junior Megan Breier and freshman Hailey McGuire have two goals each … Senior goaltender Meagan Grierson has recorded 29 saves and seven shut outs in 2019 … Grierson has registered 39 shut outs in her career, and that's tops in program history … Grierson's 169 career saves ranks her ninth all-time in school history … John Carroll lays claim to a 7-4-2 overall record, which includes a 3-1-0 mark in OAC play … The Blue Streaks are averaging 1.7 goals per contest and surrender 1.5 scores per game … Jaclyn Audino leads John Carroll offensively with seven goals in 2019 … Danielle DelGuidice has played nine games in net for the Blue Streaks and has logged 45 saves with three shut outs in 2019.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Fuller | 12 | 1. | Breier | 4 | 1. | Fuller | 26 | 1. | Grierson | 29 | 1. | Grierson | 0.76 | ||||
| 2. | Nienaber | 5 | 2. | 3 Tied | 3 | 2. | Nienaber | 13 | ||||||||||
| 3. | Ward | 4 | 3. | 3 Tied | 8 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern owns a 22-13-2 all-time record versus John Carroll … The Polar Bears — who have an 8-7-0 all-time mark against the Blue Streaks in University Heights — have won five in a row in the series … Northern won last year's meeting in Ada 3-0.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 16th season with the ONU women's soccer program ... He sports an overall coaching record of 209-82-29, a .653 win percentage.
