Women’s Soccer: Otterbein (4-4-1 Overall, 0-1-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (6-1-2 Overall, 1-0-0 OAC)
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday by hosting Otterbein in a rematch of last year's OAC Tournament championship game … ONU won that game 1-0 and later advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Championships … The Polar Bears are listed seventh among teams in the "Also receiving votes" category of this week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, putting them at No. 32 in the poll … Northern is also ranked No. 3 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll, trailing Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) … ONU also received votes in this week's D3soccer.com Top 25 poll … Northern is coming off Saturday's 3-1 home win over Mount Union, marking its third straight victory … UMU scored in the 11th minute for the early lead before ONU sophomore Elizabeth Pierce tied the score with a goal assisted by junior Jill Roberts in the 19th minute … Junior Kylie Cabana gave ONU the lead with a goal assisted by sophomore Emma Bowman in the 58th minute, and Bowman capped the scoring with a goal in the 83rd minute … Through nine games, nine different players have scored a goal for ONU, and 11 different players have recorded at least one point … Sophomore Alyssa Beckett enters Wednesday's game tied for eighth in the OAC with four goals … Beckett and Cabana are tied for 10th in the OAC with eight points each … Bowman is tied for the conference lead with five assists … Senior goalkeeper Becky Moss has recorded 15 saves, a .714 save percentage and a 0.67 GAA in playing the entirety of all nine games for ONU this season … Moss ranks second in the OAC in GAA … Otterbein is coming off Saturday's 2-1 home loss to Capital, ending a four-game win streak … The Comets scored the game-winner with 11 seconds remaining after the Cardinals had tied the score on a goal from junior Anjuli Anderson in the 89th minute … Through nine games, Anderson has a team-best eight points, which is tied for 10th in the OAC … Anderson, freshman Ava Bruns and graduate student Gillian Losey have a team-best three goals … Junior Payton Kaufman has a team-high four assists, which is tied for fourth in the OAC … Freshman Ella Schwertfager has started eight games in goal for OU, posting 24 saves, a 1.85 GAA and .667 save percentage.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Beckett | 4 | 1. | Bowman | 5 | 1. | Beckett | 8 | 1. | Moss | 15 | 1. | Moss | 0.67 | ||||
| 2. | Cabana | 3 | 2. | Cabana | 2 | Cabana | 8 | |||||||||||
| Pierce | 3 | Roberts | 2 | 3. | Bowman | 7 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Otterbein by a 22-18-3 margin, including 9-7-2 at home … ONU won both meetings last season, recording victories of 2-0 at home in the regular season and 1-0 at Otterbein in the OAC Tournament finals.
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 245-90-37 for a winning percentage of .692 … A five-time OAC Coach of the Year honoree, Batman owns a career mark of 130-24-9 in conference play for a winning percentage of .816 to go with four OAC Tournament championships and six NCAA Tournament appearances.