Women’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (13-1-5 Overall) at NCAA III Tournament First and Second Rounds at Loras (Iowa)
Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 12-13, 2022 — Rock Bowl Stadium, Dubuque, Iowa
| Tournament Program | NCAA III Women's Soccer Site | Loras (Iowa) Tournament Site | Bracket |
Weekend Preview: As the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament champion, Ohio Northern earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament and will face Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament champion Rose-Hulman (Ind.) in the first round on Saturday at host site Loras (Iowa) at 3:30 p.m. CST … Loras and Wisconsin-Superior will face off in the other first-round matchup at the site, beginning at 1 p.m. CST … The winners of those two games will advance to the second-round game, which is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. CST … Loras (16-0-3) won the American Rivers Conference Tournament, and Wisconsin-Superior (15-3-4) won the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament … The Polar Bears are making their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in program history … Northern has competed in the NCAA Tournament in four of the past six seasons and is making its second straight appearance … The Polar Bears are 6-6-2 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the Elite 8 in 2017 and the Sweet 16 in 2019 … ONU is coming off last Saturday's 1-0 win at Capital in the OAC Tournament finals … Junior Jill Roberts scored the game-winning goal off an assist from senior Kylie Brown in the 61st minute … Senior goalkeeper Becky Moss made six saves and posted her 14th shutout of the season … Roberts, Brown, Moss and senior Jane Reiring were named to the All-Tournament Team … Moss (Goalkeeper of the Year), junior Kylie Cabana (Co-Defender of the Year) and sophomore Alyssa Beckett (Midfielder of the Year) were named to the All-OAC First Team along with Roberts … Junior Bri Straus and sophomore Emma Bowman were selected to the All-OAC Second Team … ONU is currently riding a 13-game unbeaten streak, which is the fourth-longest such streak in program history … The program's longest unbeaten streaks are 17 games from 2017, 15 games from 2011 and 14 games from 2018 … Northern has recorded eight straight shutouts … Through 19 games, 16 different players have scored a goal for ONU, and 19 different players have recorded at least one point … Beckett is tied for eighth in the OAC with eight goals and ranks ninth in the conference with 18 points … Roberts ranks second on the team with six goals … Bowman leads the OAC with nine assists, which is tied for 10th in program history for a single season and ranks third-best all-time on the single-season list among sophomores … Moss has an OAC-best 0.42 GAA to go with 38 saves and an .826 save percentage in playing the entirety of all 19 games for ONU this season … Moss ranks second in the OAC in save percentage … With 14, Moss has tied the school record for shutouts in a season and ranks ninth all-time in career shutouts … Rose-Hulman is making its third all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament … The Fightin' Engineers enter the NCAA Tournament with an overall record of 10-2-6 coming off their 1-0 win at Hanover (Ind.) in the HCAC Tournament finals on Saturday … Junior Kyra Hicks scored the game-winning goal off an assist from senior Lane Lawrence in the 70th minute … R-H has not lost since dropping its first two games of the season … The Engineers are riding a 16-game unbeaten streak, which ties the program record … Hicks has a team-high nine goals and 24 points on the season … Freshman Lauren Marquardt ranks second on the team with eight goals and 19 points … Senior Kiley McKee has a team-high seven assists … Senior Natalie Dillon has started 18 games in goal for R-H, posting 60 saves, a 0.50 GAA and .882 save percentage.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Beckett | 8 | 1. | Bowman | 9 | 1. | Beckett | 18 | 1. | Moss | 38 | 1. | Moss | 0.42 | ||||
| 2. | Roberts | 6 | 2. | Cabana | 6 | 2. | Cabana | 16 | ||||||||||
| 3. | Cabana | 5 | 3. | 3 tied | 3 | 3. | Roberts | 15 |
Series Record: This marks the first all-time meeting between Ohio Northern and Rose-Hulman (Ind.) … ONU has also never previously faced Loras (Iowa) or Wisconsin-Superior.
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 252-90-40 for a winning percentage of .695 … A five-time OAC Coach of the Year honoree, Batman owns a career mark of 136-24-11 in conference play for a winning percentage of .817 to go with five OAC Tournament championships and seven NCAA Tournament appearances.