Women's Soccer pulls away for 3-1 victory over Baldwin Wallace to clinch top-4 OAC finish

Women's Soccer pulls away for 3-1 victory over Baldwin Wallace to clinch top-4 OAC finish
Box Score

Team Stats

October 25, 2023

BEREA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team scored scored two goals 5:18 apart midway through the second half to break a 1-1 tie and pull away for a 3-1 Ohio Athletic Conference victory over Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday night at Kerscher Stadium.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (7-8-1 overall, 6-2-0 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (8-8-1 overall, 4-4-0 OAC)
  • Venue: George Finnie Stadium - Berea, Ohio

The Match

  • Sophomore Haley Cannon (Oregon/Clay) led the Polar Bears with a goal and an assist.
  • Junior Alexa Clampitt (Sterling Heights, Mich./Utica Academy for International Studies) got the Polar Bears on the board with 1:52 left before halftime off an assist from Cannon.
  • After the Yellow Jackets tied the match at 1-1 in he 62nd minute, junior Emma Bowman (Novi, Mich./Northville) gave ONU a 2-1 lead with an unassisted goal at the 69:10 mark.
  • Cannon followed with an unassisted goal of her own with 15:32 left in the match to extend the lead to 3-1.
  • Freshman Morgan Moeller (Harrison/Roger Bacon) played all 90 minutes in goal for ONU and recorded two saves .
  • Ohio Northern out-shot Baldwin Wallace 26-7 and had a 9-1 edge in corner kicks.

Notables

  • Ohio Northern has clinched a top-four seed in the 2023 OAC Tournament with the victory. The 6-team tournament will begin with the quarterfinals on Tuesday, Oct. 31 on campus sites. ONU has clinched a home match in the quarterfinals as either the No. 3 or 4 seed.
  • Clampitt's goal was her first of the season the fourth of her career.
  • Cannon now has 4 goals and 5 assists for 13 points this season.
  • Bowman's goal was her first of the season and third of her career.
  • ONU leads the all-time series with BWU by a 25-10-3 margin, including a 15-3-3 margin at home and a 6-0-2 mark at Kerscher Stadium.
  • Northern has now won eight consecutive matches in the series.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will wrap up their regular season on Saturday with a 1 p.m. contest at home against Marietta. It will be Senior Day for the team as well as Homecoming Weekend at ONU.