Women’s Soccer: Capital (9-7-2 Overall) at Ohio Northern (11-4-3 Overall) – OAC Tournament Semifinals
Thursday, November 4, 2021, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
| Match Program (.pdf) | OAC Tournament Page |
Thursday's Preview: Thursday night's contest pits No. 2 seed Ohio Northern against No. 3 seed Capital in the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament … The other semifinal features No. 5 seed Baldwin Wallace at No. 1 seed Otterbein … The winners of the semifinal games will play for the championship on Saturday, which will be hosted by the highest remaining seed … ONU has won 2 of the past 4 OAC Tournament championships (2017, 2019) … As the No. 2 seed, the Polar Bears received a bye to the tournament semifinals … Northern tied Capital 3-3 in the teams' regular-season meeting on Oct. 23, getting 3 goals from freshman Alyssa Beckett to take a 3-1 lead before the Comets responded with 2 straight goals to tie the score … The Polar Bears are coming off Saturday's 3-0 home win over Mount Union with goals from juniors Lauren Naso and Cienna Kuhn and sophomore Alaina Casey … ONU has outscored its opponents 26-12 this season and has registered 12 shutouts … Casey and sophomore Jill Roberts lead the team with 5 goals … Roberts has a team-high 13 points, and Casey has 12 points … Freshman Emma Bowman leads the team in assists with 4, which is tied for eighth in the OAC … Senior goalkeeper Kristy Catrine has an OAC-high 11 shutouts and ranks second in the conference in save percentage (.826) and GAA (0.65) and third in goals against (12) while tallying 57 saves on the season … Catrine's 11 shutouts are tied for fifth-most in a season in program history … Catrine is tied with Emily Brodict ('12-'16) for sixth place all-time at ONU in career shutouts with 19 and needs 1 more to tie Erin Waehner ('09-'12) for fifth place … Capital enters Thursday's match coming off Tuesday's 3-1 win over No. 6 seed Heidelberg, getting goals from senior Olivia Rotolo and juniors Avery Hart and Mia Gambaccini … The Comets have outscored opponents 28-16 and have 8 shutouts this season and are 3-4-0 in road games … Hart ranks second in the OAC in shots (98), seventh in points (19) and tied for seventh in goals (8) … Junior goalkeeper Lauren White ranks third in the OAC in GAA (0.86) and fourth in save percentage (.816) and goals against (16) … Capital has won the OAC Tournament 8 times and is seeking its first title since 2015.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roberts | 5 | 1. | Bowman | 4 | 1. | Roberts | 13 | 1. | Catrine | 57 | 1. | Moss | 0.00 | ||||
| Casey | 5 | 2. | Roberts | 3 | 2. | Casey | 12 | 2. | Moss | 1 | 2. | Catrine | 0.65 | |||||
| 3. | Beckett | 4 | Cabana | 3 | 3. | Beckett | 9 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Capital by a 22-14-4 margin, including 13-5-2 in Ada and 4-5-2 in the OAC Tournament … The teams' last meeting was a 3-3 tie at Capital on Oct. 23.
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 236-88-35, a .690 win percentage.