Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, 5 p.m. — Joe Bean Stadium, Wheaton, Ill.
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, 8 p.m. — Joe Bean Stadium, Wheaton, Ill.
Invitational Preview: Ohio Northern is playing in the Bob Baptista Invitational at Wheaton (Ill.) on Friday and Saturday … Also competing are Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), John Carroll and host Wheaton … The Polar Bears will play Pacific Lutheran on Friday and Wheaton on Saturday … Northern is coming off a 3-2 win over Hanover (Ind.) in its 2022 home opener on Saturday … Sophomore Alyssa Beckett, junior Kylie Cabana and freshman Lindsey Pawlawski scored goals in the game … Pawlawski netted the game-winner in the 63rd minute … Beckett and Cabana were named Ohio Athletic Conference Players of the Week for Sept. 1-4 … Beckett was named OAC Offensive Player of the Week after scoring three of the team's first five goals of the season, netting two against Wittenberg and one against Hanover … Cabana was named OAC Defensive Player of the Week after helping the ONU defense hold Wittenberg without a shot and limit Hanover to six shots while recording an assist against Wittenberg and a goal against Hanover … Beckett and Cabana lead the team with six and three points, respectively, on the season … Northwest Conference member Pacific Lutheran enters the Invitational at 2-0-0 with wins of 3-0 over Piedmont (Ga.) and 1-0 over No. 22 Emory (Ga.) … Sophomores Julia Causbie and Kayden Hulquist, junior Alyssa Leong and senior Ellie Reardon have each scored one goal for PLU through two games … Junior Shaylin Cesar has played the entirety of both games in goal for the Lutes, making five saves and recording two shutouts en route to being named the conference's Defensive Player of the Week … College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin member Wheaton has played one game thus far this season, falling 2-0 at Hope (Mich.) on Friday … The Thunder won the CCIW regular season and tournament championships last season and earned a first round NCAA Tournament victory over Wisconsin-Oshkosh … The team is led by fifth-year seniors Grace Hermanson and Lauren Ketchum, seniors Sarah Max and Tori Seeland and junior Audrey Sexson … Ketchum was an All-American goalkeeper last season and is the reigning CCIW Defensive Player of the Year after making 136 saves and posting a 1.20 GAA and 0.834 save percentage in 2021.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Beckett |
3 |
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Cabana |
1 |
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Beckett |
6 |
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Moss |
1 |
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Moss |
1.00 |
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Cabana |
1 |
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Bowman |
1 |
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Cabana |
3 |
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Pawlawski |
1 |
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Johnson |
1 |
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Pawlawski |
2 |
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Roberts |
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Series Record: This marks the first all-time meeting between Ohio Northern and Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) … Wheaton (Ill.) leads the all-time series with ONU by a 1-0 margin after getting a 2-1 win in Ada in 2019.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 19th season with the ONU women's soccer program … He is the winningest head coach in program history with an overall coaching record of 241-89-35 for a winning percentage of .692 … A five-time OAC Coach of the Year honoree, Batman owns a career mark of 129-24-9 in conference play for a winning percentage of .815 to go with four OAC Tournament championships and six NCAA Tournament appearances.
