Women’s Soccer: Baldwin Wallace (9-7-0 Overall, 4-3-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (10-1-4 Overall, 5-0-2 OAC)
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday hosting Baldwin Wallace … The Polar Bears close their regular-season schedule on Saturday at Marietta … ONU is in second place in the OAC standings, trailing leader Capital by two points … Northern is looking to complete its sixth unbeaten conference season in program history, joining 2007, 2011, 2017, 2019 and 2020 … The Polar Bears are listed sixth among teams in the "Also receiving votes" category of this week's United Soccer Coaches Division III poll, putting them at No. 31 in the poll … Northern is ranked No. 3 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll, trailing Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) … ONU also received 10 voting points in this week's D3soccer.com Top 25 poll, putting the team at No. 34 in the poll … Northern's lone loss on the season was 2-1 at Case Western Reserve on Sept. 17 … The Polar Bears are currently riding a nine-game unbeaten streak … That is tied for the fifth-longest such streak in program history, joining the nine-game streak in 2020 … The program's longest unbeaten streaks are 17 games from 2017, 15 games from 2011, 14 games from 2018 and 11 games from 2019 … ONU is coming off Saturday's 6-0 home win over Muskingum, marking its fourth straight shutout victory … Sophomore Alyssa Beckett scored two goals to lead ONU in the game … The Polar Bears also got goals from junior Jill Roberts, sophomore Alexa Clampitt and freshmen Rileigh Glassburn and Kiera Kaeser … Those were the first career goals for Glassburn and Kaeser … Senior goalkeeper Becky Moss recorded her OAC-high 10th shutout of the season … Through 15 games, 13 different players have scored a goal for ONU, and 18 different players have recorded at least one point … Beckett ranks seventh in the OAC with eight goals and eighth in the conference with 17 points … Roberts ranks second on the team with five goals … Sophomore Emma Bowman ranks second in the OAC with six assists, and junior Kylie Cabana is tied for third with five assists … Cabana and Roberts rank second on the team with 13 points each … Moss has recorded 29 saves, a .784 save percentage and a 0.53 GAA in playing the entirety of all 15 games for ONU this season … Moss leads the OAC in GAA and ranks second in the conference with eight goals allowed on the season … Moss' 10 shutouts are tied for seventh all-time at ONU for a single season and ranks 10th all-time on the career shutout list … Baldwin Wallace is coming off Saturday's 2-0 home loss to Otterbein, which ended a four-game win streak … Sophomore goalkeeper Katie Scott recorded eight saves in the loss … On the season, junior Sydney Rice has a team-best nine goals and 20 points … Rice is tied for fourth in the OAC in goals and ranks fifth in points … Freshman Mary Litzinger ranks second on the team with six goals and 15 points … Litzinger and senior Maddie Farrell are tied for the team lead with three assists … Scott has 12 starts in goal for the Yellow Jackets this season, posting 70 saves, a 1.79 GAA and .761 save percentage … Scott ranks fourth in the OAC in saves.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
1. | Beckett | 8 | 1. | Bowman | 6 | 1. | Beckett | 17 | 1. | Moss | 29 | 1. | Moss | 0.53 | ||||
2. | Roberts | 5 | 2. | Cabana | 5 | 2. | Cabana | 13 | ||||||||||
3. | Cabana | 4 | 3. | Clampitt | 3 | Roberts | 13 | |||||||||||
Roberts | 3 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Baldwin Wallace by a 24-10-3 margin, including a 14-3-3 mark in Ada … ONU has won seven straight meetings dating back to 2016 … In the teams' last meeting, in 2021, ONU came away with a 1-0 win at home.
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 249-90-39 for a winning percentage of .693 … A five-time OAC Coach of the Year honoree, Batman owns a career mark of 134-24-11 in conference play for a winning percentage of .815 to go with four OAC Tournament championships and six NCAA Tournament appearances.