Liz Cain

May 6, 2008

By Gary Petit

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team will play the first six games of the 2008 season away from home, starting at the Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.) Classic on August 30-31.

The Polar Bears, who return nine starters and 19 letterwinners from its 2007 OAC Regular Season title team, will take on host RIT in the opening game of the tournament on Aug. 30 and will face Allegheny (Pa.) on Aug. 31.

Northern will then make trips to Anderson (Ind.) and Ohio Wesleyan before embarking on a weekend trip to play MIAA-powers Hope (Mich.) and Calvin (Mich.) in back-to-back days. Calvin, the 2007 MIAA Champions, finished the season ranked No. 19 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

ONU will return home for its home opener against the 2007 North Coast Athletic Conference Champion Wittenberg on Sept. 17. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 last season and finished with a No. 15 ranking.

One more non-conference road trip to Denison on Sept. 24 paves the way for Northern's final two non-conference showdowns. The Lady Polar Bears will host Case Western Reserve on Sept. 27 and Defiance on Oct. 1.

Northern will then start its 2007 OAC Regular Season Title defense on Oct. 3 when it travels to Muskingum to open conference-play.

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