Women’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (4-3-2 Overall, 0-0-0 OAC) at Marietta (1-5-1 Overall, 0-0-0 OAC)
Saturday, October 2, 2021, 1 p.m. — Marietta Field, Marietta, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Saturday's match marks the start of Ohio Athletic Conference play for both teams … The Polar Bears are coming off of Wednesday's double-overtime scoreless draw with Ohio Wesleyan at home in which they out-shot the Battling Bishops by a 34-1 margin … Freshman Alyssa Beckett and sophomore Bri Straus led the way with six shots each … Northern has shut out 5 opponents this season … The Polar Bears have scored 7 goals and ceded 7 goals on the season … ONU has attempted 111 shots, including 56 that were on goal … Sophomore Alaina 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 fourth in the OAC in assists … Senior goalkeeper Kristy Catrine has made 39 saves on the season, posting 5 shutouts, an .848 save percentage and 0.75 GAA in just under 837 minutes … Catrine needs 4 shutouts to tie Kristin DeWees for seventh on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category with 17 … Catrine leads the OAC in GAA, ranks second in save percentage and is third in goals against … Marietta enters Saturday coming off of last Sunday's 3-0 loss at No. 17 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) in what was its third time being shut out this season … MC is 1-2-1 at home … The Pioneers have scored 9 goals while giving up 12 this season … MC has attempted 79 shots, including 48 that were on goal … The Pioneers have gotten goals from 7 different players, including a team-high 3 from freshman Angelene Kontul … Freshman Drew Ultican and senior Katie Delaney have split primary goalkeeping duties for MU with the former making 20 saves over 2 starts and 315 minutes played and the latter making 29 saves over 4 starts and 289 minutes played … Sean Kaighin is in his third season as head coach of the Pioneers and entered the year with an overall record of 10-14-4 at MC.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Casey | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 7 | 1. | Catrine | 39 | 1. | Moss | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Roberts | 2 | 2. | 4 tied | 1 | 2. | Casey | 6 | 2. | Moss | 1 | 2. | Catrine | 0.75 | ||||
| 3. | Beckett, Gast | 1 | 3. | Beckett, Gast | 2 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Marietta by a 25-6-2 margin and is 11-4-1 in Marietta … The Polar Bears have won 14 straight games in the series … The teams last met in March in Ada as part of the COVID-delayed 2020 season with ONU coming away with a 2-0 win … The Pioneers' last win over ONU was a 3-1 victory in Marietta in 2005.
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 229-87-34, a .687 win percentage.