Women’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (8-1-4 Overall, 3-0-2 OAC) at Wilmington (7-7-0 Overall, 1-4-0 OAC)

Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, 7 p.m. — Williams Stadium, Wilmington, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday at Wilmington … The Polar Bears are ranked No. 3 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll, trailing Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) … Northern's lone loss on the season was 2-1 at Case Western Reserve on Sept. 17 … The Polar Bears are currently riding a seven-game unbeaten streak with five wins and two ties … ONU is coming off Saturday's 5-0 home win over John Carroll … The five goals were a season-high … Seniors Cienna Kuhn and Kylie Brown, junior Jill Roberts, sophomore Alyssa Beckett, and freshman Alli Macbeth all scored for Northern … Roberts has scored in three straight games … Macbeth's goal was the first of her career … Senior goalkeeper Becky Moss recorded her OAC-high eighth shutout of the season … Senior Jane Reiring posted two assists in the game and was part of an ONU defense that allowed only six shots, including just one on goal, over two games last week en route to earning OAC Defensive Player of the Week honors … Through 13 games, 11 different players have scored a goal for ONU, and 14 different players have recorded at least one point … Beckett is tied for fifth in the OAC with six goals and ranks ninth in the conference with 13 points … Roberts ranks second on the team with four goals … Roberts and junior Kylie Cabana have 10 and nine points, respectively, on the season … Sophomore Emma Bowman is tied for second in the OAC with five assists, and Cabana and sophomore Alexa Clampitt are tied for ninth with three assists … Moss has recorded 24 saves, a .750 save percentage and a 0.62 GAA in playing the entirety of all 13 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' eight shutouts are tied for 10th all-time at ONU for a single season … Wilmington enters Wednesday's game coming off a 4-0 win at Marietta that ended a five-game losing streak … Seniors Maddie Scott, Heidi Edens and Elizabeth Matthews and junior Sydney Shaw all scored for the Quakers … Senior Lauren Galloway and freshman Heidi Toner posted the combined shutout in goal … Freshman Alex Wilson has a team-best six goals this season, which is tied for fifth in the OAC … Freshman Shannon Jamieson has a team-high 15 points and five assists, which ranks seventh and tied for second, respectively, in the OAC … Jamieson ranks second on the team with five goals … Matthews has 11 points on four goals and three assists … Galloway has started all 14 games in goal for WC, posting 51 saves, a 1.16 GAA and .761 save percentage … Galloway ranks third in the OAC in GAA and fifth in saves.

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Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Wilmington by a 19-7-1 margin, including an 8-4-1 mark in Wilmington … ONU has won eight straight meetings dating back to 2014 … Those eight wins have come by a combined score of 21-1 … In the teams' last meeting, in 2021, ONU came away with a 2-0 road win.

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 247-90-39 for a winning percentage of .691 … A five-time OAC Coach of the Year honoree, Batman owns a career mark of 132-24-11 in conference play for a winning percentage of .812 to go with four OAC Tournament championships and six NCAA Tournament appearances.