Women’s Soccer: Kalamazoo (Mich.) (2-1-2 Overall) at Ohio Northern (2-0-2 Overall)
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, 5 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Looking to remain unbeaten on the season, Ohio Northern is hosting Kalamazoo (Mich.) on Wednesday as part of a women's-men's soccer doubleheader at Kerscher Stadium … The Polar Bears received seven votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Division III poll ... ONU is coming off a two-game set at the Wheaton (Ill.) Invitational, getting a 0-0 draw with Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) on Friday and a 1-1 draw with host Wheaton on Saturday … Northern limited Pacific Lutheran to two shots and Wheaton to six shots … Junior Kylie Cabana scored ONU's goal against Wheaton, giving the Polar Bears a 1-0 lead in the 74th minute before the Thunder responded to tie the score in the 76th minute … Sophomore Alyssa Beckett enters Wednesday's game with a team-high six points and three goals … Cabana ranks second on the team with five points and two goals … Senior goalkeeper Becky Moss has recorded four saves, a .571 save percentage and a 0.75 GAA in playing the entirety of all four games for ONU this season … Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association member Kalamazoo (Mich.) enters Wednesday's game with a 2-1-2 overall record coming off Sunday's 1-0 win at Denison … Sophomore Sydney Hagaman scored the game-winning goal for the Hornets in the 87th minute … Through five games, junior Cassidy Short leads KC with six points and three goals … Senior Lexi Nesbitt has played the entirety of all five games in goal for Kalamazoo, recording 20 saves, a .800 save percentage and a 1.00 GAA … The Hornets finished last season at 10-6 overall.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Beckett | 3 | 1. | Cabana | 1 | 1. | Beckett | 6 | 1. | Moss | 4 | 1. | Moss | 0.75 | ||||
| 2. | Cabana | 2 | Bowman | 1 | 2. | Cabana | 5 | |||||||||||
| Pawlawski | 1 | Johnson | 1 | 3. | Pawlawski | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Roberts | 1 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Kalamazoo (Mich.) by a 5-4-1 margin … The Polar Bears have won four straight games in the series by a combined score of 15-3 … In the teams' last meeting, in 2013, ONU came away with a 4-1 home win.
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 241-89-37 for a winning percentage of .690 … 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.
