Women’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (3-0-2 Overall) at #17 Case Western Reserve (4-0-0 Overall)
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, 12 p.m. — DiSanto Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern is traveling to Cleveland to face No. 17 Case Western Reserve on Saturday in a battle of unbeaten teams … The game is a rematch of last season's NCAA Championships second round game, which CWRU won 2-0 … The Polar Bears are coming off Wednesday's 3-0 home win over Kalamazoo (Mich.) … Sophomore Elizabeth Pierce, junior Jill Roberts and sophomore Chandler Clark each scored a goal for ONU in the win … Junior Kylie Brown and sophomore Emma Bowman each recorded an assist … Senior Becky Moss had one save in goal to pick up her third shutout of the season as the ONU defense limited KC to just four shots … Through five games, six different players have scored a goal for ONU, and nine different players have recorded at least one point … Sophomore Alyssa Beckett enters Saturday's game with a team-high six points and three goals … Junior Kylie Cabana ranks second on the team with five points and two goals … Moss has recorded five saves, a .625 save percentage and a 0.60 GAA in playing the entirety of all five games for ONU this season … Moss ranks third in the Ohio Athletic Conference in GAA … Presidents' Athletic Conference member Case Western Reserve enters Saturday's game ranked 17th nationally in the United Soccer Coaches Division III poll … CWRU finished 16-2-2 and advanced to the sectional semifinals of the NCAA Championships last season … The Spartans have outscored their opponents by a combined score of 11-2 in their 4-0-0 start, including shutouts of Otterbein, Baldwin Wallace and Kenyon … Case Western is coming off Wednesday's 2-0 win at Kenyon, getting goals from graduate student Camryn Hartman and freshman Mackenzie Mueller … Through four games, Hartman has a team-best four goals and eight points … Senior Aniya Hartzler ranks second on the team with two goals and five points … Junior goalkeeper Maggie Storti has played the entirety of all four games for the Spartans, recording nine saves, a .818 save percentage and a 0.50 GAA.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Beckett | 3 | 1. | Bowman | 2 | 1. | Beckett | 6 | 1. | Moss | 5 | 1. | Moss | 0.60 | ||||
| 2. | Cabana | 2 | 2. | 4 tied | 1 | 2. | Cabana | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3. | 4 tied | 1 | 3. | Roberts | 3 | |||||||||||||
Series Record: The all-time series between Ohio Northern and Case Western Reserve is tied at 5-5-1 … The Spartans defeated the Polar Bears twice last season, getting a 1-0 win in Ada during the regular season and a 2-0 victory in Cleveland in the second round of the NCAA Championships.
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 242-89-37 for a winning percentage of .691 … 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.