Women’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (7-3-2 Overall, 3-0-0 OAC) at Wilmington (5-6-1 Overall, 2-1-0 OAC)
Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 7 p.m. — Williams Stadium, Wilmington, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Wednesday's game riding a 4-game unbeaten streak and 3-game win streak with each result being a shutout … Northern is one of 3 unbeaten teams in Ohio Athletic Conference play, joining Capital and Otterbein ... ONU is coming off of Saturday's 6-0 win over Muskingum … The Polar Bears got goals from freshmen Emma Bowman and Elizabeth Pierce, sophomores Jill Roberts and Alaina Casey, junior Cienna Kuhn and senior Tara Morris … ONU has outscored its opponents 15-7 this season and has registered 8 shutouts … Casey and Roberts lead ONU in goals this season with 4 each … Roberts leads the team with 3 assists and 11 points … Roberts is tied for sixth in the OAC in assists … Senior goalkeeper Kristy Catrine has made 43 saves on the season, posting an OAC-high 7 shutouts and an OAC-best 0.58 GAA … Catrine ranks second in the OAC in save percentage (.860) and third in goals against (7) … Catrine needs 2 shutouts to tie Kristin DeWees for seventh on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category with 17 … Wilmington enters Wednesday's match coming off of Saturday's 2-0 loss at Mount Union … WC had won 4 straight games prior to that loss and is 4-2-1 at home this season … The Quakers have scored 12 goals while giving up 19 … Junior Maddie Scott leads WC in goals with 3 this season to go with 2 each from junior Heidi Edens and senior Courtney Ryan … Scott leads the team in points with 8 … Junior goalkeeper Lauren Galloway ranks third in the OAC with 61 saves while posting a .744 save percentage and 1.73 GAA.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Casey | 4 | 1. | Roberts | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 11 | 1. | Catrine | 43 | 1. | Moss | 0.00 | ||||
| Roberts | 4 | 2. | Pierce | 2 | 2. | Casey | 9 | 2. | Moss | 1 | 2. | Catrine | 0.58 | |||||
| 3. | Pierce | 2 | 3. | 6 tied | 1 | 3. | Pierce | 6 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Wilmington by an 18-7-1 margin, including 7-4-1 in Wilmington … The Polar Bears have won 7 straight games in the series, 6 of which were shutouts … The teams last met in March as part of the COVID-delayed 2020 season with ONU coming away with a 1-0 win … The Quakers' last win over ONU was in 2013.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 18th season with the ONU women's soccer program … He is the winningest head coach in program history with an overall coaching record of 232-87-34, a .689 win percentage, and a conference record of 125-23-8 (.818 winning percentage).