Women’s Soccer: Otterbein (13-1-0 Overall, 7-0-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-4-3 Overall, 5-1-1 OAC)
Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Wednesday's match coming off of Saturday's 3-3 draw with Capital … Freshman Alyssa Beckett scored all 3 of ONU's goals in the game … The Polar Bears sit in third place in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings behind Otterbein and Capital … ONU has outscored its opponents 21-12 this season and has registered 10 shutouts … Sophomore Jill Roberts leads the team with 5 goals and 13 points … Roberts and freshman Emma Bowman lead the team in assists with 3 each … Sophomore Alaina Casey has 4 goals and 10 points, while Beckett has 4 goals and 8 points, and freshman Elizabeth Pierce has 3 goals and 8 points … Senior goalkeeper Kristy Catrine has an OAC-high 9 shutouts and ranks second in the conference in save percentage (.815) and GAA (0.73) while tallying 53 saves on the season … Catrine is tied with Kristin DeWees ('08-'11) for seventh on the program's all-time career leaderboard in shutouts with 17 and needs 2 more to tie Emily Brodict ('12-'16) for sixth place … Otterbein, the defending OAC regular-season and tournament champions, enters Wednesday's match riding a 13-game win streak having not lost since its Sept. 4 season-opener vs. Case Western Reserve … OU has outscored its opponents 42-5 during this current stretch, which has included 9 shutouts … Senior Delaney Earl leads the OAC in goals (14) and points (34), is third in shots (65) and tied for third in assists (6) … Junior Grace Weidenhamer is tied for the OAC lead in assists with 7 … Senior goalkeeper Alaina Reher leads the OAC in goals allowed (5) and GAA (0.42).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roberts | 5 | 1. | Roberts | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 13 | 1. | Catrine | 53 | 1. | Moss | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Casey | 4 | Bowman | 3 | 2. | Casey | 10 | 2. | Moss | 1 | 2. | Catrine | 0.73 | |||||
| Beckett | 4 | 3. | 5 tied | 2 | 3. | Pierce, Beckett | 8 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Otterbein by a 20-18-3 margin, including an 8-7-2 record in Ada … ONU fell 1-0 to OU in the OAC Tournament finals in April as part of the delayed 2020 season.
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 234-88-35, a .688 win percentage, and a conference record of 127-24-9 (.813 winning percentage).