Women’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (4-2-1 Overall) at Hanover (Ind.) (4-0-2 Overall)
Saturday, September 25, 2021, 1 p.m. — Hanover Soccer Complex, Hanover, Ind.
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern is coming off of Wednesday's 1-0 home win over Denison … Sophomore Alaina Casey scored the game-winner on an assist from freshman Elizabeth Pierce with 13:33 remaining in the game … Senior Kristy Catrine made 4 saves in goal and posted her fourth shutout of the season and 12th of her career, giving her sole possession of eighth place on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category … The Polar Bears have won 4 of their past 5 games, and all 4 victories were shutouts … Northern has scored 7 goals (1.0 per game) while giving up 5 (0.71 per game) this season … ONU has attempted 64 shots, including 31 on goal … Casey leads ONU in goals with 3 to go with 2 from sophomore Jill Roberts and 1 each from freshmen Alyssa Beckett and Jess Gast … Roberts leads the team with 3 assists and 7 points … Roberts is tied for second in the Ohio Athletic Conference in assists … Catrine has made 35 saves on the season, posting an .875 save percentage and 0.71 GAA in just under 637 minutes … Catrine leads the OAC in save percentage, is second in GAA and third in saves and goals against (5) … Hanover (Ind.) enters Saturday's match unbeaten on the season with 4 wins and 2 draws and is in the "also receiving votes" section of this week's United Soccer Coaches Division III poll … The Panthers have won 3 straight games, defeating Spalding (Ky.), Capital and Asbury (Ky.) by a combined score of 12-0 … HC has scored 18 goals (3.0 per game) while giving up 3 (0.5 per game) this season … The Panthers have attempted 132 shots, including 78 on goal … HC has gotten goals from 10 different players, including a team-high 4 from senior Maggie Day, who also leads the team with 9 points … Sophomore Jostin Reeves has recorded a team-high 4 assists … Sophomore goalkeeper Maggie Hinegardner has allowed 1 goal in 490 minutes, posting 14 saves and 3 shutouts to go with a save percentage of .933 and a GAA of 0.18.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Casey | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 7 | 1. | Catrine | 35 | 1. | Moss | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Roberts | 2 | 2. | 4 tied | 1 | 2. | Casey | 6 | 2. | Moss | 1 | 2. | Catrine | 0.71 | ||||
| 3. | Beckett, Gast | 1 | 3. | Beckett, Gast | 2 |
Series Record: This is the second all-time meeting between Ohio Northern and Hanover (Ind.) … The teams' first meeting was in 2013 with Hanover getting a 1-0 win in Ada.
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 229-86-33, a .690 win percentage.